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Are you saying you used smoke to cover your flanks? That might not have been a good idea, as it gave the AI cover to move its tanks into a good position. Maybe you should try leaving a few inf scouts on each flank to report enemy flanking movements. ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

Cheer up, your AT gun may get shots at their rear, and it will take a long time for the enemy to react. ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

The Bitter Woods, by John Eisenhower. It covers the battle of the bulge, and provides a lot of accounts of small unit battles, useful for setting up user scenarios. ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

I'll make that mod. Should I also make one that replaces the sound of arty about to land (thrummmmm) with "right a little... back left... down 10 yards..." in a hamster voice, to simulate the nose cam guiding these rounds in to the target? LOL ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

It is tragic, how many hamsters were fired from bazookas in an effort to stop these rolling juggernaughts, the Hamster armored units. ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

Be sure to guard captured units until you move them off the map. Just like in real life, if they feel they have a good chance, they will escape. Units that are low on ammo, have broken, or are leaderless are usually still good for guarding prisoners after their frontline duty is done. Vehicle crews also work. ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

Artillery works real good for taking out pillboxes, especially ones that your troops can't approach well. 105 mm will penetrate about half the time. It takes an average of maybe 12 barrages to KO one box. ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

Yes, the 101st Screaming *Eagles* sure did make short work of those SS Hamsters. I wonder what a hawk or fox division would have done. No prisoners taken. ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

A lot of German duds were because of sabotage. I remember reading that when slave laborers were forced to make panzerfausts, they would mix sand in with the explosive, which would keep it from detonating. If one worker can sabotage 50 panzerfausts a day on the assembly line, that works out to an awful high percentage of defective fausts, maybe enough to be modeled by CM. ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

Are there more AARs, other than the ones on CMHQ? They're great for picking up strategy tips. ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

Were Weasel light armored vehicles used against them by the allies? ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by *Captain Foobar*: ewwwww.... you eat Spam on PURPOSE? I lived off it in Africa for awhile, but I had no alternatives.... <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I commercial fish in Alaska, working 18 hours a day, 8 days a week. Spam, of course, is pure energy, and you can fish all day after a meal. Maybe it's changed sience you had it, or maybe GI spam wasn't as good. ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

It's in the Resources section. ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

For Combat Mission, my favorite snack would is fried Spam. It's even better for breakfast! You think I'm joking about breakfast, don't you? ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

Was the Pershing up on a hill with the enemy tanks below? If so, being up high would have helped his armor by sloping it more, increasing the chances of a riccochet. Was he hull down or partially hidden from the enemy? ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

You call that bad luck, on one occasion I'd painstakinly gotten a zook to within 30 yards of an StuG, and had him manage to fire 5 rounds, all of which hit and penetrated, none of them for any damage. The sixth round finally got the Stug. The tank's crew probably started ignoring the zook after a few hits: Woosh...Clonk! "Another hit, commander. Want me to kill that cursed Ami?" "Nah, I wanted some air holes in this friggin steel box anyway. Let him fire away, its not like he'll kill us." ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

On the CM website, there are two graphical examples of armor penetration against different tanks, and a promise to make more avalible. Are they going to be avalible for viewing anytime, or are they already somewhere else? ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

To ram a sherm, the tiger would first have to get close enough, highly unlikley when one considers the sherm's speed and turning advantages over the tiger. Anyway, if there were 4 shermans left on the battlefield, getting close to one would probably mean giving another a flank shot. Better to just retreat the tiger, and use it as a moving machinegun nest for the rest of the game. ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

Didn't the Germans usually carry less AP ammo than the allies, especially their assault guns? If your tank was out of AP ammo, using the mg against infantry would probably be a better choice than firing antitank rounds. ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

I agree that it would be a great feature, but BTS has already told us, in several posts on this topic, that it ain't gonna happen, at least not for a long time. ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

Play so well that even if they do cheat, they don't get any satisfaction at all from it, because they lost anyway. ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

I haven't heard of any previous problems with G3s, but iMacs have had a couple conflicts with their 3d card. I believe the solution most people came up with was to manually set the monitor res to 640x480. Try it, and see if that helps. ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by IntelWeenie: played as the US and got a couple of M18 Hellcats. Sent both of them at top speed down either edge of the map. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> An excellent mobile ambush, using speed to gain surprise. The M18 can do this well, and it's one of my favorite vehicles. ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

I've seen pictures of sherms and other allied vehicles in the battle of the bulge being "winterized" by draping white sheets over them. That would be an odd texture to model. ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton

Captured equipment would certainly make it easier to compare two different Allied tanks, or two different German ones. For example, which is really a better tank, the Panther or the Tiger 1? The only real way to find out would be to have them fight, and you can't do that unless one is on the opposite side. When I played Over the Reich and achtung spitfire, I would sometimes simulate dogfights of friendly airplanes, so I could compare planes on the same side (spitfire vs mustang was interesting). However, because planes on the same side can't shoot each other, I would just assume some had been shot down after an enemy plane got on their tail. ------------------ There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win. -Ian Hamilton