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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Xavier:
Merci Pawbroon
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>De rien.
Il ne faudrait pas décourager les rares français qui postent encore dans le forum officiel.
Bonne année en passant pour Magnus et toi...
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You are not Obsessive-CMpulsive, you are Allied-Retentive.
Mark IV
[This message has been edited by PawBroon (edited 01-12-2001).]
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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Self Quoted for the benefit of ALL side:
Now I am not meaning that because it had been discussed, it shouldn't be brought to fore again once in a while.
But a little more respect for the community as a whole and for the guys who made it all happen in the first place might help.
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I have no right whatsoever to belittle or doubt your sincerity and willingness to make CM a better experience for all of us by contributing your feedback in here for your fellow CMers to partake on them.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
That stands for those defending what has been basically a standard feature for quite some time.
As a side note, Xavier who incidentally started this whole thing is one of the very FEW dedicated players of CM who are actually contributing to the expansion of the installed basis in our merry FrogLand.
Those of you litterate in french should go to http://appui-feu.panzershark.com and see that Xavier and most of those guys did the translating of CM into French since the days of the first release and had been continueing their support to this cause to every single coming patches.
The number of new users gained by that horrendous work alone is numbered in tens.
As much as I fond Bruno posts a bit offensive to start with, I wish some of you would stop the systematic witch hunt.
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Now for the mundane I shall add that I also did the backup of that failed previous Thread which was as much a complete loss of bandwidth as the Ozzie one was.
Now to catch up on things.
First I'm glad that Seanachai is back from whatever hidey hole he was in.
Not that I'm particularly fond of the guy but that Triste Sire is very much part of our regalia (NO BlownHouse I didn't say genitalia).
Now that you've posted in here Steve, bugger off and get a life reading your Nerd of the Rings.
Meeksy Meeks.
In another dimension where neither time nor sex size mattered (or whatever it was Rod Sterling said in his opening speach), you were considered as a sessessionist of the worst schismatic variety.
But now you NonDisgestedOne, you are our Saviour.
Shield us from the daily mediocrity of wannabes and tired old timers alike.
Steer away the Grogs, the Women (Yes you latexed one and you also Haggies fondler!!!) and if you can do all that while SHUTTING THE **** UP it's all for the better.
Move over now...
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You are not Obsessive-CMpulsive, you are Allied-Retentive.
Mark IV
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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jasoncawley@ameritech.net:
You specs don't dwell on the biggest problem with the French tanks, which wasn't kinks in their armor but that one-man turret. The short 75 in the hull is meant to shoot up infantry and guns with HE. Vs. tanks, the higher velocity 47 in the turret is supposed to do the job. But the tank commander has to load that gun, aim it, fire it, tell the driver where to go, find targets, rotate the turret itself, etc. Way too much work for one guy. And the turret is physically tiny, but must accomodate the commander, the recoiling gun, its breech block, room to load the ammo with the block open, etc.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Right on all counts for the H39 and S35 but you're wrong for that particular baby up here.
Here are how the crew were used:
>> 1 driver who was also the 75 mm gunner (he could adjust the gun elevation using a crank located on his right and azimut by turning the tracks). He had one forward episcope and two lateral slits. To aim the 75 mm gun, he could use a binocular telescopic sight.
>> 1 loader, sitting being the 75 mm gun. The loader was also in charge of manning the hull MG.
>> 1 radio, sitting at the bottom of the turret, manning the ER53 radio. He could also pass ammo to the tank leader.
>> 1 tank leader, who was alone manning the electric APX4 turret. He could sit on a jump seat and use a rotary cupola with 1 periscope and 2 fixed episcopes. To aim the 47 mm gun or the coaxial MG, he used a single telescopic sight (x4).
The TC was indeed an overburdenned poor sod in most case, but at least was he not manning that 75mm...
The worst thing we french did with them is that we engaged them piecemeal instead of grouping them like the german did.
It was cultural from our Napoleon days.
Infantry IS all.
Thus tanks are supports.
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Waoww!!!
Just read that thread in one go and I should say I'm quite surprised no one did the mandatory Do a Search trick.
The hull turning to face the threat and thus enabling a faster bearing of the gun had been featured for some time now.
It was the direct result of some serious crying to Heaven by most of us and was seen as a serious overlook by BTS.
Enters Hull rotation...
Tests were done, the classical one being Villers Bocage to see how that would help increase survavibility.
IT DID!!!
Once again I could only recommend most of you to take a hike in the DeLorean and see what have been said in the past about that.
Enthousiasm was not only HUGE but also very noticeable.
I'm sorry some of you hadn't noticed all the threads and contributions here and there but it was indeed commented on ad libitum...
Now I am not meaning that because it had been discussed, it shouldn't be brought to fore again once in a while.
But a little more respect for the community as a whole and for the guys who made it all happen in the first place might help.
If you expect CM's TacAI to allow you to make fumbles and correct them by a brighter micro management of your AFVs then you might as well have someone else play your game on your behalf entirely.
I have no right whatsoever to belittle or doubt your sincerity and willingness to make CM a better experience for all of us by contributing your feedback in here for your fellow CMers to partake on them.
However I strongly urge some of you to do a simple experience inspired by what MadMatt is doing with his POTDs from the past.
Create a folder for the ORIGINAL CMBO, BMPs, WAVs and with the very first exe.
Play it.
Then play it again.
Do all the tests that had been mentioned in that thread.
Play Villers Bocage.
Go on to your regular CM and do just the same.
People should mesure what has been done and how much more pleasurable an already tremondous game CM has become.
And lest I forgot, how come there is still no dead bodies with gore effects in 1.1?
That's insulting and ahistirocal.
Do somefink!
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Mark IV
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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by the Nuisance formerly known as JDMorse:
So what say the assembled multitudes. Play him or flay him?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
I'd say Play him.
The very idea of TailPipe having fun with what is loosely called a lawyer is repulsive enough to be worth considering.
That plus the fact that you've practically patented the process of dealing with idiots as your proceedings with Choop clearly illustrated.
BTW, eventhough I'm glad there's still some fire in Fionn (I thought he should have met Rigor Mortis by now which would have been the only hardship left in that buggering Irish) I would like to highlight the fact that funneling his contribution in the Pool through Goldorak is symptomatic of a complete lack of judgement.
Wanker!!!
And lest I forgot, Go Raiders!! whatever those are.
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Mark IV
[This message has been edited by PawBroon (edited 01-11-2001).]
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Well then I'm here.
Old Timers United.
Get a move Steve...
Now you can go on living whatever miserable non-french lives you are all living.
I had been off CM for quite some time and hadn't played any of you while I needed the break.
If memory doesn't fail me, I was loosing against pretty much every one.
For those of you who feel like resuming the onslaught I'm game.
As for all of the guilty things you did while I was out stunning myself with a gargantuan libation of sex and alcohol, I despise you.
See what's now the Pool?
Meeks, time for some serious steering.
BTW, welcome back and go play with your ice cubes.
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Mark IV
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Well I'm in of course.
If I may I'd like to be Exhibit A.
BTW, is the blue sweater mandatory for all?!
Let's see if that works:
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=1400454&a=10812693&p=37343348
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You are not Obsessive-CMpulsive, you are Allied-Retentive.
Mark IV
[This message has been edited by PawBroon (edited 01-07-2001).]
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First apply the cold water patch on your excitation.
Once settled download both the 1.1b24 as it is the latest sporting TCP/IP and tweaks and the MODs you can grab all over.
For that go there:
http://combathq.thegamers.net/
Then you're pretty much set.
Welcome in here and enjoy yourself.
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You are not Obsessive-CMpulsive, you are Allied-Retentive.
Mark IV
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Does thet mean one gotta six pack home made likker an' ett grits t'boost all squads fum Regular t'Elite?
An' whar th' Hell is th' crowbar?!
Fry mah hide! Do somefink.
Shet mah mouth!
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You are not Obsessive-CMpulsive, you are Allied-Retentive.
Mark IV
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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Big Time Software:
I don't know if anyone outside the U.S.A. will have any idea what I'm talking about.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
The Teletubbies?
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Those are a great addition.
Thanks for your constant contribution to improve our gaming pleasure.
As for your UK MOD I'm ADSL so if you want you could email it to me and then I'll forward it to anyone requesting it with no hassle at all.
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Ah the StagHound.
The abscence of which being a major concern for me.
Poor Canuck with no such vehicules when every other buggers are crawling with GreyHounds, Daimlers and the like.
Sniff...
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You are not Obsessive-CMpulsive, you are Allied-Retentive.
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Ah the StagHound.
The abscence of which being a major concern for me.
Poor Canuck with no such vehicules when every other buggers are crawling with GreyHounds, Daimlers and the like.
Sniff...
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Those are incredible.
I was starting to feel uncomfortable with the RAMs and BADGERs whenever I ended up with them as they were ugly siblings to the other HiResed MODs.
Congrats and thanks for your hard work.
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Hiram Sedai
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Since that thread popped up again I shall highlight the fact that I am nowhere to be seen in front of the B1Bis like so many PoolNerds a wee whiley.
Chup I miss your blue sweater.
Please act accordingly.
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Hiram Sedai
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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jshandorf:
Actually if I recall correctly before Meeks left he mentioned that the trip to the South was off and that they were now going to the Artic.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Who cares really?!
The best part about where Meeks is reside in him being away wherever that might be.
Meeks if you can hear us in Heaven, sod off...
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Hiram Sedai
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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jd:
The Hetzer IS Madmatt's fav so that should tell you somefink<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
And try not to forget the time when I smoked one of your Hetzer with a Wasp.
That was one of those moments.
The foliagers...
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Hiram Sedai
[This message has been edited by PawBroon (edited 01-04-2001).]
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Before the movie and the excellent James Jones' trilogy, the Thin Red Line in all its Kipling splendor.
Now shame on you for having a bloody Frog quote Kipling on you Limeys.
Tommy
I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here."
The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I:
O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away";
But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins," when the band begins to play -
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
O it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins," when the band begins to play.
I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls,
But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls!
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside";
But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide -
The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide,
O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide.
Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap;
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.
Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?"
But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll –
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll.
We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too,
But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you;
An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints,
Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints;
While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, fall be'ind,"
But it's "Please to walk in front, sir," when there's trouble in the wind –
There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind,
O it's "Please to walk in front, sir," when there's trouble in the wind.
You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all:
We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace.
For it's Tommy this an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool - you bet that Tommy sees!
And now for the historical part:
After 1881, when the 91st and 93rd regiments became linked as the 1st and 2nd Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, the association with Princess Louise's wedding was retained and woven into the badge of the new regiment, then known as Princess Louise's Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders.
The 93rd Sutherland Highlanders, raised in 1799 by Major General William Wemyss, a nephew of the Earl of Sutherland, was recruited under unusual circumstances for the period. General Wemyss had been particularly successful in recruiting two fencible regiments for home defence from Sutherland Estates and lands. The last of these regiments had just been disbanded when Wemyss set to work to raise the Sutherland Highlanders. Over 250 men joined from the fencibles, while the other 390 or so were raised by levey and ballots on the Sutherland Estates. In the years that followed the 91st Argyllshire Highlanders saw extensive service in the Cape of Good Hope and in the Peninsular Campaign, South Africa and the Zulu Wars (1879) The 93rd Sutherland Highlanders were present at the Cape of Good Hope, the Battle of New Orleans (1814) the Canadian Rebellion of 1838 and they played a distinguished part in both the Crimean War (1853-56) and the Indian Mutiny (1857-58).
Outstanding, unusual and unique are all words which can be applied to the many battle honours of this distinguished Regiment, one battle honour that stands distinctly apart, however, is that of 'Balaclava'.
The 93rd Sutherland Highlanders had fought with great courage at the Battle of Alma in September 1854, as part of Sir Colin Campbell's Highland Brigade. In October however, the 93rd were left behind in the port of Balaclava to unload stores, while the main army moved to Sebastopol to besiege the town.
Following several false alarms, and then with little warning, the Russians attacked and occupied forts and outposts protecting Balaclava. The 93rd were already under arms and in position and Sir Colin Campbell took his meagre force of cavalry, marines and Highlanders and immediately set up a defence. Remember there is no retreat, you must die where you stand he told them. As the Russian Cavalry advanced, the 93rd in line and only two deep, moved over the crest of a hill. For a long moment, all was eerily silent. The movement of the horses, the clinking of the sabres, the champing of bits could clearly be heard. No one spoke. The Russian Cavalry then charged head-long towards the slender British line, and side by side the 93rd stood firm and faced the approaching onslaught.
At 600 yards, they fired a volley into the enemy cavalry which had virtually no impact on its momentum. In the face of increasing volley fire and with the Highlanders line still unyielding, at 200 yards the leading cavalry finally began to break and wheeled to the left. The 93rd moved its defensive position in response and still stood its ground. The Russians, baulked by the 93rd's determination abandoned their attack, and withdrew. As they retreated across the plain pursued by artillery fire, the 93rd threw their bonnets in the air and cheered. "We expected to have to fight soldiers" one of the Russian Cavalrymen commented subsequently, - "not red devils".
Thus the action became the subject of the great Victorian painter, Robert Gibb, who painted this classic:
The Thin Red Line at Balaclava.
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Hiram Sedai
[This message has been edited by PawBroon (edited 01-04-2001).]
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Not too sure about it pal but mefink you hadn't been attacked at all.
Think of it.
She is a woman and what with you having a nick meaning INPUT OUPUT ERROR, if you don't get how unfanciful it could be on the appealling side...
But what do I know about women?!
My only affidavit is that I've lived in one for almost 9 months or so...
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Hiram Sedai
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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Kitty:
After getting no response from that he started sending me ICQ messages, repeating the same profane request for sexual favors over and over until he saw it wasn't getting me angry...
I'd imagine this is probably the same person who's been trying to send me viruses via email for the past month or so.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
You mean he wanted to infect you with sexual viruses through ICQ intercourse?
Now that's a first.
Nice HiResed KT you're doing BTW.
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Hiram Sedai
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DD did some sky MODs but he had to tweak them for there were some minor glitches.
Dunno how far he is unto those though.
They were great and I'd been holding my breath since then...
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Hiram Sedai
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Aww shuck, it was a Grog post.
Me, the Pilgrim of Fierce Historical Innacurracies.
I feel all weak at the knees...
Either that or I'm pregnant.
Now if the Bald Bouncer could padlock me before I do others like this one.
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Hiram Sedai
[This message has been edited by PawBroon (edited 01-03-2001).]
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It's B1Bis Maximus.
Supposed to be The Beast at the time.
Can't wait for CM4 to play decent french...
Here is for those not knowing the baby:
Although the B1bis battle tank was impervious to the 37mm German anti-tank rounds, combat experience during the western campaign of 1940 would revealed two major weaknesses in the B1bis battle tank. The first weak point was just over the hull 75mm gun: AT rounds were found to ricochet on the frontal upper hull armor ending in the turret ring blocking the turret.
The biggest weakness of the B1bis tank was the ventilation grate located on the left side of the tank as seen on the last pic above.
This weak spot in the B1bis armor would easily be located by german antitank gunners since it would be blackened by engine fumes. During the course of the campaign in the west, the german gunners would receive the order to aim at the black rectangle. These flank shots would be facilitated by the french tactical doctrine which required the B1bis to attack, moving in zig-zag.
Here are the specs:
Combat Weight (tons): 32.0
Dimensions
Length (m): 6.50
Width (m): 2.50
Height (m): 2.80
Ground Clearance (m): 0.45
Crew:4 (Hull: 3; Turret: 1)
Negociated Obstacles
Ground Pressure (kg/cm2): 0.85
Fording Depth (m): 0.72
Performance
Maximum Speed: (km/hr): 28
Range on road (km): 140
Range Cross Country (km): 100
Armament
Main Gun (cm/caliber): 47L/32
Main Gun ammunition: 50
Hull Gun (cm/caliber): 75L/17
Hull Gun ammunition: 74
Machine Guns: 2
M.G. ammunition: 5100
Armor: Rolled Hull / Cast Turret
Hull front (mm): 60/45°
Turret front (mm): 55/0°
Hull side (mm): 55/0°
Turret side (mm): 45/22°
Hull rear (mm): 55/0°
Turret rear (mm): 45/22°
Hull roof (mm): 20/90°
Turret roof (mm): 30/90°
Hull belly (mm): 20/90°
Note: the driver front plate was at 20°
That's it.
I guess you needed a french to be that thourough about a B1...
:-D
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Hiram Sedai
[This message has been edited by PawBroon (edited 01-03-2001).]
Time to Lock the Forum and Concentrate on Peng Thread
in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)
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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Golem:
There once was a creature called Marlowbrow,
Who's CM Thingie was much too small anyhow,
He's a cheating mother****er,
Who blew up my tanks (then blew a big trucker),
And blows (up) my infantry too.
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That must be the most severely ****ed up Haiku I've ever seen.
It's worst than that, it's a 3rd degree scorched up brainless puke.
But wait!!
It's not an Haiku since you are one of those uneducated morons who stuck in here not by sheer brilliance but by merely stunning us to compliance with a constent stream of gibberish.
Here is what Basho would have said to Hurt of Darkness who would then have recognized its genius for HE is litterate:
"In the cicada's cry
No sign can foretell
How soon it must die."
Boy I'm spent...
Meeks you can stop playing with that I do not fancy you.
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You are not Obsessive-CMpulsive, you are Allied-Retentive.
Mark IV