Red Dog

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jeff Duquette: Someone know if the PIAT or Panzerschreck had HE rounds?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I seem to recall that the Panzerfaust had an optional fragmentation sleeve which could be fitted over the warhead for anti-infantry use.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Rex_Bellator: I have seen pictures of a specialist Luftwaffe squadron (KG200?) which included captured B-17's. As we know they bristled with .50cals so does this count? I've always been intrigued to know more about their service record so if anyone can point me to a good source of information I'd be grateful.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> KG 200 was primarily responsible for clandestine intelligence operations. The majority of their missions were insertion, retrieval, and supply of agents and commando/partisan units. Their missions where all highly classified, most of their records were destroyed before the end of the war; and many of the few records which remain are still classified to this day. They were flying missions daily right up until the end of the war. I recall reading somewhere that in the last days of the war they had inserted several commando units in Russia who were still actively raiding and sabotaging up until the early 1950s... can't recall the source for this and most of my books are in boxes at my parent's house. Possibly "Kommando: German Special Forces of WW2"? or maybe it was from one of the Timelife WW2 books?

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Terence: I'd just like to say that Im so incredibly rich that it doesn't matter how much money my computer costs. I'll just use it for a couple months and throw it away and buy a new one. I just like to buy computers. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Where do you live? I'd love to come buy and pick through your trash... or even better, if you could just mail me your old computers when you're done with them I'd be happy to pay the shipping costs... :cool:

I had the same problem with my old P-III 500 and a Creative TNT2 Ultra. Worked great with the Creative drivers or the NVIDIA drivers up to version 3.30 (I think), but anything newer and I got the same problem that you're having. My only advice is to find the best driver that will work with you're system and stick with it. Or buy a new system, I just picked up a P-4 1.5 ghz with a GeForce 2 Ultra with 64 megs of DDR. Of course now I wish a had waited a couple of months for the GeForce 3.

I've seen the game before. Interesting concept, although the system is a little too simplistic for my tastes (but then I played ASL for many years...).

The difference is that in "real life" the enemy would hold their fire until your tanks came within range... Something we can not choose to do since the AI controls who you shoot at, and it will target and fire on the first vehicle it sees.

Why is it that they can't just release the whole series instead of hacking the plot apart? I really hate it when they do this kind of thing. Cross of Iron Special Edition? Haven't heard anything on this. Any more info? DVD? When?

and I was just thinking about buying a new convertible to cruise the beach in this summer. Don't seem to have $60k though... I guess I'll have to stick with my jeep for another year.

Actually, that was just a pair of 81mm mortars mounted under the wing of a FW190. They also had smaller fin stabalized rockets, the R4M (I beleive), which were carried by the Me262. The guided missiles were completely different. The first ones were radio controled, but after the problems the Luftwaffe had with British jamming their radio frequencies durring the Batt;e of Britain they switched over to wire guided.

Actually, they did. Several working prototypes were found by the Allies after the war. They even had a 6 barreled gattling type version that was to be mounted on aircraft which was supposed to have a rate of fire of 6000 rounds per minute! The Germans cancelled the project when they realized that it would take enough electricity to power several large cities to achieve a useful muzzle velocity...

Actually that's not true, the Soviets built a Focke-Wulf Ta 183 "Huckebein" from a complete set of plans and in May 1948 it was ordered into production as the MIG 15. Also, Kurt Tank (the head of design for Focke-Wulf) went to Argentina after the war were he also built the Ta 183 renamed the "Pulqui II" for the Argentine airforce. and let's not forget the Ho XVIIIA "Amerika Bomber", ever compare it to the B-2 "Spirit" Stealth Bomber?... [This message has been edited by Red Dog (edited 02-28-2001).]

The missile (Ruhrstahl/Kramer X-4) was wire guided by the gunner. Check out http://visi.net/~djohnson/missile/x-4.html for more info on this neat toy. There were also larger ground launched missiles as well; the Rheinmetall-Borsig "Feuerlilie" and the EMW C2 "Wasserfall". http://visi.net/~djohnson/missile/rheinf55.html http://visi.net/~djohnson/missile/wasserfl.html and just to keep things somewhat on topic, there was also a wire guided anti-tank missile which was designed to be carried by a half-track (can't recall if it was the sdfk 251 or not).

I believe that this is supposed to represnet a company of Storm Troopers. They were regular units, not an ad-hoc formation. As for if there were any in Italy, I have no idea.

Throw me in for a 4 as well. I just can't resist all the neat toys the Germans get. But then the Allies get all that arty to make big loud explosions... It's pretty close, but for me the toys win out in the end. I'll let someone more mathmatically inclined than myself post a current total...

JagdpanzerIV(70) is definately my fav. Nice and low to the ground to take advantage of every little dip in the terrain. It's so much fun to watch all the richocets off of that sloped armor as one by one the allied vehicles burn... I once had a single JagdpanzerIV(70), with an elite crew, in a good hull down position take out 7 Shermans and 3 or 4 halftracks.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Guy w/gun: I think you missed my point. Would a crew just sit there with there fingers in their asses? Simple example. Regular Tank is ordered to move forward 100 meters. At 50 meters you decide to give the tank new orders: reverse back 25 meters. What does the tank do? It stops dead cold...doesn't continue forward...waits 13 seconds, then proceeds to reverse. Im not saying this is good or bad, I'm just asking if this is realistic.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Tanks make a lot of noise while moving, maybe the stop and pause represents the TC telling the driver to stop so he can hear the incomming radio transmition. Then he has to give orders to the crew and the crew executes them. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> Try it yourself...get in your car and drive down the road. Have your friend call you on a cell phone and tell you to take the next right. It may take a few sec from the point he called you to the point when he has finished his directions, but your car will be moving the WHOLE time (unlike the CM tanks which pause). Its not as if as soon as he finishes dialing your number, you magically know that a change of direction will take place and you bring the car to a complete stop. You had no idea when his directions were coming and what they would be. So you kept driving straight.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Actually, if I'm driving in my jeep with the top down and someone calls my cell phone I frequently have to pull over and stop in order to hear them...

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Silver Stars: quote: Actually, the intended role of the BAR may have been as an "assault rifle". The intent was to advance at a walking pace across no man's land firing it from the hip, with sling support. Jesus.....firing .30-06 ammo full auto from the hip?while walking????? my god.....talk about Rambo of the Marne... <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> That's nothing, Clyde Barrow (of Bonnie and Clyde fame) was known to use a personally modified BAR with the barrel cut down and the stock cut off just after the buffer tube. He was only 5'7" and weighed in at a 130lbs... Apparently the BAR was quite popular with several American gangsters in the 1920's. [This message has been edited by Red Dog (edited 11-27-2000).] [This message has been edited by Red Dog (edited 11-27-2000).]

I brought this up before, but since we're on the subject again... I would love to see the Vietnam War done with the CM engine.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Los: RedDOg, Are there any special features on the DVD of Stalingrad? Los p.s. Gladiator is releasing on DVD on 21 Nov with tons of extra stuff and deleted scenes. Go to www.amazon.com it's on the main page. Los<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> English and German Language tracks. Subtitles in English Theatrical Trailers Widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio The english dubbing wasn't too bad, better than most I've heard. I just wish it had a director's commentary and "making of" like the Das Boot DVD. Anyone know if Cross of Iron has been released on DVD? If so, any extras on it? [This message has been edited by Red Dog (edited 10-13-2000).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Pham911: Stalingrad: wide screen, subtitled= great movie. The infantry/tank battle is phenomenal.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> DVD version on a 34" HDTV with 6 speaker surround sound system. The only way to watch a movie.

I'm torn between "Das Boot", "Stalingrad", and "Cross of Iron" for the best WW2 movie.

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