Kingfish

The chick with the big tits.

Eh, over him, under him, bent over the kitchen table. Same thing.

Interesting. All this time I thought the Lehr's Fkl.Abt. was just an attached Tiger unit, much like a smaller version of GD's Tiger battalion. If I read this correctly, the Tiger and StuGs controllers were still fully functional as combat vehicles, albeit with reduced ammo loads.

Don't put away that "Obscure trivia about the German armed forces vol. 1 & 2" just yet. I have another question, totally unrelated to Volksturm and Lepizig. According to Zetterling the 2nd Panzer division's Panzer regiment included the 4th company of 301.Fkl.Abt. What was the composition, and role, of this unit? I found a few references to this unit online, most notably here and here, but as you can see the first date listed for this unit is August '44. I am interested in the period June 13-18 when 2nd Pz took over the Villers-Bocage sector.

The scenario is set in a mostly urban setting, although there is a nice big park with plenty of woods and scattered trees. Download the scenario to see what I mean. In any event DF weapons do not produce treebursts in CM. Blame it on Holien. He got me hooked on the After the Battle magazine. Great rag for the designer.

I believe this kill is documented in the After the Battle magazine, with pics to boot. A Sherman of the 777th Tank Battalion was rounding a corner on the way to the Klinger Bridge, one of the many spans crossing the Weisse Elster, when a Panzerfaust took it out, killing two crewmen. Here is the pic: You can see one of the crew's bodies draped in a tarp lying in front of the tank. The other is by the door of the building. IIRC, the photo's caption describes the PF shooter as a 'child'. Also, I believe the 'T' intersection in the distance is the road leading to the Zepplin Bridge, where Robert Capa took his famous photos of the MG crewman who was killed by a sniper. Thanks for all your help. I'm not sure why these little details interest me, but they do. Good to know that no matter whatever off-the-wall question I can come up with you are there with the goods.

The Tokyo Institute of Science, according to the home page tab.

Once again you exceed expectations. I'd love to see your reference library. Was this a different formation than the Ersatz Abteilung of Infantry Regiment 107? Look here.

Thanks. I already knew of that one, and in any event I have all of Desert Fox's Operation Perch maps, so I'm well covered in that sector. I've changed my mind on what sector I plan on designing around, and am more interested now in the projected path of the 51st Highland division, as well as the 1st UK Airborne's LZs. The gears are turning

No, my source of reference material is "The battle for Leipzig" Issue #130, After the Battle Magazine. Ironically enough, there is an entire section that talks about Capt. MacDonald and his role in getting the Germans to surrender the city. There is also a picture of him chatting with Lee Miller, a combat reporter for Vouge magazine (no joke!), one of the few women reporters of WW2. There is a brief mention of taking out the guns by waiting for night, then infiltrating close enough to call down artillery fire on the guns, whose crews would abandon or surrender. There is also a nice pic of a 128mm flak gun in a fixed mount.

In another thread you said you were "the sage of little things and detail". Well, now here is your chance to shine (again) I need to know what German forces defended Leipzig in April 1945. So far I've confirmed the following: -Ersatz Abteilung of Infantry Regiment 107 -Kraftfahr-Ersatz-Abteilung (No info on designation) -Eight battalions of Volksturm (again, no info on designation) -The city's 3,400 man police force (who refused to fight anyway) My questions are: What were the designations for the Volksturm and Kraftfahr battalions? The city of Leipzig sat in the center of one of the most concentrated AA belts in all of Germany. Were any of these weapons used in the actual defense of the city? Were there any other forces defending the city? And if you think this all pertains to a scenario I am designing, well... ...Yes, it does

Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic President, and some feared he was actually a covert agent of the Vatican. In fact, towards the latter half of '63 evidence began to show that he was steering the country towards a theocracy with the help of the Pope, Castro and some elements of Odessa. Hey, this is fun!

You mentioned you have very few zooks, which I am assuming you mean the Panzershrek, the German equivalent of the American zook, and that there are two main approaches thru trees. My suggestion would be to have the Panzershrek teams conduct the actual vehicle ambush, while the squads are deployed to cover the shreks from allied infantry screens. If the terrain is tight enough you can suppliment the shreks firepower with that of a Panzerfaust equipped squad, or half squad, but the shrek should be the primary vehicle killer. Make sure to assign them a "armor only" covered arc, and they are under the command of a HQ with good bonuses, such as Combat and morale.

I agree, which is why I pointed out that the figures were for total production, not specifically in the ETO in Dec '44. That said, even if the TD fleet was only 3000 it still meant a greater percentage was M10 / M18 as opposed to the M36, which is what Darkmath had asked. Edit: The guy to ask would be Harry Yeide, who is our resident tank destroyer expert.

Judging from the production numbers listed on this site, and then counting only those that were produced before Dec '44, it appears the M10 fleet was bigger by a wide margin, with 6706 M10s vs 1213 M36s. However, that is total production, and does not account for losses in combat or those shipped to the Med / Pac. Still, even if you cut the M10 fleet in half it is still twice that of the M36. Again according to the same site the M36 first saw service in July '44, so yes it did see limited action in Normandy.

Correct, the M36 did not see service in the Med. My guess would be the allies wanted to deploy the limited numbers where the Germans still had a sizeable AFV fleet. In Italy there were fewer German tanks, and of those only a tiny percentage could not be handled by the numerous M10s or M18s.

GAJ, That is Fertile fields. Polish Engineers, British Glider troops, The German tanks in the truck park. The word .doc which featured the grainy black and white "recon" photos. Sound familiar?

The scenario is called "Fertile Fields". Back during the days of the first scenario depot it was rated the best scenario vs the AI by a wide margin. Excellent theme and design, and very challenging to boot. E-mail on the way.

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Just to clarify, smoke does not provide cover, only concealment. In CM the term "cover" means something that actually stops or limits the incoming enemy fire, i.e a physical barrier such as being behind a stone wall or inside a house. "Concealment" means something that blocks LOS, and thus prevents enemy fire from penetrating. Smoke is a good example, as is thick fog, night or tall summer wheat.

Be aware that some of those names also pertains to churches outside of Belgorod. For instance, there is a Smolensky Cathedral in Moscow.

Who's grass mod are you using? Looks like southern Australian. BTW, the guy with the captured Panzerfaust is a nice touch.

Should have blasted away with the 2 squads and HQ for at least half a turn, and then send one of the squads in while the others provided covering fire.

The PIAT team is in scattered trees. I can't tell the distance, but appears to be far enough that the trees would block his LOS. I'm not sure if you know this, but the tree graphics do not represent actual trees in the game, so you can have what appears to be a straight, unobstructed shot when in reality the computer reads it as blocked.