dNorwood

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by DigDug: Not a single miss, even the Sherman that was moving while firing. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Question and a comment (as we say at seminar): Comment is that THEY* say that Shermans were the only tanks in WWII with a gyrostabalized turret (and thus the ability to fire on the move with any accuracy) - but that, on the other hand, the crew "typically didn't know how to use it" and thus it was routinely disabled. Question is - any truth? *I always wondered who THEY were - turns out it's a couple of guys from Jersey. Who knew?

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by David Aitken: tero wrote: > A topic/FAQ database would be in order ? Are you offering to build one? David<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Cute. I can't speak for tero, but it seems to me that people who -need- the FAQ are hardly the people who should be writing it. I, for one, am completely unqualified to do so (knowing comparatively little about the nuts and bolts of the game or WHY certain things were done). Don't you think it might be a better idea for the people who spent -two years- working on this to put something together? [This message has been edited by dNorwood (edited 07-28-2000).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ACTOR: Kiss everyone goodbye...get some food and drink located closer to the computer..and buy a new computer. Then you will be able to play to your hearts content! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> A while back there was an extensive discussion of the various means of relieving yourself w/o leaving the computer.... Do a search

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mirage2k: Also, I'm fairly certain that making it harder to hit units behind a vehicle is just as difficult (code-wise) as a full-fledged LOS block. -Andrew <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Whatever the subtleties of blocking LOS versus LOF, I CAN tell you that wrecks blocking flying shells. I've seen a tank-fired HE shell ricochet off a wreck.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Airborne: "I just drives'em baby, I dunno what makes'em work" (name that character!), That's gotta me the driver (Gavin Macloud?) of Oddball's tank from Kellys Heroes. ---Chris <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Gavin was the driver, but it was Oddball (Donald Sutherland) who said this (when Telly Savalas demanded to know why he wasn't helping to fix the tank). Can you tell where I did all MY WWII research?

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Offwhite: As I grew up playing games on a C64 with the 1541 drive, I fail to see a reason for all the fuss with opening/inserting/closing one's CD tray... patience is a virtue; anyone else remember when a three-minute load time was short?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Ahh, the 1541. Luxury. The TRS-80 with a cassette drive - THAT was slow...

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by sbg2112: C'mon, people -- it's obviously a fake. Everybody knows color film wasn't that advanced back in World Wa--- <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> This is a common misconception. Actually, film has ALWAYS been high quality. The world was first black&white, and then later washed out colors before developing its current high quality color scheme. Just ask any old-timer. [This message has been edited by dNorwood (edited 07-18-2000).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by thewood: It shot at a flame team only 20m away and blew itself up. It took me a few replays to figure it out. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Similarly, I had a Sherman attempt to fire at an infantry target a few hundred meters away. It was firing PAST a knocked out Stug. I see the cannon fire, and then an explosion a few meters in front of the Sherman (which caused the Sherman to IMMEDIATELY button up). I figure an unspotted AT so I start replaying to try and figure out where. Eventually, I HEAR the ricochet OFF the Stug. Wow...

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Scott Clinton: It was my understanding that this actually was during the hydrogen bomb tests and not the atomic bomb tests/uses of the 40s. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Not true. Several of the scientists working on the bomb had the idea occur to them. After calculating the mean free path, most decided that "igniting" the atmosphere was unlikely. (NOTE: Here, igniting the atmosphere amounts to starting a fusion reaction in the atmosphere, as happens in a fusion bomb). <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Scott Clinton: Scary part was (for me anyway) that there was no war (except the Cold War of course) when they thought that the hydrogen bomb might, just possibly destroy the entire planet. But they went ahead and did it anyway. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> This is the circumstance at the Trinity test - nobody knew for sure until after the test that if was safe to pop nukes in the atmosphere. [This message has been edited by dNorwood (edited 07-17-2000).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by CrapGame: My wife says I'm not ready to join this group because I'm still "in denial" about being an addict. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Well, I don't know about you guys, but I can quit any time I want... ...really....

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mortiis: length of time it took to get your orders -and your location. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Ordered Wed., June 28th Recd Wed., July 5th (If you don't count the weekend and the two-day holiday, July 3rd adn 4th, that's THREE days - impressive) New Orleans, LA USA. In this regard, I wonder if it might be possible to set up some kind of download of the full game for Europeans. Sure, it'll be slow, but these folks have been waiting for days (weeks?)

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by killmore: I wonder how what % of population died compared to Soviet Unioin in WWII. Anyone can unswer that?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I found some quick numbers: ~646,000 Union ~134,000 Confederate Total pop ~34,000,000 So just over 2% (Assuming the World Almanac is reliable)

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by KiloIndiaAlpha: The range is set by the angle the tube makes with the vertical, the max range being at approx 45 degrees to the vertical. (Incidentally for a given range there are two angles that will achieve that range) <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> About the ballistics - that 45 degree result is definitely true if: a) there is no air drag, and both mortar and target are at the same elevation. If a shell moves slow enough, I might buy the air drag being a small effect, but elevation differences abound. Can any mortar crewmen set me straight about mortar ballistics?