Ubermac

Umm, i'd prefer Germans because of the panzerfausts in the infantry units and the good balance (armour/armament) in most German tanks. But most important is knowledge i think. If you're very familiar with the material used by either side, both sides can give you the edge needed to claim victory. Oh and my mother was no hamster i think...and if you claim she was one more time, i'll unclog my nose in your general direction you son of a silly person. ------------------ And remember kids....dressing up like Hitler in school, is NOT cool!

(takes a deep breath). The U.S. and the U.N...hmm....is there a link at all? No offense but if the U.S. participates in U.N. operations, they do so practically solo. Look at Bosnia. They didn't participate (on a scale anyone cares to mention) in the U.N. peacekeeping operations there until the nations who did started to get a grasp on the situation. And then what happens....it turns NATO. If the U.S. joins a U.N operation they run the show, therefor it's not that untrue to say any U.N. operation which includes the U.S is a U.S run operation (militarily speaking anyway). If anyone wants to join any army, but doesnt want to be send away...dont join in the first place. I'm a soldier, no politician....so all i can say is that from a military point of view, the U.N. sucks imensely...again, Bosnia proves that. To conclude i want to this off my chest: I think the U.S will never leave the U.N because it wouldn't want to be the sole country responsible for a military operation half way across the globe. And let's face it, if anyone threatens the U.S.'s economy in any way action will be taken.

Thanks Panzer! Sounds like there are more people worried about this then...goooood

Sorry if this post sounds a bit negative, but i really think there should be more winter wash models of armoured vehicles. As of now, the only vehicle texture i downloaded is Stephan Galambos's Panther A. This texture accurately shows the way a tank crew would give it's tank a wash with the means they had at hand. Congrats to Stephan on a job well done, but what's up with that German cross on the sides dude? I have in my posession a lot of photographic material of German panzers on the eastern front, but most of them show winter camo that was applied by the crew themselves...showing a vague camo underneath. I know quite some panzers came out of the factiry with a neat white paint already on em, but still i'm getting the idea that those were not the majority. So let's get rid of all those neat white n green (or whatever) camo's and get the battle weary, watery white coatings on the road!! ------------------ And remember kids....dressing up like Hitler in school, is NOT cool!

Well i don;t know about you Mr. Johnson, but i play the imperial march anyway . ------------------ And remember kids....dressing up like Hitler in school, is NOT cool!

Well....i could be mistaken, but if i had the chance i'd take out a halftrack with a mortar. I agree that mortar shells do not resemble a football, but then, i'm not a footy fan and occasionally mortar shells look kinda big. ------------------ And remember kids....dressing up like Hitler in school, is NOT cool!

Ok, let's say you people are all German sub-commanders. You have a force pool from which you should pick the units that will fight the coming battle. Now correct me if i'm wrong, but if HQ tells you you need to advance your forces towards say....Villers Bocage...the first thing you would do is grab a map and start studying the map right? So in all honesty...if the terrain would be a surprise...would that that be realism? I think the answer to that would be: nope...that would be amateurism (is that a word anyway?). ------------------ And remember kids....dressing up like Hitler in school, is NOT cool!

Guys i'm no grognard, but am i completely wrong if i say this camo is actually no camo at all? I wouldnt venture out with a Tiger that looks yellow/gold-ish if my life depended on it....and in WW2...it would have. *standing head heaved, arms spread..waiting for someone to flame him* ------------------ And remember kids....dressing up like Hitler in school, is NOT cool!

Love the pics Matt, been a while since i'v seen anyone nearly as sick as me . Just curious....have you been to the panzer museum in Munster as well? ------------------ And remember kids....dressing up like Hitler in school, is NOT cool!

Do i sense a cardinal who cant beat the Germans without some secret super-weapon!? FETCH THE COMFY CHAIR!!!!!

First off i'd like to say i love your work Bill! But you know what's to come when people give you complements at the start right? Right....complaints. I'm in the middle of the Arnhem bridge operation and found that it is not really cooperating with me. First time i played it, it was with the Brits...all went well...and that's the weird thing. I won the operation with 25 KIA's. I'm sure it should be possible to hold that dang bridge, but this was a walk in the park! Then i thought: "oh well..let's try the Jerries". Well....maybe i'm a super-soldier, but i charged the bridge, secured it's entrance and in the following battle kicked the Brits back towards the edge of the map. Imagine the feeling (and xxx rated words flying around the room) when i discovered that in the following battle i had to charge the bridge again...and again....and again. I was there...the thing was not only secure, but so was a large portion of Arnhem itself. What is going on here? Then i have a question about the German forces in Arnhem...i always thought the Germans had heavier equipment (like Panthers) available there. But then, i'm not an expert . So now i hear you thinking:" hey! you told me you liked my work!!". Well i still do, i just got frustrated and thought i'd ask you what's up with this....thanks in advance Ubermac, lord of the bridge. ------------------ And remember kids....dressing up like Hitler in school, is NOT cool!

K first this...i think the CC series were very good, i spend months climbing the ladder and had a great time doing so. But now CC's master has arrived, CC cannot come close (close..heh) to CM's realism and i think any wargamer who isnt after realism should stick to Command & Conquer. As for CC4, the engine is the best of the CC series, so it had the potential to be the best CC in the row, but it wasn't..why? Because you didn't have the oportunity to buy units...this might seem a minor glitch to some of you out there, but in fact it takes out a lot of the tactics that made say CC2 such a joy to play! Then CC5....why oh why should i go for CC5? I haven't seen or heard much about it, but let's face it..it's going to be the CC4 engine with a few tweaks in units...at least that's what i'm expecting. I'll keep my money in my piggy-bank and save it for CM2 instead ------------------ And remember kids....dressing up like Hitler in school, is NOT cool!

Once upon a time a guy named Ubermac posted a message by the name of "Tigers, no spank you". Little did he know this subject would turn into a stat-war. Can't we all just get along? =) Let's put some fuel on the fire....how about the Tiger's 88mm...it seems to miss a lot, even with a crack crew! I'm damn sure a crack Tiger crew could hit a stationary target at 1km with every shot they would fire....either that or the game Panzer Elite is complete crap. ------------------ And remember kids....dressing up like Hitler in school, is NOT cool!

I'm in! With a name like mine i'd have to be Axis though...that and the fact i can spell nahverteitigungswaffe. ------------------ And remember kids....dressing up like Hitler in school, is NOT cool!

My God, that should've been enough to ruin the rest of your day! ------------------ And remember kids....dressing up like Hitler in school, is NOT cool!

Done the review....umm BTS...need anyone in the marketing department? =)

Sounds pretty damn promising Pillar! I'm very curious about if this could actually work though, seems you will have a full-time job being the "AI" or should that be "I"..... I for one will keep an eye on this project of yours...could be tons o' fun! ------------------ And remember kids....dressing up like Hitler in school, is NOT cool!

Can i be a POW then? i hate long games =)

Didn't BTS fix that frontline problem in 1.03?

Oh i forgot to mention that even though the Tiger crews had 88 guns on their tanks they weren't able to hit a tank even if their mothers in law were driving the tanks they were shooting at.

(takes a deep breath).... Now i'm a good sport really...i can take losses..hell i do not even have a problem with losing a battle altogether, but sometimes it just gets too much. Like today where i had 4 Tigers positioned hull down to the enemy, in scattered trees. Then the allied armour showed up. Around 4 m4's, 1 wolverine and i think 2 Cromwells. Now someone, somewhere got his history wrong..i know now that the Tiger was in fact a very flimsy cardboard tank not able of hitting an elephant with a bazooka. If you would look at the vehicles on each side and take into consideration the firing would be at aprox. 1km....what would be the outcome? Correct...all 4 tigers knocked out and no casualties whatsoever to any allied vehicle. This seems to happen a lot in the games i play, so my question to any hardcore stats-freak is...what gives!? 4 SS veteran tigers with frontal armour towards the enemy in hull down positions vs. stationary Allied armour in the open. Is there anyone else out there who thinks something is very wrong here? P.S.: still hooked on CM though

Hellooo..are we privates or generals? Look at the bigger picture, it's war, it's hell, but in order to achieve victory...sacrifices must be made. True, i overdo it sometimes, sending a ****load of little men across a flank to confuse the enemy, knowing they will be kebabs within a few turns, but hey...if that means being able to punch a hole in the lines and causing maximum casualties..so be it. But seriously, i think it's all about knowing the difference about strategic knowledge and outsmarting an opponent against the human drama behind it all. It's like the fact it's hard to tell someone you have books about the Waffen SS at home bacause the unit as a military elite interests the living hell out of ya. But ofcourse, there's no need to rant on about that here.... ------------------ And remember kids....dressing up like Hitler in school, is NOT cool!

Forget it Mike, it's futile. I can be very persuasive, but i couldnt get it done....i got as far as her being able to recognize a Tiger when she sees one on the Discovery chanel but thats it. Then again i'm making progress, we're at chapter 2: the StuG, which is progressing very nicely . I guess what i'm saying is if it can happen at all be patient, be very, very patient. ------------------ And remember kids....dressing up like Hitler in school, is NOT cool!

Ah movies, a wargamers sedative... Just a few things. The Battle of the Bulge movie is called "a midnight clear", When trumpets fade was utter crap and i gotta admit i always enjoyed the German version of Stalingrad. Now for a question of my own...i once read 3 books that were a series together. They were about some SS unit and the first book was about the taking of the Belgian fort Eben Emael, the second about the eastern front and the third about Monte Casino i think. The books must've been fiction since i thought it was a Fallschirmjager unit that fought at Monte Casino. Anyone know who the writer is or what the books are called again? Thanks!

If i offended you, i'm sorry Fionn....but i did not quote anything...just mentioned i thought i'd saw you writing something about that somewhere...didn't even know for sure if it was you anymore. Could've sworn i had some light mg's walking the other day..if i'm wrong, i stand corrected.