Dragoon44

Are you guys cutting up? Hmmm lets see a humongous King Tiger versus a Stuart with a 37mm main gun and tin foil for armor...granted there would be some wreckage left but the King Tigers 88mm gun would definitely wreck a Stuarts day (not to mention that of the Stuarts crew). Dont get me wrong Im not ragging Stuarts,,,its my favorite WW II tank, but remember its a LIGHT TANK, and was originally used for recon. Thanks for letting me put my two cents in.

EGAD!!!! CM Rocks, I had high hopes for Sudden Strike until; they missed their first deadline for shipping which was I think back in May or June, and the fact the EIDOS is the publisher,,,sorry guys but I have yet to buy an EIDOS game that didnt either just go back to the store or relegated to the pile of games that are played no more. I think Sudden Strike was an awesome idea,,,

Folks, Im thinking that by and large were all pretty good people here. Sure in every crowd there are some dilrods and punks. If those folks upset you, ignore them or dont PBEM with them anymore. Sounds simple but Im hoping that BTS cranks out the next iteration of CM asap, we can self police ourselves dont you think?

I want to add my prayers for the crew of the Kursk, even though for many years I served on the west side of the Iron Curtain, servicemen (and women!) are all patriots.

Lets hope BTS keep kickin ass in the sales department, cause I sure as hades want to be play CM2!! Even the BTS guys need to make a buck...if for nothing else than to buy more K Rations,,, KEEP UP THE AWESOME WORK!

Airborne, Heh Heh sorry man, you paratrooper types are usually too smart to be a loader anyway,,,,hmmmm how about being a gunner? The smiles are cool though huh? Give me a couple weeks to get this exercise were doing here at work done away with and lets see what kind of damage we can do to each other? Have fun!!!!

My two bits; 1. Tank and AFV crews were armed with the good ol' M-1911A1 pistol and the "might as well throw the gun at em and keep the bullets for the pistol" M-3 submachine gun or grease gun,,,so their offensive fire power is kind of limited although they were trained to recover the machine guns if possible 2. Gamey or not, and if any of you ever fight a PBEM battle with me, I wont throw up a fuss, I would say what the hell use the crews as infantry if it comes down to that. When I was in the cavalry we always used to say: Hmmmm that grunt looks smart and we need a new loader,,, no offense to the infantrymen in the crowd.

Has to agree with Andreas about surrendering during PBEM. However, if given the option,,,I would prefer to stand and fight to the death,,,

RIGHT ON Greybeard!!! Bridges are great places for bloodbaths!!!!

FOR CM2: Just for the fun of it: Have to go with the tossing in of cavalry wouldnt that be a blast? If they throw in Finns gotta support the ski troop idea too. And as for the communications between soviet tanks,,,I think they were STILL using flags in the 70s and 80s cant have the boys learning too much about the mission ya know,,, OH HELL HOW COULD I FORGET THIS? Throw in the fact that a LOT of german artillery was horse drawn,,,blew me away when I saw it on the History channel,,,and those dudes invented the blitzkrieg,,,or did they steal the idea from Genghis Khan? And model the uses of horses; march times, limbering up, not wanting to be accused of being too much of a sick bastard here, but how do you save your guns when your horses are dead?

Originally from Olympia, Washington, where it does rain about 300 days a year, now living in Kennewick, Washington (east of the Cascade Mountains) where the sunshines 300 days a year or is that radiation? Hmmmmm

Hmmmm Steel Panthers 1 & 2, the Close Combat Series, Hadnt heard anyone mention Laser Squad for a long time!!! (I still have my copy), Total Annihilation and its sequels (we play it after hours at the office on the LAN), Halflife for sure, Delta Force, and Unreal. Am looking forward to goofing around with Sudden Strike, unless EIDOS guts it. Am hoping that MicroSoft dosent screw us PC types over by only publishing Halo for the X-Box. With all that said, I AM STILL PLAYING CM AT LEAST THREE HOURS A NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MWWWAAAAAAH HAHAHAHAHA

GLAD TO SEE A LOT OF CAVALRYMEN!!! Enlisted and Non-Commissioned Service: 19D/19E (Cavarly Scout and Armored Vehicle Crewman) 77-79 1/2nd ACR 80-81 3/5th Cav 82-84 2/163 ACR Montana Guard Post Lobotomy (aka Commissioned Service): 11C (Cavalry Officer) 85-86 2/1 Cav, 2 AD 87-98 Various USAR units in Washington/Oregon Area

For creation of a game that has ignited the imagination and enthusiasm of hundreds (thousands?) of WW II buffs BTS is hereby awarded the Distinguished Developers Cross. WAY TO KICK ASS YOU GUYS! Thank god I got my copy before the second run ran out!!! Cant wait for CM 2 and if you all did a North Africa version,,,well, that could be damn near orgasmic!

Guys, Ive had a pretty easy time of rotating or moving artillery with WHEELED carriages. I could be wrong but werent most of the 88 mounted on a fixed type of carriage, which required a seperate set of wheeled caissons? Not to mention the HT needed to move the thing? The inability of the crew to move the 88 without limbering up could be BTS's way to show the most common picture of how this weapon was used?