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  1. apex
    German 7.9mm rocks against light russian armor (BT series ect). It takes a couple of shots, but those poor buggers never know what hit them. apex
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    Luftwaffe had first pick on recruits afaik, so the human material was top-notch. However, lack of infantry training and an officer corps that for the most part wasn't trained for ground combat made them rather ineffective in practice. Would have been a lot more effective to issue them as replacement into regular units. apex
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    Which is why NATO adapted it? apex
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    We could stuff some copies in a doodlebug and send that one over, you know apex
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    Did it require your signature in blood, too? Ah, that's just he fine print :eek: apex
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    Great trip, defintely worth itt - would have hated to have missed it. BTW, the Uedel thing is cleared up, he had a minor car accident on the way, nobody hurt. apex
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    Chamberlain/Doyle gives the Pak 36 (for 30 degrees)as (100/500/1000/1500) 34 29 22 19 while CMBB gives me(100/500/1000/2000) 51 42 34 22 Quite a discrepancy. BTW, CMBO rates the US 37mm AT gun at 65 56 45 34 Weird stuff. apex
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    Could have been Guderian's memoirs. apex
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    Hit it. apex
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    By the way, who is the guy with the distinctive voice that cuts through everything? He already was in CMBO. apex
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    Look at them light grey StuG uniforms - nice apex
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    Panzer Commander (p220) has the story of Gfr. Maurer who was awarded the Knights Cross for wasting a british supply column just by himself with one loader. Hill position where he couldn't be reached very by shells and small arms fire, he only stopped when he ran out of ammo. apex
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    Actually no. That honor goes to Admiral Beatty for the quote "There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today." apex
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    Either is fine to invite myself for a ride apex
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    Parabellum is from HD, right? Could meet up with him there (Karlsruhe here). apex
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    Sound like a good time, count me in. apex
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    There's some funny stuff going on. Had a 50mm mortar increasing its bore to 81mm between to battles in an op. Right now I am severlely pissed because I have a Cromwell 7 meters behind a Tiger but it gives me 0% hit and no Kill chance for some reason and instead wants to shoot smoke in front of the Tiger ... apex
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    Using that rule of thumb, a 75mm/L24 and a 75mm/L70 would have the same penetration. So forget about it. apex
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    Indeed it is one of the overlooked aspects of history that at the time when both Germany and the Soviet Union were military weak (i.e. the 20s), influential circles in Poland, emboldened by its alliance with France, considered adding german territories, bei it in East Prussia or Upper Silesia, or even a march on Berlin. Any practical plans however were forestalled by the construction of the german fortifications along the East-prussian border and the Oder/Warthe line. By September '39, any plans of a polish invasion obviously were boondoggles, still, one of the factors that hastened the polish defeat was that their armies were grouped such that they could switch over to the offense should there be a substantial relief brought about by France's entry into the war. apex PS: Jhaberwhatever, try "Lost Victories" by von Manstein. He was von Runsted's chief of staff at Army Group South at the time and provides an excellent description of the operations in Poland. Seems the english editions are out of print though, german should be available though if that's your cup of tea [ August 19, 2002, 05:23 PM: Message edited by: apex ]
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    Brummbär and Ferdinands working as a team. apex
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    Use the Usual Suspects, such as CloneCD or BlindWrite Suite. Copy protection is a pretty pointless endeavor. apex
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    Von Luck looked much cooler with his 70s haircut in the "operation Goodwood" video aoex
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    J87G, "in" or "not in" please? apex
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    They were reliable - all latewar fighters (Bf109, Fw190) mounted the MG131, as did many bombers. MG151/20 was even more common (Fw190 had 4xMG151/20 and 2xMG131). I don't think that reliability had something to do with it, they just weren't needed. The MG34 and later 42 performed admirabily in the anti-infantry role, and the light anti-armor and AA role was filled by the FlaK38 (20mm) series mounted on the bulk of recce vehicles or in towed configuration - no need for something in the middle requiring its own logistics chain. apex
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    The MG131 (13mm), MG151 (15mm) and MG151/20 (20mm) were heavy aircraft machineguns which saw limited use in the ground role. apex
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