Warren Peace
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I saw the movie with my wife last night. I'd give it a big thumbs up. The love triangle is great, (I can see why Tom went for Penelope
. At first I thought the military part of the story was fantasy, but when I got home and looked under Italy in my Oxford Encyclopedia of WW2, it appears to be entirely based on a real story. The island of Cephalonia was garrisoned by the Aqui Division and when Italy surrendered they refused to be disarmed by the Germans. Over the course of eight days 1,400 Italians were killed in combat. After they were subdued the Germans executed another 4,700. I highly recommend the movie.
Warren
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I am pretty sure I read somewhere that the Germans thought the M1 carbine was a pretty good weapon and would use captured ones occasionally.
One important point to remember is that the M1 carbine is significantly lighter then the Gerand. This may be what accounts for its increased popularity.
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My sources tell me that the dogs were not particularly effective because of German counter measures. Specficially the Germans would use captured Russian cats which would distract the dogs from their primary targets. The cats were trained to seek protection in American made trucks and thus several Russian trucks were blown up by their own Dogs.
Disgusted with the results the Russians switched to Hamsters.
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I'm glad to hear this feature has been included. Will it be possible in the Scenario editor to position these strikes? It could really help the PO.
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Tom your math is wrong.
If it took 1.6 minutes to go 1Km then in 60 minutes the tank would go 60/1.6 or 37km/hr. (You multiplyed instead of divided.). This would be about 23mph.
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My step-father was a medic with the 5th Armored Division, and remembers Patton visiting his unit. Apparently Patton had a high pitched squeaky voice. He once said to me that Don Knotts would have been a more appropriate casting than George C. Scott!
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I was reading Patton's memoirs and there is an interesting (and quite racist) quote about the 761st tank battalion.
"Individually they were good soldiers, but I expressed my belief at that time, and have never found the necessity of changing it, that a colored soldier cannot think fast enough to fight in armor"
Given this attitude at the higheest levels of command it is perhaps not surprising that the highest award given to anyone in this unit was a bronze star.
However, Patton was not all bad. According to the figures in his book 3rd Army lost a total of 949 M4 tanks between July 25 and the end of the War. Interestingly, according to Cooper's book "Death Traps" the 3rd Armored Division lost 648 tanks alone! (3rd Armored was in the 1st Army). Thus perhaps Patton did know something about using Tanks effectively. Still, I find his racial attitudes appaling.
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At home Beige G3 upgraded to 466Mhz, 128Mb RAM, 16Mb ATI Orion.
Work: G4, 256MbRAM with built in 16Mb ATI card.
On the road. G3 Powerbook, 320Mb RAM, 8Mb ATI mobility.
CM works great on all systems, although the endogenous ATI card on the G4 system has trouble with bigger maps with lots of smoke (very slow scolling). No problem with either of the other two systems.
Warren
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I hear one that sounds like:
"Ari Kase, Ari Kase"
What does that mean?
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If this is the case, shouldn't it be modeled in the game?
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I am in the middle of reading Belton Cooper's memoirs entitled "Death Traps". A very interesting read. Cooper says that the most effective anti-tank weapons that the 3rd armored division had were the M7 Priests !?
It seems that there 105 howitzers in indirect fire mode broke off many a tank attack because German top armor was quite thin. In CM the M7 only fires directly, so this can not directly be modeled, but using foward observers for 105's this should be simulatable.
However, in my experience 105 shells are just not effective at killing real german armor (although 8 inch shells work well).
So who is right CM or Cooper?
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I'd like to see move in column orders, as well as multiple-waypoint settings for group orders. Also a "move along the twisty road order" would be nice.
I'd also like to see improvements in the AI, especially the ability to control the "aggressiveness" setting.
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I'd like to see move in column orders, as well as multiple-waypoint settings for group orders. Also a "move along the twisty road order" would be nice.
I'd also like to see improvements in the AI, especially the ability to control the "aggressiveness" setting.
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I liked him in Missing (i think thats what it was called). He played the father of an American who was executed during the 1973 coup in Chile.
I can't think of another actor from his era anymore talented (although I think Michael Caine is in the same league).
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I have been doing some more experimenting with my 88 set up and have found some things that really help make them more effective.
I added to my set up a platoon commander with +2 stealth, +2 combat, and +2morale. The gun was now made veteran. Against this I had 6 sherman III. Map was 400meters wide, about 1600 long. Farmland, no forests, gentle hills.
The gun and command team where placed in a wheat field on the far end of the map. The tanks came into view the second turn at about 1400 meters. The gun wiped out all six tanks between 1400 and 1000 meters. The first four were destroyed without a shot being returned. The last two where engaging the gun, but the crew did not panic and finished them off. This felt quite realistic. (Imagine the commander as Von Lucke!)
When I played the British The AI wiped all six of my tanks out and I did not even see the gun until the end of the game!
The upshot is a stealthy commander can make a huge difference!
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Steve, Thanks for the quick response.
I thought making them harder to spot might be the solution, but I guess not. What about making the guns a little harder to knock out once they have been spotted? Does the size of the gun have an effect on how easy it is to hit? Perhaps dug in guns could be smaller targets.
Warren
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(This has probably been discussed before, but searching just does not work well.)
Anti-tank guns in CM are not modeled correctly. The basic problem is that they are too easy to spot after firing. I made a scenario in which two Pak 88/43 need to hold an objective against a british Armored platoon (1xfirefly, 3xshermans) The Map is 1600x800, gentle hills, farmland, light trees. Clearly in the real world the Shermans would be toasted. But not in CM. What generally, happens is that the tanks get fired on, one gets destroyed, and then the tanks target the guns and take them out after a few shots.
What is not modeled correctly, IMHO, is that it should be much more difficult for the tanks to locate the ATGs at 700 meters (about when they open up). Also, these ATG's are in heavy woods in Fox-holes and should be harder to take out with the 75s.
As near as I can tell from reading the tanks would get slaughtered by the 88's because it would take the troops a while to figure out where the shells were coming from.
Any thoughts?
Warren
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Why is the Super Pershing cheaper in CM then the regular Pershing? Is this an error?
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I just finished reading "If you Survive" by George Wilson. It is really interesting and is a good yardstick to judge the "realism" of CM.
After reading the book I think the key thing to keep in mind is that most troops in any battle should probably be green. This is because the turnover in the frontline infantry company was huge. Leiutanent Wilson was the only person in his starting company to still be there after four months in combat.
Some other books I would recommend are:
Panzer Commander-Han van Lucke
Closing With the Enemy : How Gis Fought the War in Europe, 1944-1945 by Michael Doubler
The Forgotten Soldier-Guy Sajar (This book is so well written it reads more like a novel than a memoir. The detail is almost too striking. It makes me suspicous as to its authenticity. )
The Boys in company K-Harold Leinbaugh
Citizen Soldier-Stephan Ambrose (I know some on this board find Ambrose a little too "rah, rah", but the book is well written and is a good compilation of memoirs.
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James,
I like your analysis and idea. I would like to have the ability to not micromanage every unit on the board in large scenarios.
Warren
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My 2 cents.
The reason the BAR was so well liked by troops is that it was essentially the first American assault rifle. Unlike the MG42, a SINGLE soldier could carry, fire and reload the BAR. In addition, it could be fired while standing (although not accurately) and was not restricted to its tripod. As such it gave the soldier mobile firepower. It should be noted that American infantry in WW2 were generally advancing, not defending, and needed highly mobile firepower.
It should not really be compared to the MG42 which was generally belt feed and not quite as mobile in that it took time to "set-up" before use.
The BREN served exactly the same role as the BAR and from what I have read is probably better (larger Magazine, reload from the top).
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I wonder what my number is?
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I would also like to know where CM is going in relation of OSX.
Warren
Young CM players
in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)
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My six year old really enjoys combat mission. Are there any other kids his age that play the game? Ben might enjoy a TCP/IP or E-mail game with someone his own age.