John Erickson

Ok, I pointed out earlier that the love story really happened. Now another surprise. Sacha was really hung. I haven't read any connection between Sacha and Vassili but Sacha did exist. He was a 15 year old cobbler working for the Germans and spying for the Russians. He was hung by the Germans for spying. According to the book he was hung in front of his mother though. I thought it was a pretty good way to work that story into the movie. Now as for the "political moral aspect" it's a movie that takes place during a war Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. How do think anyone can do a movie without some political moral aspect? The little speech at the end was a bit much but he was shot in the head shortly thereafter what more could you ask for? John

From the book "Enemy at the Gates" copyright 1973 Sgt. Tania Chernova. For many years after the war she belived that Vassili Zaitsev, her lover, had died of grievous wounds. Only in 1969, did she learn that he had recovered and married someone else. The news stunned her for she still loved him. That's why the love story was in the film. It was there in the war. John [This message has been edited by John Erickson (edited 03-18-2001).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Rattus: . Interesting that the AK-47 so close to the MP44 given the Russian had built & used "Assault Rifles" since the mid -thirties. (Simonov AVS-36). <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I thought the big breakthrough on the MP44 was the cut down cartridge which allowed for some control of full-auto fire. I'm not too familiar with the early Soviet designs. Did they reduce the power of their rounds before the AK? The MP44 vs. AK47 controversy usually shows up soc.history.war.world-war-ii with some regularity. It hasn't happened in a while so it's due. John

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Spook: I'm not absolute in this view, however, as I need to ask BTS one thing first. In the small arms reference charts, we get values for 40m, 100m, 250m, 500m. How are base firepower values calculated for in-between ranges, like 80m or 140m as examples? Do they come from linear extrapolations, or follow a "small arms weapon curve" unique to each weapon? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> This is the important question as far as I'm concerned. If the firepower of the MP40 drops like a rock after the 100m mark and the MP44 firepower follows a more linear decline from the 100m mark to the 250m mark things would look great. In my games the shooting gets serious in the 120-170m range, and there aren't any stats for this bracket. Unfortunatly it's hard to test the firepower of individual weapons because you can't edit squad content. John

I was always under the impression that all references to "realism" applied to the initial Omaha beach landing scenes. Everything else was, like you say, made up by the writers and producers. I'm sure your project will be interesting but I would be more interested in an explanation of why so many people think they are seeing "real history" in a Hollywood war movie. good work, John

Just wanted to state the obvious. I am a John Erickson not the John Erickson. Although it did make for a strange look when I handed the clerk my credit card when I picked up the 2 "Road to" books. John

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Beau: If any one is interested in this genre, i have I just finished Stalingrad by Anthony Beavor and have come to the conclusion that this must be the best book on World War II i have read, it is relatively new and im not sure if it has been released in the states but its well looking at.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> If you liked "Stalingrad" try and find a copy of William Craig's "Enemy at the Gates". It's an older book so there might be some trouble finding it. My wife got me a 1st edition hardcover for Valentines Day last year. Ain't love grand. John

Joliet, IL John

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mortiis: but how do I get to the point where I can choose where my units go, Ive chosen units who will participate in the battle but how do I actually place them. What menu selection do I go into to get to this? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Hit the preview button to look at the map. The units will be lined up along the edges of the map. Just drop them where you want them. John

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by grunto: Is anyone familiar with the Abrams versus German heavy armor battles in the fall of 1944? Andy<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Wasn't Abrams the guy in charge of the action described by Simon in the post above? John

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by David Aitken: Howling Cow??<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> No, no, it was Holy Cow but Harry Carry is dead so I don't know what this has to do with CM. John

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by TeAcH: What happens is this. Using my tank (in this case) I target a house that I know contains enemy infantry. I want to destroy the house. I sometimes have to fiddle with the unit's targeting "line" to select the house. Seems like the targeting line breaks right a the end of the house. Issue two: The area fire continues throughout the whole action turn even if the house is destroyed (desired effect) on the first few shots. We have all seen this. The tank just blasts away at a spot in the rubble when the house we wanted destroyed is now gone. Your thoughts? Thanks TeAcH<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Regarding the LOS breaking at the edge of the house I've seen this but it happens with all terrain as far as I can tell. You can't area fire too deep into woods either. I've found view "5" to be the best for area targeting. As for the continued targetting I just had a priest stop targetting a house as soon as the infantry inside it bugged out. I was pleasantly surprised to say the least. One thing I did find odd though was when I was area firing into some woods that were on a hill/ridge line. While I could see the woods, since it was on a hill any shots that went long went right through the woods and landed about 300 meters behind it. I can live with it but I wouldn't have minded seeing some of the shots exploding in the trees rather than weaving there way through a forest. John

Thanks guys.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by :USERNAME:: Or perhaps a spinoff: CMTV Interviews, museum tours , WWII movies, documentarys, Fionn doing an in depth potato masher expose.. I WANT MY I WANT MY I WANT MY CMTEEEVEEEEEEE... Lewis Programming Executive Producer CMTV<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Sure that's how it starts out but then you end up "Real World CM" and I might just have to kill someone then. John