Big Sarge

Well for my money (a donation at the door) the Patton Museum at Fort Knox, KY is the best I have seen. I just love the cut away view of the King Tiger. Give it a shot.

As an artillery FO I will say this...... It is a very acceptable tactic to use artillery as a tool of deception. Have included several such measures in my fire planning and will continue to do so. Remember, if the artillery is short then you are probably forward of your reported position.

As a soldier in this modern fighting force I give this opinion. The fighting man of WWII was a determined, tough-as-nails, gritty opponent on the battlefield, especially after surviving the first few months of combat. The fighting man of today is also very dtermined, but not quite as tough(societal influence) or gritty. However, if you leave out the considerations of fire support and AFVs as the original question indicates you will still find a very well equipped, superbly trained lethal combat operative. The new tactics alone, in this soldier's opinion, give the modern soldier an edge however small. Add to this the incredible advantage of modern technology and I feel that the modern foot soldier would prevail. You all havemade good arguements about weapons. Let's consider other equipment such as hand grenades, micro-communication, night vision, global positioning and body armor. Taking absolutely nothing from the soldier who soundly defeated the Nazi menace is such a hard fought war, I still fel the modern soldier would have the undeniable advantage.

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1. In the unlikely event anyone would want to know............one addition/revision to the game would be the ability to fire adjusting/spotter rounds before the fire-for-effect portion of the mission. It kinda sucks when you burn your whole ammo load on a mission that doesn't quite reach the target area. 2. I can't help but wonder why, on occaision, the countdown to actually firing of artillery missions does not change from phase to phase. Example........155mm spooter is assigned a target and the timer says it will be 3 minutes. I hit the GO button and the next time I check him the timer still says 3 min. Several turns later, when the clock finally gets below 1 minute, I notice that the timer counts down 1 second for every 2 seconds that pass in the replay.....hhhmmmmmmm?