Splinty
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Friggen' amazing!
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I suspect if Ole Duke was in the military it was a Laundry and Bath Company or some other REMF type unit.
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According to Codemasters and 1C Games as of today Wartime Command aka WWII RTS is officially dead in the water (or steppe or bocage) due to problems implememting the features both companies wanted the game to have.
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Downloaded them a few minutes ago, put them in a QB with your other Shermans. Sweet! Best Ami mods yet,have you considered Stuarts?
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Looking forward to the new book. The invitation stands for anytime you can.
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Hi Harry, just finished reading "The Tank Killers" for the second time. I really like the descriptions of how the TD's were actually used in combat.Looking forward to reading more of your material. Fancy a PBEM? My addy's in my profile.
Cheers
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Wasnt that what Goering said about Stalingrad? </font>Originally posted by Code13:</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Splinty:
Funny, I've been to Iraq twice and I saw no sign we were losing.
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Funny, I've been to Iraq twice and I saw no sign we were losing.
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One other relavant peice of info, is the venarable M16 series is being replaced as we type. The U.S. Army is going to the M 8 series of weapons, which have been designed out of the gate as being easy to maintain and use, and also accurate to higher tolerances than the weapons it will replace.
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Another "fact" I read about Tigers that it took on average ten hours of maintenance to get 1 hour of combat from it.
Actually ten hours for every one hour, sounds about right for almost any AFV. My time as a modern Bradley crewman was mostly spent in the Motor Pool in garrison, and throwing track (a good deal of what "being immobilized" really is in CM)happened at least twice per two week field problem. Armored vehicles take alot of TLC and sweat to maintain.
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One point to make about the U.S. Army squad doctrine is the use of multiple weapon types in a single small element. The M4/M16A2 is only one type of weapon in the squad or fire team, the users of those particular weapon types are supposed to use well-aimed shots to kill OR suppress the enemy. The total high volume of suppressive fire comes from the M249 Squad Automatic Weapons that are organic to the squad or team. Each platoon also has a couple of M240B Medium Machine Guns for heavier support. Add in the squads' M203 grenade launchers to target the enemy forces crew served weapons and leadership, and the picture of the lone rifleman just pulling the trigger out of sheer panic changes dramatically. Replace the modern weapons with their WWII equivalents and the CM context is equally applicable. One final key element is the squad leader, a good one will direct the squads fire on key targets and possible cover points in order to break the enemies momentum or punch a hole in his defences.
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In CMBB, trying to move a company of T 34/76s across open ground against Panthers with a clear LOS.
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Or did she panic and fail to release the safety? </font>Originally posted by Abbott:</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Don't know if this asside will be helpful in the debate, but let's not forget the almost forgotten PFC Jessica Lynch who became a P.O.W. during the iraq invasion when her M16 jammed on its first attempt to fire.
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I would say take a good look at Gurras' Panthers, they're really sharp.
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Then she made all her POWs go out and mow the yardOriginally posted by DTrill:A little known feature in the game, her side probably nagged a few of your soldiers to death and the rest lost the will to carry on the fight.
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Wow! I just started and that's one heck of alot of stuff out there! I'll give you better feed back as soon as I finish.
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I think the Mediterranian would a good place to show off all the new features, you get something of everything, mountains, grassy plains, cities, tanks, infantry, etc. But not enough folks would buy it as a first release, except us here of course.
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And historically, by the time the King Cats were around, wouldn't the T-34/85 be the standard Soviet tank? It shouidn't have any trouble killing a KT from the flank or rear.
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Good point, but then us sci-fi nuts can go groggy about the proper colour of coherent light in a million watt ruby laser weapon....Originally posted by Dschugaschwili:The forum grogs can't complain about over-modeled StuG front plates and the like.
Dschugaschwili
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What's wrong with Sci-Fi?
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Sounds like a really interesting fight, I'm on my way to D/L it now.
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Sweet! Just wanted to say thanks for all the excellent mods guys! I raided your page hard today Zimorodok, thanks for hosting them and thanks to all the talented modders who put up the killer work!
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I'm up for one, I like tanks. My addy's in my profile.
Grog Question about US Ammo/Pioneer Platoons
in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps
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Keep in mind that A&P platoons and combat engineers are two completely different animals in U.S. Army usage.