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    in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps

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    Originally posted by GoofyStance:

    Looks like the Orvis Two-Handed 1200 Series Split Bamboo Fly Rod, 3-piece, with cork handles and suction ferrules. Hard to tell from the picture, but that reel may also be an Orvis product, perhaps the Clearwater Series (which would become the "Classic" line in later years). Considering the rod-and-reel outfit is two-handed and was supplied to an airborne outfit, I'd say the line is a mid-weight, perhaps a 7. The leader is probably made out of "Gut Substitute" since by WW2, natural gut (or "undrawn gut"), which was popular early in the century, was scarce, being produced mainly in Fascist Spain. Pretty potent rig for a potent outfit ...

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    OMG, a fishing gear grog.

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    Pz Gdrs not SPW hotrodders - US MTO experience

    in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps

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    Good question,here in Iraq the Bradley has been placed more in the role of the HT in WWII, as a troop transport ot get infantry into the fight with one difference. The Brads armor is relatively effective against IEDs and RPGs except at very close range. In the words of one infantryman I talked to, " All an RPG does is give you a headache." However there have been cases of Bradleys being disabled, IE mobility kills. So the Brads can drop troops much closer to the fight than their WWII counterparts. Also the 25mm cannon is a much more powerful fire support weapon,than an MG. Add in the fact that the gunner has a fully functional sight system and is under armor. And a good case can be made for keeping the IFV around for a while.

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    You are allowed to miss my Shermans, you know!

    in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps

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    I feel your pain, Elmar. I had a very similar experience in CMBB. It was in an operation called FMR Tank Warning.

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    It involved 2 Tigers against at least a battalion and a half of T34-43s. I suck at writing so I won't try to go into heavy detail. Let's just say at the end of the battle, the kill ratio was at least 15 to 1 in the Tiger's favor. It must have taken 12 T34s firing simultainiously from all directions to finally kill the big cats off. I won the op, but with heavy losses, mostly from those two bloody cats.

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    Ok laugh at me! What are NCO's

    in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps

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    Just to throw one more variation into the mix, in the U.S. military warrant officers are considered "highly trained specialists" (not to be confused with the rank of Specialist). In other words they have more formal training in their respective technical fields than an NCO, but do not fall into the command structure as a comissioned officer would. Therefore they are awarded the rank of Warrant Officer. A good example of how this works are helicopter pilots. Most of the pilots in an aviation company are warrant officers, but the platoons and the company are commanded by comissioned offecers. The techs and the crew cheifs are NCOs and enlisted men and women.

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