Hans

Egads, would that be around Odessa and the other ancient Greek colonial sites?

Yes hops, that is probably it. The picture I saw had a wider spread but they were probably growing smaller vegetables between the rows. Thanks that was a puzzler Oh to the wine growers of the Ukraine, my humblest apologies for even SUGGESTING that the black soil of Ukraine isn't capable of growing grapes!!!

Thanks I wonder what the other word means!

Saw a grainy black and white photo of an action in Ukraine, the terrain "looked" like it was fought over a French Vineyard. Tall groups of plants in near hedge row type style, classical vineyard. I'm fairly sure they don't grow grapes in the Ukraine so does anyone have any idea what this crop might have been? (building a scenario based on that photo and really need to be able to label what most of the terrain is!) Thanks

'Fdamyetrouer' Does that mean "flamethrower"?

For us early boys, one new scenario at the Depot "Small Battles, Sino-Japanese", August 1937. Lots of bad Chinese tanks (German, Italian and British pre-war designs) and early war Russian stuff as the Japanese. Also "Polish Spoiler" a 1939 scenario.

BIG big thanks there Keith

Hmmmm good suggestions all, mine is to try and hide hoping for bogging and driving up the human players annoyance level pass the quit level

I beat you guys, I like the Spanish Civil War - uber terrible armour (The T-26 is KING) few guns, not that many MGs Ah for a future CMX7 when Japanese and Italian armour clash......

Okay, only the submit doesn't seem to be working properly. Will send you the scenarios by email after work. Thanks Keith Oh one thought your server location isn't in Israel is it?

Still getting a TCP problem Fourth time in trying to submit a scenario There was a communication problem. Message ID TCP_ERROR Problem Description The system was unable to communicate with the server. Possible Problem Cause * The Web server may be down. * The Web server may be too busy. * The Web server may be experiencing other problems, preventing it from responding to clients. * The communication path may be experiencing problems. Possible Solution Try connecting to this server later.

Hi Keith Yeah I had problems to, try to submit an scenario and got "server not found". Seems to be okay now. Will try again to upload that scenario And a BIG thanks for running that site - where would the CMBB community be without it? Hans

Hi Rune Not having any luck with that email address, will try again later.

Hey Rune I'll volunteer, I'm already in the process of gathering material for my own scenarios for CMAK. In particular for Italians units. Bribery? Not likely! Chicago? No way. For scenarios I would point to in my 'portfolio' Task Force Smith My line of Spanish Civil war scenarios My soon to come out Sino-Japanese scenario (yes the Chinese had tanks). The popular Pevshotraveneve series The conversion of the boardgame Panzerblitz scenarios to CMBB (not quite finished) but the majority are now up. Plus the Small Battles grouping. Oh I think designers of scenarios for CMAK must be able to chant the TOE of all Republic of Salo units... Regards

http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/4635/tanks/kv1/kv1.htm well lets try the web page itself.... :confused:

http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/4635/tanks/kv1/kv1_hit_several_times.jpg

Gentlemen Gentlemen, I reported the story as told, it was told in a mixture of English and Arabic. Hans, Im sorry but i dont believe your story. For one thing my grandfater who was a KV gunner, did not believe it either after i showed it to him. Im not saying that you lieing but that he may have been telling you stretches. For one thing how could a tank driver be in many battles, a penetrated tank,crawling to avoid MG fire, bail out of a tank and throughout the war never see a Axis soldier or tank, instead only hearing artillery and airstrikes. I think you missed the comment that he was terribly short sighted. Secondly, If he used the term "Brewed up", well im sorry but my grandfather never used that term. My term for his throwing up his hands and making a loud sound and shaking his head while using the Arabic term, "Dahkan" That was strictly American slang. Actually I'm Anerican and its a Brit term I believe The word my grandfather used, which i have no idea how to spell when translated into English was something along the lines of "cracked" or the typical "knocked out". Your friends story sounds great but also like what i see on the History channel every weekend.

another article Ramming Soviet Tanks Charge German Tanks by Alexei Nikiforov At 7.45 on June 22, 1941 Lt. Gudzj, outnumbered by German tanks, destroyed an enemy machine by driving his KV into it. This was, probably, the first tank ramming in the Great Patriotic War, that is, deliberate destruction by impact. Actually, it does not really matter who was the first, important is, that, most certainly, it was not the last case of ramming the enemy with a tank. On March 16, 1945 in the battle for the bridgehead on Oder, Lt. Neljubov, running out of shells, drove his T-34 into the Tiger in the sudden encounter. Between these two cases were more than 160 reported cases of ramming. The tension and ferocity of battles during the war is now almost impossible to imagine. The fight between Soviet and German tankers lasted, literally, to the last shell and even after that. When it was impossible to shoot because all shots were already shot or the tank was damaged, or the tactical situation left no other choice, many Soviet tankers rammed enemy tanks. In fact, the circumstances that could lead to the collision are too numerous to list. Just to name a few, lack of ammo, unexpected and sudden encounter with no time to load or reload the gun and many other causes and reasons. The tank could be applied to almost any target: gun positions, enemy columns, tanks, aircraft on the ground, etc. SU of all kinds, T-34, IS, KV, ISU, all would do. Most often, as it maybe expected, the enemy was rammed with T-34's and KV's. Imagine tens of tons of armor at high speed hitting the enemy tank and the results of it... breaking steel, deformed and crushed suspension of the German tanks...and, sometimes, an explosion engulfed both tanks, burying both adversaries in one burning grave... Or the effect of a tank ramming the column. In 1941 T-34 under command of Grigorij Zubov destroyed 2 AT guns and 30 trucks on such occasion. On January 16, 1945, in Poland, the tank of Grigorij Vinogradov smashed a column of 2 tanks, 6 guns, 60 trucks. 80 German Infantrymen lost their life in process. Vinogradov was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union. "Any idiot can put the machine on the high speed and run it into the enemy tank, the question is, how to hit it so as your own tank is still in one piece after that" said one of the tank drivers during the war. In addition was the so-called "flame ramming", or the berserk ramming with the burning tank. The burning tank crushed, smashed and hit everything and anything until, usually, the explosion of ammo does the crew and their tank in. In no way were kamikaze raids by Soviet tankers authorized. The flame ramming occurred only if the tank was already hit, usually in the last minutes before ammo would blow due to the fire. As a rule, the crew had negligible chances to survive, even if the remaining crewmembers would have managed to leave the burning tank. Actually, in the defense of Stalingrad Cpt.Putin in his KV destroyed the column. KV was hit and burning. Singing "International" the crew remained in the burning tank, surrounded by enemy. Out of more than 160 known ramming, the flame ramming take about 10 per cent. Unlike the Soviet Air Force, tank ramming occurred during the whole war with peak in 1943. G.K. Zhukov on his way to the HQ stopped at the place of battle under Prokhorovka and for a few minutes was silently looking at the field covered with black ruins of burnt, blown and deformed tanks. Everywhere in sight were pieces of armor, tracks... Near the general was Panther with T-70 stuck in its side. Twenty meters on was a Tiger and T-34 in a last dance, both blown. Zhukov said, as to himself, "This is an encounter battle..." 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 24 12 52 42 31 Relatively few ramming were accounted for in 1941-42. Most likely, it was caused by the general situation, which did not help to record individual actions among the Tank brigades and Corps passing away without a good-bye. Nevertheless, the technical superiority of Soviet tanks and almost complete lack of ammo simply called for the ramming. Besides, as known, the most of Soviet tankers in the beginning of the war were not great shooters anyway. In addition, as a rule, a company followed the leader in attack. The textbooks recommended directing a company by example, that is, to drive in the direction of the target. Taking into the account the determination of Soviet tankers, it is easy to assume that encounters ended in ramming or, simply, in collisions between opponents. Summing up, there must have been great many ramming and nobody to report them. With the general change of the situation on the fronts, the number of reported cases increased. Simultaneously, the German Tigers moved to the number one in the hit parade. The peak of 1943 is attributed not only to the big tank battles in this year but also to the fact that Soviet tanks completely lost technical superiority and had to fight at close distances with ramming being, possibly the most effective way to destroy a heavy German tank. In 1944-45, there were numerous ramming of barricades. Sometimes the results of ramming were unexpected. On June 26, 1941 KV of 8 Tank Corps under command of Lt. Zhegan rammed and destroyed Pz.IV. After the collision the KV engine died, the crew was unconscious. Another Pz.IV decided that it would be great idea to capture the KV. The idea was all that was great as it turned out. The noise produced by Germans stomping on KV returned the Russian back to the consciousness but they still could start the engine. After Pz.IV started hauling, the guys in the KV started the engine on the move. The KV was heavier and with more powerful engine. The German crew bailed out and the German tank was delivered to the position of the Russian troops. (But what the damned good towing cable the Germans had!) On March 21, 1944 the battalion of Major Nikonov encountered 14 Panthers defending some village. T-34's closed at the full speed and burned 4 Panthers. Germans retreated. Following them, the battalion entered the village. The last Panther, under the threat of being rammed by T-34 at the full speed, surrender. Sgt. Garaschenko was reported to ram and damage Tiger. Garaschenko ran to the Tiger and, stomping on its turret with cries "Hitler kaput, Panzer kaput, alles kaput," captured the crew of the damaged Tiger. LT. S. Mitta in the battle for Belorussia gave the impressive example of the flame burning on June 26, 1944. He was tasked to prevent the destruction of the bridge across the river Odrov to allow the main forces of the brigade swiftly cut the road Minsk-Brest and close the ways of retreat for Germans. The bridgehead was defended by the battery of field guns and StuG.'s. Three T-34's went to the bridge at the full speed, on the way destroying Panther and a few AT guns with trucks. Near the bridge, the Soviet tankers burned 5 out of 8 Stug's and buried the battery. The tank of Mitta was burning but he saw German miners on the bridge. The burning tank reached the group and eliminated it. The tank was on the bridge and the explosion could come any second. The explosion of the tank would have destroyed the bridge. The decision was crucial: Mitta drove his tank from the bridge into the river. The task was completed at the price of lives of the Soviet tankers. Tanks of the 4th Guard Tank Brigade crossed the river and accomplished their task. The story could go on and on, as each ramming demanded bravery, determination and the readiness to stake the life. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back to The Gauntlet No. 19 Table of Contents Back to The Gauntlet List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2000 by Craig Martelle Publications This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com

Found this article - anyone have a picture of this thing? Tractor Thinking That He Has Become a Tiger by M. Svirin During war in Poland, in the autumn 1939 Heereswaffenamt, has given out the task to firms Daimler-Benz and Kraus-Maffei on development and manufacturing of specialized "policeman tank" for using on seized territories. The new battle machine would replace the weak PzKpfw I (at right) in police units. The new tank should be to have the thick armoure, to protect from AT bullet hits , and also protect from shells of small antitank artillery. The requirements to the new tank were very inconsistent, and task - provisional. The project, begun in 1940 was soon postponed, and to it have returned only in the winter 1941-42, when active actions of partisans have begun. The tank with the armour more than 60 mm was now required and consequently it's weight should make 20 tons. But the dimensions of the tank should remain minimum. To create the tank have begun in 1942. The armour body have designed in firm Daimler-Benz. The thickness of its forward protection was increased up to 80 mm (under the report of Kubinka - 82 mm). In the tank the engine Maybach HL 45P was established. The suspension, its "baby," was build under a management of E.Knipkamp. The crew consist of 2 persons. Weight of the tank has exceeded 20,000 kg, and its arms - two machine guns MG 34. Its total up to the end 1942 was made 30 such tanks, which of losses of battle machines at the front, have set off there. So eight tanks was transported to 1st tank division on the East front, where at least three of them were seized by Soviet troops. Other were sometimes used for guards of the communications in Russia and Yugoslavia against partisans, with respectable results. The suspension of the tank provided to it a very smooth course, though the speed of its movement was small. Due to wide tracks the tank had good passableness. During tests of the body of one of captured PzKpfw I Ausf F it has appeared stronger, than the PzKpfw IV. It is explained by the fact that the design of its body was more rigid. The tower of the tank was cylindrical, but had additional protection from thin steel of the conic form. Many modern authors laugh over by this "monster", criticizing its opportunity on a battle field. But they forget, that this tank was created not for the destruction of other tanks, but against bandit groups, not versus other AFVs. I am absolutely convinced, that this is a "tractor, thinking, that he has become a Tiger", in something has overtaken the time. It was for "limited military conflicts with armed bandit groups". It is possible, that with such small, well-reserved and armed machine guns, these tanks could participate in battle actions such as in Afghanistan, Chechnya and others. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back to The Gauntlet No. 19 Table of Contents Back to The Gauntlet List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2000 by Craig Martelle Publications This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com

Thanks I'll get that one based on your recommendation

Quinxi, do you mean is he alive? well he was about 3 days ago, his age (his account is 87) his son says 85. If you meant where does he live now, he lives in Abu Dhabi - He seems to move around the middle east sponging off relatives! One other story form him about that restuarant. In the 1970's His ability to speak Arabic had him handling a lot of the Saudis who flooded in. At one business meeting headed by a Frenchmen a group of Saudis headed by some Prince met with a bunch of Russian trade dorks from the embassy who were intent on selling heavy machinery to them. Our hero, happened to read some of the notes they were scribbling (in Russian, which he could read) - since he didn't particularly like Russians he passed on to the Prince in Arabic the intent of the messages - which was to stick the Saudis with some old machinery looted from Rumania instead of new stuff - the Prince took this all in with a smile. After the lunch he was give a modest tip. Two days later a lackey from the Saudi Embassy showed up, gave him the Prince's card, a hearty thanks and an envelope with 5,000 US dollars - good tip!

Kirill he used the Arabic words Zif in combination with Thakil and Haqeer plus a few others I hadn't heard before, in the way he said it I have a feeling they wouldn't be invited over for dinner! Von Paulus: He now lives with his various children/grandchildren but he retired in 1990 and may still have a home in Petit Petrie(?) which is somewhere near Strassbourg, near a chateau. I'll see if I can find out. Warmaker: Interestingly his children and grandchildren don't believe his story at all.

Thanks I do have the info on AIW coming in on CD. Yes some challenges on the weapons types - looking to use the Jordans and Egyptians, who mainly had British equipment and the Syrians who had a mishmash to include German

One more thought What was the high tide for the Cold war? For the Russkies.

Who has a war gamer hasn't been seduced by a run of lucky rolls that you try one more....... Hitler was looking for a seven and got snake eyes.