Terence

How about it? Why, I'd even bring an entire 18 can suitcase of the best slurping beer around: Coors Light....

Hm. All soviets? All germans? .</font>

:confused: So I take it you're not getting CMBB? :confused: </font>

Bah. I got no love for the leadership of either side. Horrible dictatorships both, may the Nazis and Communists both, all burn in hell. Can I set up battles where they both lose?

Wow. What a beauty. What sky mod is that, by the way?

What grass mod are they using there, by the way?

Personally, I like the German law. I don't like the swastika, I don't like to look at it, and I sleep easier at night knowing that one of my favorite games won't be festooned with them. All you swastika festooners are more than capable of festooning your respective copies of Combat Mission with all the swastikas you want. Here, take mine. They make my skull itch. Also, isn't 'festoon' a nifty euhphonious word?

Any time the other side has guns and ammo, its not lite.

Tell us how you did it. I've played that one 5 times and can only manage a draw. And Ive had the damn game since 2000....

Your question is the product of false consciousness. Please attend a self-criticism session at once.

Actually, there was a little known unit that does fit the bill of Americans fighting with the Soviet Red Army. Below are some cut/pastes from some previous posts on the subject. Didn't you know there was an entire infantry division in the Red Army made up entirely of British and American bomber crews who crashed over Eastern Europe and took up grenade and rifle to smash fascism? The Soviets wouldn't give the troops back but they did permit the US send them enough equipment to function as a real infantry division. Rumor has it that this unit, the Uncle Sam's Guards Division, was about to break through and take Berlin, but Chuikov ordered them to secure the rear areas. (Nelan) ____________ I suggest Rossokovsky's updated edition of RED AMERICAN ARMY; it discussed in detail the USGD that Terence refers to. I believe they were equipped with Tokarev semi-auto rifles because of their previous familiarity with the M-1 Garand. Quite unusual given their rarity in other, "ethnically pure" Soviet units. (Dorosh) _________ WRT to Rossokovsky's book, -- a whopper at 1900 pages -- Mr. Dorosh is quite right. Red American Army is the seminal work on the subject, and contains detailed TO&E and tactical evaluations. For a more light hearted look at the Uncle Sam Division take a look at Mudakov's "Red White and Pink: Americans Fighting for the Soviets" which was published in the US-Soviet thaw of the 60s at Kruschev's instruction. Of particular interest will be the description of the battle of Maly Durak, where the USGD executed a textbook double envelopment of a German Panzergrenadier outfit, but in the dark ended up savaging its own supply columns. You can be sure Stalin had a laugh over that!!! (Nelan)

Look, Ive explained this before, old boy. Its perfectly simple: the bally Germans put a MACHINEGUN NEST in the church. I had to blast the church to pieces to SAVE it. How many times do I have to explain? Ha! Yes, I'll happily play. I agree to all your conditions, and will state for the record that I asked for a game in the first place so that I could improve. Learning is definitely my goal. Looking fwd to it..

Yes, the Kyrie would be excellent. I wonder if I could write my own ruleset for the CMBB CMMOS and have that very music. I could rip it off my CD... Not sure about the Barber in Platoon, but I can check...

I guess it depends on your perspective. The mournful sounds of the string section that opens Mozarts piece seem to me to be the perfect accompaniment to the misery and tragedy of the war. My personal opinion is of course totally irrelevant to everyone else, but the happy, lets- go-kick-some-ass-now type of song doesn't really resonate with me. I know not everyone liked the movie Platoon, but do you remember the scene where "Tracks of My Tears" played over the visuals of a battle in the jungle? The juxtaposition of the violent action and the slow, sad song were very touching, I thought. I guess thats why I hear music like the Requiem in my head when I see scenes of war.

Jesus Built My Hotrod, also by Ministry. or The opening bars to Heartbreaker by Led Zeppelin repeated over and over and over. or Last Caress, either the Misfits version or the Metallica cover. or My real vote: the first movement of Mozarts Requiem.

Im losing to you right now, so I get your spot.

The Second Age of Refresh Monkeys is Upon Us. All thanks and praise to BTS. Never retreat! Just reload. And reload. And reload. And reload....

Mike, if you'd like to try this, we can give it a shot when we've done with Rocky Fields. Should be with something small, though...

Yeah, hundreds and hundreds of people desperate to give you money. It's terrible, I tell you. The more money they give you, the worse it gets. Poor poor BTS.

AHA!!!!

I have a question for Soddball. When you measure accuracy, do you think the size of the target is significant at all? It seems to me that you have been testing Tigers vs Shermans and Shermans vs Tigers. Is it possible or worthwhile for you to test Tigers Vs. X and Shermans Vs. X, where X is a vehicle that exists in both OOB and is of similar size/profile. If you have been doing that, pls ignore my post.

And the Saudis are going to war without the US holding their hands? With who?? I don't think so. As far as the Egyptians are concerned you may have a point -- they may decide to invade Israel just for old time's sake. It would be silly to say "never" when they've already done it once. I will however, say that this is, IMNSHOP, very unlikely.