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jeez you two. Give it rest, please. Gpig

Nice job, GAJ. LOVE them AAR's. Gpig

This wasn't a problem for me in this one. Here's how I did it. Make sure you take your time sneaking that HQ unit up towards the top of the ridge. Use ROUGH or ROCKY ground (as I don't recall there even being any brush about there.) Dismount from the carrier, near the ridge. Once your HQ is at the bottom of the ridge, SNEAK up towards the top, but end your movement command with a HIDE order. So when he is ALMOST at the top of the little ridge and reaches the end of his movement order, he'll hide. Make sure he has a short COVERED ARC command so he won't pop off shots at anything, giving away his position (as per above posts). Next orders phase, check his LOS to the sandbags. If he doesn't have LOS to those sandbags yet, give him a SNEAK order again of about 1 meter (or less). Follow that order with a HIDE command. Then next orders phase, see if he has LOS to the sandbags. If he does, then unHIDE him ONLY if you are ready to fire with your Mortars. (but leave his covered arc on) During all of this, you should be positioning your other troops for your master plan/rush/advance or whatever. And also, make sure your mortars are in position and under command of the sneaking HQ unit. Then, you should be good to go. Good luck! Gpig

I believe there was mention somewhere (amongst the CMx2 threads) about this. The mention being that YES, crews will be able to abandon and re-man guns/support weapons. 90% sure about this. Gpig

I'm guessing he's over riding your orders in his own (TAC AI's) self-interest. He must feel that he can kill the target (I'm assuming it's another tank). And that firing smoke is not going to save his but, AP fire will . . . ? You could just REVERSE him, as well. (But I'm guessing you want to fire SMOKE for a reason. Cover infantry movement? Blind the enemy tank?) Anyways, you *might* try and set a covered arc to the spot where you want smoke, and *then* tell him to fire smoke. Then he'll focus on that spot. But if the threat is still there, he may just ignore your covered arc command anyways. Others with more info will hopefully add to my guesswork. Gpig

Yeah. Also, during that same engagement, a SAR Sherman V was firing down the road at the Germans when the breech became stuck. Turns out each crew has a tool used to unstick the breech. But this one sherman crew has missplaced/lost theirs. Anyways, the TC (or loader, I don't remember which) gets out of his tank, runs to a neighbours tank, grabs the tool and runs back to clear the breech. Then back he goes again to return the tool. Apparently he had to do this more than a couple of times during this particular action. Sounds "hairy." CMx2 = Go over the Sherman V2 and borrow a couple of Tungsten rounds, will yah? We are a bit short. (heh) Gpig

Here's one from the South Alberta Regiment history; The "shoot-up" signalled a renewal of the fighting in St. Lambert. By now it was mid-afternoon and the situation began to deteriorate as seemingly hundreds of Germans poured in and small fire fights broke out. There was no logic to the German attacks, they would flare up and just as quickly dissipate. Sometimes the enemy would disappear, other times they would fire a few shots and then surrender. "We were scrambling around a lot" with the tanks, Corporal Bob Fairhurst recalled, "trying to shake the Germans off and get better firing positions." Some of the Shermans, which had not moved for some hours, had run down their batteries and Ed Hyatt was horrrified when his Sherman could not be started to get out of the way of German AP fire. "They pulled up an anti-tank gun," he remembered, "and fired one over the top of the turret, one in the ground, and the third one right into the turret." The round did not penetrate and nobody was hurt but the crew bailed out and took cover in a nearby house. They returned after dark, got the vehicle started and removed it to safety. Hundreds, perhaps thousands of Germans, were in and around the village and at one point "late in the afternoon, " Dave Currie recorded, "the tanks were running around in circles firing at one another to keep the enemy from climbing on top of them." Just to make matters more lively, St. Lambert now began to come under German artillery fire. As if all this wasn't bad enough, Dave got a call on the wireless from Captain Tommy Barford, the SAR quartermaster. The brigade quartermaster had been pressureing Tommy to account for certain items of issue known as "attractive stores." "Dave, can you give me the number of your binoculars," Tommy asked in an apologetic voice, "brigade wants to know." "Sure, Tommy," was the polite reply, "but I am a little busy now and I will have to call you back." Heh heh

Soddball. I have to chime in with my recent readings on the matter. These mirror your findings. I've just finished The South Alberta Regiment's WWII history. By Graves. Great read. And you are right. I never read a single instance of a tank crew switching seats to keep a tank operational. If the tanks was penetrated, it was quickly evactuated. (THe logic being that another round was soon going to be on it's way, and very likely that sherman was going to brew up. Get out while the gettin's good.) This should be interesting . . .

I'm guessing they'd keep it the way it is (with regards to crew members taking over the stations of others). Probably no need to worry about that. Now, can we get crew commanders firing at infantry with their sten guns? Or dismounting to scout terrain? (I can see myself finishing the orders phase in about an hour and a half.) Gpig

Excellent! Thanks _UXcva! Gpig

Hello. This may have been answered recently but I could not find any reference to a solution. gibsonm wrote in the thread at the top of the scenario forum . . . "Well its definitely not a “Mac Friendly” site anymore. Can’t download using either Internet Explorer or Safari (clicking on the link only results in a page of code). I’ve also tried “right“ clicking but to no effect. I suspect its because the “download” button isn’t a direct link to the file but to an intermediate location." This is my issue, as well. Any solutions? Thanks, Gpig

Yes. I've recently discovered this same problem. Am I no longer able to download scenarios for my Mac gaming bonanza? (sniff) Gpig

welcome! and Ka-BOOM to you! Yes, you have made the correct choice. Gpig (Because I really want that 772 post ...)

Nope. Only PBEM loving. Which has morphed into asynchronous liasons. Which is worthy of love, actually. Gpig

Not for a while yet, they are saying. (3-6 months) But when they are ready, and DO show us, we are going to get dehydrated, what with all the involuntary salivation . . . At least, that's how I envision it. Gpig

BOOM! Gpig

Heya Mr Kenny. So are you saying that NO TIGERS participated in the breakout at St. Lambert (Trun/Moissy/Chambois)? Was there not even one (confirmed) Tiger in those actions? Thanks, Gpig

Damn. And I just came in from the dog house. Oh well . . . (breaks out a new box of flea collars) Gpig

Awesome pics.

That horse needs little "Xs" for eyes. Gpig

Michael, you are being a lot less voluminous in your postings. Whassup? Gpig

I know what you mean, Mr. Dorosh. There is much to reflect on in these books. The SAR history lists the where and how of each SAR member killed in WWII. Often times the sentence ends rather starkly. Like, ". . . where they buried him in the corner of a farm yard." As far as the Ram, too bad it isn't in there. Also, after reading so much about the battle for St. Lambert, I'd hate to meet up with a Crusader AA tank. Armed with twin 20mm guns. Nasty bit of business for clearing orchards of Germans. Later. Gpig

1. Well, there will never be an A.I. that will measure up to humans in OUR lifetimes. So in my opinion, the A.I. is pretty good. 2. Agreed. Gpig

Originally posted by JonS * * * UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE * * * (lowers magnifying glass) Hi JonS Just cleared up this little mystery. If you'll check the bottom left hand page on 164 in your SAR History you'll read the following . . . It was at this low moment, between 1400 and 1500 hours, Sunday, 20 August 1944, that help finally arrived. Ironically, it did not come from 9 Brigade, which was at this time sitting a few thousand yards to the north, but from the 103rd Battery, 6th Anti-Tank Regiment. This was a corps unit and the gunners' arrival was purely accidental . . . . . . .The two troops, eight Ram towers and eight 17-pdr. guns, moved down the D 13 and were near the Foulbec stream at 1400 when they came under heavy German machine-gun fire . . . . . . At about 1430 hours, J and L Troops arrived at the northern edge of St. Lambert . . . . . . Flowers decidecd to join the party and his gun detachments "immediately deployed for crash action." He positioned seven of his weapons facing south and the remaining one aiming back up the D 13 toward Trun and began to open fire at all available targets. Then later on, page 166 (as you noted); . . . Harkness began to assemble anti-tank units, and the two troops of 17-pdrs. from 103rd Battery, who had fought so well in St. Lambert that afternoon, except for one damaged gun, were taken out of the village at 2000 hours that evening. mystery solved. (raises magnifying glass) Gpig

LOL!