Sgt. Steiner

Ahh the good old days. My best deal was at some old lady's yard sale. Her husband, a Pacific theater vet, had passed away, and she was selling his souvenirs. Picked up a Type 38 and Type 99 Arisaka in mint condition for $50 for the both of them. Found a near-mint WW1 Gewehr 98 at another sale for $75. It was hard to resist the urge to run back to my car as fast as I could with that one..

Umm, Mr. Dorosh, if you'd used ingeb's search engine, you would have found that all of those songs are indeed there. Let's see now, they have Wenn die Soldaten, Alte Kameraden, Erika, plus.. Rosemarie, Heia Safari, Bomben auf Engeland, Frankreichlied, Russian songs, and many, many others. Offhand, I'd say it was a pretty damn good list! Now, flame and counter-flame aside, if you have some good song links to share, we'd love to see them..

Can't say I blame him. Mine is my most prized possession, and wouldn't trade it for anything (except maybe an MP-38 ). Since I got mine back in '94 prices have gone through the roof. I had a chance to get an MG-34 for $3000 then, but I didn't do it, and have been kicking myself ever since. Now they're $15,000 minimum. Sigh..

Here's the link: http://ingeb.org/garb/marleen.html The Lale Andersen version is the best, and is the one most listened to by the soldaten, and was broadcast nightly from the Soldatensender Belgrad...

Oh, it doesn't concern me at all. It's a damn shame they are deactivated. I collect WW1 and WW2 weaponry also, but it is all fully operational. Don't believe in "wall hangers"; I like to take my MP-40, G43, K98k, etc to the range when the urge strikes me..

Very interesting and informative post on QB's. I mostly only play scenarios, but may just have to try a few QB's using these rules. Thanks!

It's just the way your first post was worded that gave the impression everything wasn't quite on the up and up. BTW, where did you ever find a PPSH receiver not already part of a gun? There aren't that many PPSH's in the country to begin with, and the BATF certainly isn't allowing any new ones in. I've seen those semi-auto PPSH's for sale, but they have that cheesy extra long barrel that isn't authentic at all..

Thanks for the link! Much better than the default splash screen. Keep up the good work..

What Bimmer said. Only dummy guns can be assembled from a parts kit, unless you have a BATF registered receiver to go with it. That is the route I took years ago, but unfortunately, the supply of registered receivers has all but dried up; class III dealers nowadays have (mostly)only complete (and much more expensive) weapons for sale..

For MeatEtr: I e-mailed you with some class III dealer contact info..

A good site with marching songs for both sides is http://ingeb.org/WWII.html . They have an especially nice selection of German stuff. Highly recommended!

Not really. Just pay the $200 transfer tax to the BATF, and wait for the paperwork to go through. That's the easy part. Coming up with the thousands the weapon will cost you is the hard part. I know, because I am the proud owner of a real-life MP-40. Made in 1941, it is an awesome little piece of history. If only it could speak of the places it has been..

Your splash screens are very good, but... where can we get them? :confused:

Wilkommen! Yours was the first mod I ever downloaded for CMBO way back when. Was always bummed that we never saw anything more of your work afterwards. Look forward to the new stuff; hope you'll be with us for the duration this time..

Outstanding! Finally some Balkankreuz scenario icons and correct 1939 Iron Crosses. My CMBB is censor-free at last. All that censorship is pretty ironic actually. Dr. Goebbels would have been proud..

I read recently that the remains of Wittmann's tiger are owned by a French farmer who keeps them in a barn near the scene. A group of investigators examined the wreckage, and concluded that the tank had been destroyed by aircraft rockets. This would seem to confirm Fridiricus' post..

Holy King Tigers, Batman! Guess I scrolled through them too fast the first time I was there. Many thanks!

Take what you hear on the History Channel with a grain of salt, my friend. After looking at photos taken after the tank battle at Prokhorovka, which show destroyed Russian tanks as far as the eye can see, I'd say those Tigers and Panthers were more than a match. Overwhelming numbers, and the fact that the Russians knew the German plan in advance, and prepared accordingly were the main culprits behind Zitadelle's failure. Khruschev's order to the T-34's to dig in (against Stalin's orders) helped too. But the final nail in Zitadelle's coffin was the invasion of Sicily; at which point Hitler called off the Kursk offensive..

Apparently, if the Ivans did receive some lend-lease bazookas, they either didn't get very many, or weren't impressed with them, or both. Of course, after encountering the Panzerschreck, the GI's weren't quite as thrilled with the first model bazooka either. What's always mystified me is that the GI's didn't get a 3-inch rocket bazooka until Korea, despite having been on the receiving end of the 88mm (and later even larger) Schrecks..

Having had to reformat my hard drive recently, (and thereby reinstall CMBO), I've had to recreate my mod collection from scratch. Went looking for Fluffkitty's website, but it is apparently gone away. Does anyone know where her Tiger II mod can still be found? It IMHO is still the best one out there, and I sure would like to have it again..

I just got CMBB, and it is very cool. However, I like the Western Front too, so CMBO won't be going away any time soon. I will be playing more CMBB for the near future though; having way too much fun killing commies!

Your site is nice and fast. Finally managed to d/l all those winter Soviet tank mods; kept timing out on me from the other site that has them. Definitely becoming a favorite site to visit!

Offhand, I'd say that S3 vidcard is the culprit. GF2's and GF3's are very reasonable now, and do an outstanding job of rendering the game. Radeons do OK too. If a new one is still too much on the old wallet, those cards can be had on E-bay for nearly nothing..

Still trying to remember what book I read that says the Schreck was developed from lend-lease bazookas, but I did find a 'Net reference that backs it up. www.adeq.net/pzfaust2.htm. It says that the Schreck was developed from an M9A1 bazooka captured in North Africa in early '43. However, it mentions that other sources say lend-lease bazookas captured from the Russians. So apparently the real answer is: no-one knows for sure. My guess is the Schreck was developed after examining both the North African and Russian examples. Would be interesting to know for certain the actual history of it..

North Africa? I don't remember the exact source, but it definitely described the Schreck as having been developed from bazookas captured in Russia. Hmm, got my interest up now; off to do a bit of Internet searching on this...