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  1. Thanks, MrNoobie. Like the old saying goes, "Tanks collect dirt like small children do." Great work.
  2. Kump, Was sorry when you went away- Very glad to see you back. Thanks for all the work, past and present, you have done for the CM community.
  3. According to various first person accounts from the American Civil War, trenches, particularly fresh trenches, were detectable at long range unless well within a woodline. In heavy woods, such as we have here in Georgia, Union troops very rarely just ran into or were ambushed from trenches. What usually tipped them off was that excavating a trench yields a huge quantity of dirt that is piled up in front of the trench toward the enemy. This dirt, depending on the geographical location, sometimes contrasts quite markedly with the surrounding flora and is very visible. Anyway, I've been fortunate in that my last two houses had Confederate trenches on the property so I've had alot of time to look at them while cutting wood or whatnot.
  4. Doesn't really answer your question, but my 600 is doing just fine. However, I have not played any huge maps yet, but small, medium and large maps do fine.
  5. I confess that a big part of the magic for me satisfies the little kid still in me- the one that built all those Monogram model tank kits a long time ago and repainted them all about 5 times each- The Mods. I am almost embarrassed at the extent of my Mod collection. So a big Thanks to all of you Mod builders out there. ------------------ "Well, I will show you that before I was a marshal I was a grenadier, and I am still one." Marshal Jean Lannes, Ratisbon, 1809.
  6. Why not, 36 last January. ------------------ "Well, I will show you that before I was a marshal I was a grenadier, and I am still one." Marshal Jean Lannes, Ratisbon, 1809.
  7. I still enjoy playing the Ramelle scenario from Wild Bill from time to time. Keep up the good work Wild Bill. ------------------ "Well, I will show you that before I was a marshal I was a grenadier, and I am still one." Marshal Jean Lannes, Ratisbon, 1809.
  8. Sounds just like HQ Platoon, 2/1 Cav. 2nd A.D. circa 1986... ------------------ "Well, I will show you that before I was a marshal I was a grenadier, and I am still one." Marshal Jean Lannes, Ratisbon, 1809.
  9. Another bump for an excellent CM site. Thanks Manx. ------------------ "Well, I will show you that before I was a marshal I was a grenadier, and I am still one." Marshal Jean Lannes, Ratisbon, 1809.
  10. Just my .02 as a former U.S. Army Scout- this "Army of One" junk is just that- Junk. It totally misrepresents everything that makes an army function. Sure, individual initiative has it's place and has always been an important component of the U.S Army, but this new-age "me" generation touchy-feely mess has got to go. Only thing I can add to the black beret thing is that some cavalry units did wear black berets back in the late 70's and early 80's (I guess in keeping with European armor forces) but were then unauthorized for wear to all but ranger units. ------------------ "Well, I will show you that before I was a marshal I was a grenadier, and I am still one." Marshal Jean Lannes, Ratisbon, 1809.
  11. FYI everyone. This whiteout problem still exists using the latest drivers for the Voodoo 3000 dated 11-20-00. I've had this happen now three times in the last 5 hours or so of game time. ------------------ "Well, I will show you that before I was a marshal I was a grenadier, and I am still one." Marshal Jean Lannes, Ratisbon, 1809.
  12. The only topo type map of Dom Butgenbach I have ever seen is in Vannoy and Karamales' "Against the Panzers," and it only shows the relevant hills around the area, not the total topographical elevations of the area. Though it sounds like, from the title of your post, that you are already familiar with this work. If not, find a copy- If ever a book was written that is just chock full of CM scenario material, it is "Against the Panzers." As a matter of fact, I was working on my own Dom Butgenbach scenario just this evening.
  13. Scout- A Troop, 2/1 Cav. 2nd Armored Division (Hell On Wheels) Fort Hood, TX 1985-87. ------------------ "Well, I will show you that before I was a marshal I was a grenadier, and I am still one." Marshal Jean Lannes, Ratisbon, 1809.
  14. My wife looks at us wargamers the way she looks at my other historical hobby- Civil War reenacting. She calls that "Big Boy Dress Up" and I guess we all get painted with the same brush. But we have worked out an agreeable arrangment- she doesn't bug me too much about wargaming and reenacting and I let her maintain roughly $40,000 worth of horses. Oh well...time to go find my "really tight" 1978 Rush tour t-shirt. ------------------ "Well, I will show you that before I was a marshal I was a grenadier, and I am still one." Marshal Jean Lannes, Ratisbon, 1809.
  15. I cannot speak to the how lethal mortars would be against armor, but I can speak to the accuracy issue. The mortar section attached to my scout troop, crewing M106's with 4.2 tubes were absolute gunslingers with those things. They let me tag along on a compettion one time where the three M106's were traveling along a tank trail and received a fire mission. The stopwatch started when the range officer completed the fire mission. They put the spotting round ON TOP OF a tank hulk about a mile away in 10 seconds and then fired for effect. They did stuff like this regularly- just unreal accuracy. ------------------ "Well, I will show you that before I was a marshal I was a grenadier, and I am still one." Marshal Jean Lannes, Ratisbon, 1809.
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