Marlow

Heretic! Burn him!

Let me guess, Bumpy but Jo didn't bother to remove it first before you started "buffing" away.

Uhoh. It looks bad for Lawyer. Who could have guessed that TortBoy was involved in anything so sinister. An article in the Washington Post reveals the truth behind “Air Cess” in the MBT spin-off in the forum for a Grogy Pinko Commie flight simulator that shall not be named: ”U.S. and European law enforcement officials say they have scored an important advance in their efforts to disrupt what some officials describe as the biggest weapons-trafficking network in the world, responsible for supplying the Taliban and terrorist groups from al Qaeda in Afghanistan to the Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines, as well as rebel forces in Africa. … He has a fleet of about 60 aircraft, including large Russian cargo planes, according to investigators. His operation is tied together by a complex web of overlapping airlines, charter companies and freight-forwarding operations that give him a global reach. His main company is registered as Air Cess…” I wonder if Jake will be able to PBEM from Gitmo. [ February 26, 2002, 11:39 AM: Message edited by: Marlow ]

I can explain at least part of the mystery. Sludge is Seanachai's Squire, and if we go by past experience as a guide, The Bard has rather low standards.

Unintentional as it appears, this was the part that probably stings EagleBoy the most.

Since we have exchanged a turn or three in the past week, I guess you've been playing our turns so far in the bag that it is causing memory lose. That would explain the "skill" you have shown in the battle so far.

Snicker, Snicker, Chuckle Chuckle BWAA HAHAHA … I gave you a recon company, and I guess you found the enemy, didn’t you. Wait, did you say we're currently playing a game? I couldn't quite decipher the gibberish, but thats what it sounded like. News to me, but I would be happy to have your ears for my collection. [ February 24, 2002, 12:19 AM: Message edited by: Marlow ]

Have your opponent zip his files. Text games files are just appended to the text of the e-mail message. You can cut and past the game file from the text of the e-mail, but it is a bit cumbersome.

Reviews at the Scenario Depot, lads. Do it or Berli will add extra brimstone to the fire when he finally gets his sooty mits on your immortal souls.

We have Presidents' Day on Monday. As soon as you Canucks give up on this silly idea that you are some sort of independent country, and come back to the fold, you can have that day off as well.

I shall instruct you on the week-end, and drown you to within an inch of your life like the runt of the litter you are. The duel shall be by tcp/ip and I shall defend as the quaint 'allies'. </font>

Well Jo, you may be right, but little petty things do amuse me so.

Arrgghh! My Eyes! Thanks, that made my day.

He also irritates anyone with a lick of sense. I've used the [ignore] switch on the little twerp's posts for quite some time now. What is your status here in the Pool, CMPlayer? I don't know whether to bold you, abuse you, challenge you, or give you a big bear hug like you did David Aitkin long ago. Are you still sick of your board name? Sledge</font>

Are you sure? The Chinese invaded in force in November 1950.

This was particularly true of the first units deployed to Korea. These units had mostly been stationed in Japan, where they were part of the occupation army, and had even lower equipment and training readiness than the rest of the army (which wasn't so hot at the time). Things improved a little with the arrival of stateside army units, but the Marines were no doubt the best of the U.S. forces in 1950 (as hard as that is for me to admit).

Plopping into you mailbox momentarily. You sure are in an awfully big hurry to die tonight. Could be worse for you though, I don't have any Greyhounds this time.

Well, maybe if he hops into the new gamey thread Steve will come to his wit's end with him and cast him in to the pool of oblivion. We can only hope... Hey, Butt-low, lets play a game. I miss you being my bitch. Setup coming your way tonight. Jeff</font>

Damn. Not even drunk and I can't hit the right button. [ February 13, 2002, 06:09 PM: Message edited by: Marlow ]

OK, what is the current over/under on how long until Chief Iron Bottom gets banned? [ February 13, 2002, 06:09 PM: Message edited by: Marlow ]

Interesting. For weight and armor composition I was using published data, but I couldn’t find anything on armor thickness, so I went by memory from an Army equipment demonstration from years ago. I remember the presenter discussing the armor and saying it was a spaced armor with two quarter-inch steel plates around a two-inch aluminum core. He could have very easily been wrong. BTW, what is your source, and what is the composition of the armor (how many plates, what thickness, what material and what type of spacing)?

The Germans did that - mounted a bunch of Panzer Schrecks on the back of a bunch of captured Bren Carriers. Not sure how useful they found it. Hopefully some kind soul will {hint hint} post a link ... </font>

I would be surprised if a HMG would penetrate the side of a bradley. The thing is only a "light" armored vehicle by modern standards, as it weighs as much as a WWII medium tank. The base model M-2 (phased out of the active U.S. Army) weighs in at 25 tons, and has side and rear armor consisting of spaced steel and aluminum plates that are something like two inches thick. (two quarter inch steel plates, and the rest being aluminum). The latest version, the M-2A3 adds a couple of tons more steel applique armor to the sides, titanium armor to the top, and kevlar anti-spall blankets to the interior. It weighs in at over 30 tons. While it would not stand up to modern tank guns or AT missiles, it sould be able to stand up to a HMG.