DVN-UK

Thought I'd just 'pop my head round the door' to see what the hell happened to my game with Marlow? I was just about to splatter his feeble attempt at a defense when...the turns stopped coming! and that was weeks ago! You in there Marlow????!! Echo???

Lordfluffers...you can find Tiger's Axis Field gun mod on Tom's Combat Mission Headquarters website. It seems that the 'German side' has the mod. The 'international' side has a dead link for German mods...the address is:- http://home.germany.net/101-77027/CM/TCMHQ.html [This message has been edited by DVN-UK (edited 01-20-2001).]

I've done a coupla searches for allied artillery mods and drawn a blank. I've got Tigers german field gun mod and wondered if anyone has done something similar for the Allies? Anyone point me in the right direction? Their guns look a bit too 'new and shiny' in comparison! Cheers!

Apart from the aforementioned Forgotten Soldier, which is excellent. I would also recommend Flesh Wounds by David Holbrook. It's another autobiographical account of a British Tank officers experience in the post D-Day battlefields - pretty grim! [This message has been edited by DVN-UK (edited 12-07-2000).] [This message has been edited by DVN-UK (edited 12-07-2000).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Marlow: 'Ere thet DKNY, from now on, yer me shelia. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Only if I can call you 'Mary'... [This message has been edited by DVN-UK (edited 12-07-2000).]

Somehow I have been sidetracked, I wandered down here to taunt my opponent Marlow and have ended up being diverted by Mark IV! To be honest, its kind of hard to taunt Marlow as I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF HIS TROOPS!!!....or have I? Do I have observers in the woods watching his feeble attempts to maneuver into advantageous defensive positions?, have I a cheesy grin on my face as I see all, and know all that my poor confused blissfully unaware mongrel of an opponent is planning?... hmmmmmm something to think about...before I grind your pathetic army into a mere grease spot on the French countryside, a greasy pool, that even the French peasants (being no strangers to grease of the unwashed variety)will take notice of and pass down the generations in their Folklore.

While clawing my way for the exit, the dank, putrid air getting noticeably more breathable the daylight streaming into the outer regions starting to warm my 'tourists' body. I happened to glance back (a common mistake I grant you, often committed throughout history, I refer to Sauls wife.) What greeted my eyes was Nothing so dramatic as my person turning into a pillar of salt from the feet upwards, but the curious sight of various Peng thread 'legends' congratulating themselves on my easy and humane dispatch back to the more normal world above. Naturally this irked me just a little, I hesitated, took a long hard look at the pinprick of distant light that is the exit from this fetid pool of filth, took one last deep breath of the sweet air that manages to penetrate to this outer level,sighed and plunged back down into the gloom...

Ahhhhhh....I stumble into an incarnation of the infamous 'Peng' thread by accident, and make a startling discovery. One of my opponents 'Marlow' is being very 'relaxed' in posting his turns, yet has the time to post replies that cover half a page and also (if that wasn't enough) to take time out to compose "poetry" hmmmmmm...

I think I've had my fill of the AI now and figured things out enough to take on a human opponent, anyone fancy a game? I'm a newbie to this so go easy on me appreciate it if they could take the time to answer any of my dumb questions regarding pbem.!! my e-mail dan@vaux-nobes.freeserve.co.uk Cheers Dan

From the responses I guess that there isn't really a allied winterized uniform mod available of comparable quality to the German mods. Actually I lean towards the historically accurate 'look' for CM so maybe my allied troops should continue to stand out like sore thumbs on the battlefield!! I also seem to remember seeing photographs of US troops in the Ardennes wearing winter camo. but the captions accompanying the photographs "Sgt P. Lamowski from New Jersey reading mail from home during lull in fighting" suggests a posed propaganda style shot so the troops would 'obviously' be superbly equipped for the weather conditions. -Dan

I've installed the excellent winterised german 'snowsuit' mod by Fernando J. Carrera Buil, and I would like to have my allied troops looking just as errr...'winterised'! can anyone tell me a comparable mod for the allies and where I can get it? cheers. Dan

One of my troops exclaiming (through gritted teeth I imagine) "Chew on my pineapple Fritz!" Which I thought was kinda hilarious.

Having downloaded BFAMILY's excellent smallarms mod from CMHQ I was wondering if there were any mods available for the Mortars, Piats, Bazookas etc? To be honest they look a bit plain compared with the rest of the weapons. Cheers in advance!