Firefly
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Wild Bill - just to let you know how much I appreciate your efforts. I've spent what seems like years playing your campaigns for SP3 and now you're doing an excellent job with CM too.
Merry Christmas to you and the rest of the Raiders.
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Patrick Ware did a linked series called 'No Rest for the Weary', which is very good against the AI (it's only really playable as the US). It's available at CMHQ.
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Getting boring isn't it?
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And again
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Whoops - damn ISP
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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Chupacabra:
I must say, Hanz is taking things awfully calmly
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Nah, he's just stunned by the bawling out the British sergeant gave to the Tommy who called him 'Sarge'
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You could try the 'No Rest for the Weary' campaign series (actually a series of 7 scenarios focusing on the exploits of one division), which is designed for the US side only. It's available at Madmatt's site amongst others. I really enjoyed it.
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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Germanboy:
The UK 7th Armoured (The Desert Rats) is actually one of the better arguments against a campaign. They sucked rocks during the Normandy campaign, despite all the experience they had from North Africa and Italy.
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I'm current reading D'Este's 'Decision in Normandy' where he has a chapter on the poor peformance of the three veteran British dvisions in Normandy - the 7th Armoured, the 51st Highland and to a lesser extent the 50th Northumbrian. He quotes Maj. Gen. G L Verney. who took over command of 7th Armoured in August 1944:
'There is no doubt familiarity with war does not make one more courageous. One becomes cunning, and from cunning to cowardice is but a short step.'
Most commentators with the benefit of hindsight agree that the three divisions were war weary and should have been rested, particularly given the better performance of the fresher divisions.
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48, but I only look 47
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His men would follow him anywhere, but only out of curiosity
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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by M. Bates:
I just 'logged on' to alt.games.combat-mission and having gone through many of the posts there... I am confused.
Is Gunny Bunny (the newsgroup initiator) being impersonated by someone??<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
He started the group because he was miffed that one of his threads on this board was locked. Unfortunately he's found that he's not getting much sympathy on Usenet either. You have to admit though that calling Fionn 'a girly who knows nothing about CM' must be a classic.
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Your main screen doesn't have to be the same size as the CM screen, it can be the the same size or larger. So id your screen is at least 800x600 (which it must be) you should be able to select 640X480. It will offer you 800X600 first, just decline it.
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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Marco Bergman:
According to my various references, it seems that was only true for softskins. Commonwealth tanks seem to have had either an air-recognition ringed star on the roof, or nothing at all.
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You're probably right, I was speaking from my memory of making plastic kits during my mispent youth rather than any reference I've read recently. I certainly remeber the white stars on British trucks.
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Originally posted by bfamily33:
Marco:
I notice that the Sherman II (Brits/Poles/Cunucks) still carries the US Star on it's side. Is this because it's early use by the allies did not give them ample time to paint according to their standards? Or, have I somehow missed a portion of your mods?
During Operation Overlord all allied units used the white star to aid in recognition.
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'Tank' by Ken Tout - described as the best first person account of tank warfare - set in Normandy, Tout was a British Sherman loader and tank commnander.
'Six armies in Normandy' by Jonh Keegan - covers the Normandy cam[aign after D-Day.
'Stalingrad' by Anthony Beevor contains a lot of eye witness accounts from both Germans and Russians. 'Crete' by the same author is also very good.
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Games saved under the 1.1 beta do not show up as ssaved games if you subseqently run 1.05. Could this be the problem?
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Originally posted by GI Tom:
If you haven't played the Operation "Drive to Mortain", you may want to consider it. It is an outstanding Op in my opinion and I send out a hearty "Well Done" to the designer. (I'm at work now, I can't recall at this moment who it was).
Agreed, I finished this one myself last night, didn't do as well as you though. Like you I also read the 'lead with armour' bit in the briefing, took one look at the road and thought 'No way'.
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His men would follow him anywhere, but only out of curiosity
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George Smith Patton
in Combat Mission Archive #2 (2000)
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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Michael emrys:
And while no great admirer of Monty, I acknowledge that much of his conservatism derived from a real, even if somewhat misconceived, desire to avoid spilling the blood of his troops unnecessarily. It is worth noting that he managed to offend nearly everyone he ever worked with except the Tommies in the lines, with whom he was always a great hit. His concern for them was, I believe, real and they sensed and responded to that.
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In Normandy Monty was acting under War Office orders to minimise casualties, particularly infantry casualties which were occurring faster than they could be replaced. Of course being Monty he didn't bother to tell Eisenhower about these orders with the result that Eisenhower complained to Churchill about Monty's 'conservatism' and Churchill in turn had a stand up row with the CIGS, Alanbrooke, who didn't like Churchill criticising Monty for obeying his orders.