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Forever Babra
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Naw, that's pretty common, Tom. Used to see it every week on the A-Team.
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Weird. I've heard of immobilizations, but a kill... I'm trying to imagine myself firing a heavy MG at a big block of steel a couple of feet away. It's a bad image...
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OT: What is a Luftlande division?
Forever Babra replied to Gregory Deych's topic in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)
In other words, "Sirocco", the hot desert wind, is just another name for a lot of hot air. Sorry, I just HAD to do it.... -
I believe it dates back to the Civil War & Cromwell's New Model Army. I could be mistaken, but I believe this was the first standing army in Britain, and it just wouldn't do to be calling it "Royal". EDIT: Ah here we go. I was in the right church, but the wrong pew. So, since the new army was composed of former foes, it was likely a PR move on Charles' part. No doubt the tradition was continued throughout the turbulent 18th century, revolution being in vogue at the time. The Royal Navy is, of course, much older; King Alfred kept the first standing fleet - and by the time of the advent of the RFC, the revolutionary passions in Europe had mostly faded away, Bolsheviks excepted. Anyway, that's my theory. Happy to hear a better one. [This message has been edited by Forever Babra (edited 02-25-2001).]
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New ALLIED Images!!!! Come and See!!!!
Forever Babra replied to a topic in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)
You are all quite silly. ------------------ Stereotypes -
The story of two numb nut newbies
Forever Babra replied to Boru's topic in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)
Peng - Noun. A forum member. Noted for hatred of emoticons and a Lenny Henryesque ability to spew bile. Any verbal attack that leaves you shaking is known as a good penging. Cesspool - aka the Peng thread - aka the Muthah Beautiful thread. A thread in which cesspoolers publicly taunt and challenge each other. Assimilation. Too late. You're one of us now... ------------------ http://www.adcritic.com/content/molson-canadian-stereotypes.html -
My name wasn't up there either. Too many cheese-steaks has made him dizzy I guess. I'll take the victory though
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New ALLIED Images!!!! Come and See!!!!
Forever Babra replied to a topic in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)
Hehehe... Don't say what you don't mean. ------------------ http://www.adcritic.com/content/molson-canadian-stereotypes.html -
Was it between the eyes? Them bastards are cold...
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The Grants/Lees which were in Normandy were variants, not gun tanks. With the gun removed they made a nice, roomy OP Tank. There was also a CDL Coast Defence Light version, which mounted a heavy searchlight. These were used in various engagements in Europe to provide illumination. One of the US Armored Divisions (1st?) gave its Shermans to the British for use at Alamein and went into North Africa in their Lees instead. For a good laugh, rent the movie "Sahara" with Humphrey Bogart for a romp in the desert with an M3 Lee.
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Updates: Lawyer: Lawyer is advancing a strong tank & armoured infantry force across a carpet of his ground troops. Unfortunately for him, they're a carpet because they're all dead. Herr Oberst: All your base are belong to us. You have no chance to survive make your time.
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German Weapons Mix in WW II
Forever Babra replied to jasoncawley@ameritech.net's topic in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)
Were Pz IIINs still being grouped with Tigers in NWE in 44? I know this was done early but I don't know if or when the practice stopped. -
Thanks, Michael. Maybe I'll continue it here. As I've now dishonoured poor Worthington quite enough for one karmic retribution, I'll move on to another little fiasco. This one just plain mystifies me, so maybe someone with more info or more insight can throw some light on what actually happened here. I'll let Lt. Col. English tell the story: (A map of the action can be found here: http://www.geocities.com/babrakhan2001/windsor.jpg ) My emphasis at the end. To complete the story, the village was taken at the cost of 377 casualties including 117 dead. The Royal Winnipegs were cut down on the open airfield after running into 17 tanks and SPs dug in around the field -- the hangars were not taken. Could someone please enlighten me as to what happened here? [This message has been edited by Forever Babra (edited 02-22-2001).]
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I hate to pull a grog on you gents, but HO scale is 1:87. OO scale is 1:76. I never did figure out what HO/OO scale was. And yeah, I had billions of the little bitches.
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Leibstandarte Division and Schweppenburg
Forever Babra replied to Jeff Duquette's topic in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)
From the article "Reassessing Operation Totalize", Legion Magazine, May/June 1999 by Terry Copp: The BCR had arrived in Normandy on July 25th, so Worthington would have been present for this. One has to wonder what effect it had on his decision-making. -
4 legged mosters in CM (?)
Forever Babra replied to Shadow 1st Hussars's topic in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)
I'll have some of what you're smokin', Mike. I said no such thing. -
The frontage for the Canadian divisions involved in Totalize was 900m. Depth of the attacking column was about 3 to 5 km.