Forever Babra

Naw, that's pretty common, Tom. Used to see it every week on the A-Team.

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...

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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I think even civilian versions sport reactive armour. I touched one once -- you shoulda seen the reaction...

Mmm.... rat packs Now I got a cravin' for somethin' tinned and formerly a meat. ------------------ http://www.adcritic.com/content/molson-canadian-stereotypes.html

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My name wasn't up there either. Too many cheese-steaks has made him dizzy I guess. I'll take the victory though

Hehehe... Don't say what you don't mean. ------------------ http://www.adcritic.com/content/molson-canadian-stereotypes.html

For you Southern Ontario types, PBS Buffalo will be airing "A War of Their Own", a documentary on the 1st and 5th Cdn Divisions in Italy. Looks to be good. Airs March 14th.

Grant CDLs were used in Totalize and the Rhine crossing at least, in both cases to provide "artificial moonlight".

Was it between the eyes? Them bastards are cold...

Never fails. Print anything groggy re Canadians and come home from work to find it on page three. This is why I like arguing with Americans. At least they like a fight.

Hehe... Great minds think alike. I had three of these attached to my battalion for local AA defence. They were fearsome to behold when they laid down a base of fire. I can only imagine what the Wirbelwind was like.

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.

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.

Wheee-damn, that's worthy of a sig.

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).]

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.

On this point, we are in perfect agreement.

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.

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.