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My father (who is still alive at 80) joined the army in 1940 just as they were phasing out the calvary - I believe he was at Ft Riley when one cav unit had all of its horses shot before converting to armor. He cadred with several units, such as the 1st Armored and the 4th Armored and narrowly missed being shipped to Tunisia and Sidi Bou Zid when the unit he was with was virtually wiped out. The 9th Armored was shipped to France in Sept 1944 and took up positions in the quiet Ardennes sector. He was in the 9th CCR on December 16 and talks about his unit losing 26 tanks in 20 minutes when the Germans attacked. He spent the rest of the "Bulge" surrounded in Bastogne until Patton "liberated" them. In March 1945 his unit crossed the bridge at Remagen several hours after its capture and has a fascinating story about being bombarded by V-2 rockets. He also participated in the liberation of at least one concentration camp. He was also in Korea (1950-51) with the 2nd Infantry division and found it to be a far worse combat experience than facing the Germans in WWII. He was interviewed a couple of times last year by David Halberstam for an upcoming book on the 2nd Infantry divsion in Korea.

My father (who is still alive at 80) joined the army in 1940 just as they were phasing out the calvary - I believe he was at Ft Riley when one cav unit had all of its horses shot before converting to armor. He cadred with several units, such as the 1st Armored and the 4th Armored and narrowly missed being shipped to Tunisia and Sidi Bou Zid when the unit he was with was virtually wiped out. The 9th Armored was shipped to France in Sept 1944 and took up positions in the quiet Ardennes sector. He was in the 9th CCR on December 16 and talks about his unit losing 26 tanks in 20 minutes when the Germans attacked. He spent the rest of the "Bulge" surrounded in Bastogne until Patton "liberated" them. In March 1945 his unit crossed the bridge at Remagen several hours after its capture and has a fascinating story about being bombarded by V-2 rockets. He also participated in the liberation of at least one concentration camp. He was also in Korea (1950-51) with the 2nd Infantry division and found it to be a far worse combat experience than facing the Germans in WWII. He was interviewed a couple of times last year by David Halberstam for an upcoming book on the 2nd Infantry divsion in Korea.

My father (who is still alive at 80) joined the army in 1940 just as they were phasing out the calvary - I believe he was at Ft Riley when one cav unit had all of its horses shot before converting to armor. He cadred with several units, such as the 1st Armored and the 4th Armored and narrowly missed being shipped to Tunisia and Sidi Bou Zid when the unit he was with was virtually wiped out. The 9th Armored was shipped to France in Sept 1944 and took up positions in the quiet Ardennes sector. He was in the 9th CCR on December 16 and talks about his unit losing 26 tanks in 20 minutes when the Germans attacked. He spent the rest of the "Bulge" surrounded in Bastogne until Patton "liberated" them. In March 1945 his unit crossed the bridge at Remagen several hours after its capture and has a fascinating story about being bombarded by V-2 rockets. He also participated in the liberation of at least one concentration camp. He was also in Korea (1950-51) with the 2nd Infantry division and found it to be a far worse combat experience than facing the Germans in WWII. He was interviewed a couple of times last year by David Halberstam for an upcoming book on the 2nd Infantry divsion in Korea.

Well, in one of the scenarios, I had three 88's that had the same rate of success at 300-400m, i.e. it seemed that they couldn't hit the broadside of a barn. I understand the effects of smoke and dust, etc but it appears to me that something very fundamental has been changed in the game engine. I'm very surprised that this hasn't received more discussion on these boards.

Rolled into my work in Sacramento at 1:30 PM today via USPS Priority Mail. Too bad my work today ends at 10 PM. Is it going to be sleep or gaming tonight?

Yeah, I asked....

I guess I'm late to the party as far as the 2 CD special retail release of CMBB, but I have been regularly checking my local retail outlets (Best Nut, CompUSa, and Fry's) to no avail. Can anyone tell me (a) that it is has indeed been released, and ( where in N. California (specifically Sacramento) where I might buy it? I found and bought the special retail release for CMBO, so the local stores are aware of the product line. Thanks in advance

Well, looking at your profile (to see if you listed your line of work), I strongly suspect age discrimination given your birthdate in 1906. Sue the bastards!

Somebody give Willie Pete the "Hero of the Soviet Union" medal. Thanks!!

Must have been the Italians....

BURNED through? Did you pour lighter fluid on it and set it afire? That's the only way I could do it in two weeks.

I can't imagine this would be popular with most members of this forum since CM has no shortage of competitive aspects already. Just my $.02

You're not alone, those were my initial thoughts as well.....

Fooling around. Set up a battle with three of those mothers and watched the all the initial shots go off the map (for quite a distance I might add). My first thought was "This isn't any fun." Later, the accuracy got better and the rounds actually started landing ON the map. After that, they put the hurt on quite a few units. I still think I prefer the 14" naval artillery in CMBO.

Actually Bakersfield is out in the middle of an oil field.... but that's beside the point.</font>