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    Family Ties to World War II: A New Poll

    in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps

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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.

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    Family Ties to World War II: A New Poll

    in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps

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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.

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    Family Ties to World War II: A New Poll

    in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps

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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.

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    QB's close to useless in North Africa.

    in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps

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    Originally posted by atiff:

    Not hitting at that range can be due to many factors; target speed, dust/haze, and others.

    I think you might be fairly safe to hold fire until about 1 km, esp if they only have 2-pdrs to fire back with.

    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.
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    Barbarosa to Berlin Retail

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    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 (B) 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

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    How to beat the end-of-game blues.

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

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    Originally posted by buckshyesh:

    Wouldn't it be cool if we had some rare units that could only be accessed if we beat some scenarios or had a certain win-loss ratio.

    Or someone could design a great mod and a tough scenario. And that mod would only be available once you beat that scenario.

    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

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    Sturmtiger question

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

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    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.

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    Tanks are VERY effective against infantry...

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

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    Originally posted by JasonC:

    "The US army ceased to use it as a tank round after Vietnam"

    Oh, they still exist. The next generation of them were the flechette rounds (5000 13-grain small steel arrows per round e.g. in M494 105mm APERS-T), and recent developments include APAM tank rounds with 3000 small metal cubes inside 6 submunitions. The army has called for a 105mm canister type anti-personnel round for a 105mm MGS meant for the medium brigade gun system.

    My father was a tank platoon commander in Korea and has often stated what a difference cannister (and night vision goggles) would have made when the Chinese came into the war in November 1950. I seriously doubt that the U.S. Army will ever forget that lesson.
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