Gyrene

Based on Soddball's excellent idea and built on the rotting remains of the Eurowarrior award, the Custer Award will be given to the CM player who makes the worst tactical decision/blunder of the week! Here's the catch: You have to nominate yourself to be eligible, with your opponent providing verification (Sorry, no AI battles) The AAR's would be posted on the board and voted on by all members. For more details go here Gyrene

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Source is an old document from the US Army historical lecture series. I will try to find the stats for the 30-06 with AP ammo. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Where's a hand-loader when you need one? My old room-mate was an avid precision shooter and hand-loader and his dozens of ballistic tables would be handy right now. Gyrene

A large percentage of Russian soldiers who surrendered were not ethnic Russians, but Uzbeks, Ukranians and others pressed into service, who were not particularly sympathetic to either side. Gyrene

Rockets are just plain horrible for their accuracy, (Real life also, it was definetively the "shotgun" of the artillery world) so FO experience probably gets you faster re-targetting times if anything. Having a line of sight does help, maybe an experiment is in order. Gyrene

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Heck, the Navy Seals use it as an individual soldier weapon with a second pistol grip mounted under the front handguard. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I agree with most your comments, but a bit of clarification here: The M60E3 (With the forward hand grip) was not a SEAL innovation, just part of the evolution of the pig. They are unique in the M60 being a single man weapon, their ammo loads are considerably lighter than a standard infantry squad, so an assistant is not required. Gyrene

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>hmm. any suggestions on how to talk to people who won't even -think- about violence? i mean that literally, as in they won't even talk about self-defense or first aid idealism doesn't mean avoiding reality. i believe that wholeheartedly but heck if i know how to get some people to, well, deal with life as it is, not only as they want it <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Many readers of this thread will not agree with me, but i believe there is no way to solve that situation by talking, please let me explain: As a former Marine, and I am sure most former Marines can attest to this, I had the social stereotype placed on me as a knucle-dragging baby eater/killer, warmonger, etc, by the more "enlightened & educated" portion of society (Mostly professionals and college educated people, this attitude does not seem to be shared by the blue-collar sector of society) and I found myself in many a pointless argument about the validity of the Military and armed intervention with people who would not or did not want to think about the military in a positive light. I was really taken aback by this when I started attending college (I was enlisted) and my social circles had changed considerably, and after a time I avoided the topic of anything military, especially my time in the Marines and tried to state my case and keep my emotions in check. After a while as people got to know me better and when conversations about the US's foreign role came up I started voicing my opinions again and many people were surprised that I had even been in the Corps, many time was the comment heard "Wow, you don't act like a Marine" or something to that effect (This despite the fact the most of them had never met a Marine before). To make a point of all this rambling, I believe that the best way to convert the skeptics of the world is not to sit and converse with them, but just let your actions bring them to your camp. Corny as it sounds, it's what I think is the truth. The military should not depend on or even expect praise or understanding from the people it protects, it is better off focusing it's energy on doing it's duites as well and honorably as it can. They'll come around. Gyrene

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Anyway, I thought desiel had more energy. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> It does, unless you are making a statement, then ok. Gyrene [ 05-03-2001: Message edited by: Gyrene ]

I'm with Mike on this one...I looked and looked...They must have changed the layout of the page Gyrene

I like how the second version come out, very nice. Gyrene

The BAR, as has been stated here several times, was very popular with the troops, even in Korea where it performed flawlessly in the sub-zero weather. An interesting quote I read (I forget the source) on the invasion of Okinawa was "It seemed every other man had a BAR" They really like to get their hands on them when they could. One big advantage of the BAR vs the MG42 (Possibly the only one) is that it is much handier in confined spaces. Gyrene

<snif snif> I smell something burning... Gyrene

Has anyone else noticed that some topics seem to appear and disappear from this part of the forum? Infopop troubles? I've been up for a while, maybe it's just me? Or maybe EW's dad bought the topics for EW's own forum? Gyrene

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> I was using 12X SCSI burners back when Pentium 75's with 2GB HDDs were the hot new technology, and they rarely had problems feeding the data out fast enough. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Man, that must have been a $700 burner back in the day, not to mention the rare SCSI card for a PC back then. Gyrene

Artillery in CM is notorious for hitting everything except what you want hit. It would take a dead on hit to kill a concrete pill box, so you have to be very lucky. Gyrene

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> Rudy Boesch, a highly decorated ex-Navy SEAL with 45 years service and a bronze star, commands this base. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> 45 years of service? He must have served on a previous life. Gyrene

The movie files are that big. The regular order phases are much smaller. If you can't email them aymore, you might consider posting the files on the web somewhere. (Get a free geocities or similar site for that) Gyrene

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Are you still in contact with this guy? My cousin, Barclay Dillon, flew P-39s at Guadalcanal and was later killed as a test pilot in a P-38. I don't know much else, but my dad has been doing some research. Maybe your instructor can help. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Unfortunatly no , last time I went by the school (Northrop in Inglewood, CA. It's called something else now.) he had already retired. His last name is Stratemeyer (not sure of the spelling) his first name was "Mr." as far as we were concerned. I've been thinking of getting a hold of him lately, he's really a great old guy. I'll have to swing by the school (Kind of a drive for me) and ask any of the old instructors that might be still around. Gyrene

Londoner, sure my original question should have been more specific like what unit in particular one would consider of note in WWII, but there is a core of posters in this forum who would have started the flaming and name calling no matter how my question was worded, save for having a lawyer write it up for me, and even then there would be arguments. Now you insist to keep on with the name calling (I welcome you to scroll back thru all the posts to see who called what first, if you think I started it.) and with your attempts to brow beat me into apologizing for this most hideous of topics, which seems to have caused you such mental anguish. Your second post gets you the prize for the longest reply (Although I could be wrong), congratulations, it's very nice, quite verbose. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>I want to ignore all US involvment/achievements in WW2 you say? Why in hell would I waste a year studying the US combat infantryman in WW2 you moron. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Wow, you got me good there, the whole "Capt. Americas out there" thing must a fluke. I don't know why you "wasted a whole year" it's your time, not mine. I stated this before, if you don't like the thread don't read it. You've already stated your displeasure of it several times, yet you can't seem to stay away, the original question doesn't apply anymore as the more astute readers have gotten the gist of my original meaning and have made many interesting contributions to this thread. I'm looking forward to your reply and to read you call me a moron, idiot, child etc. I just wish there wasn't an continent and an ocean between us so I could extend you the courtesy of calling me these things and more in person. Gyrene Btw, don't be afraid to use my nickname in your posts, it's quite alright.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> Frankly I'm surprised BTS hasn't closed this thread. One of the first things I learned at uni was, never be afraid to question the credibility of the question. As a question "best soldiers of WW2?" is BS. Its so vague is plain stupid. Every nation has combat units/formations which could cite amazing feats of "combat effectiveness". All this nationalistic crap is mind numbingly boring. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> What I find plain stupid is that someone like Londoner has this desperate need to get things fired up in this thread again, especially after more than 30 other members joined in on the thread with great comments well after the original flames had died down. I'd call that more childish than asking what units were better. Now as you will all bear witness I was being blatantly nationalistic for choosing one American unit out of my four choices. Why Am I not hearing any crap over my choice of the Gurkhas or the SAS? It's because Britain-centric bufoons like Londoner get their panties in a wad over any and all mentions of the US doing anything right at all. He goes on to voice his choices of the Aussies and New Zealanders as his pick, and both are very valid and I accept them without having to blunt the valor of their opponents. Then he goes on to make sweeping, generalized statements about how their life was the most like being in the infantry (Having to run from cover to cover at home, I guess...) and how they adopted the "Warrior Spirit" the most of all Allies, etc. Well, I am just a child, so carry on. Gyrene

kmead, the game will not always change resolutions on the Mac. I find myself having to go to the control strip and changing the res before I play. (I'm limited to 800X600) Gyrene

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Which Island was it that the U.S Army had to come into to save the invasion? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> You must be thinking of Peleliu, and the the Army did not "Come into save the invasion" the 81st Infantry Division was held in reserve offshore, they were part of the plan from the get go and were called into duty and performed very well. The Army's area of responsabilty in the PTO was vaster and less defended that the Navy's side, McArthur could virtually pick and chose where ever he wanted to land, this was not a luxury afforded to Nimitz's side of the war...All targets were obvious and the Japanese had years to prepare. Remember...McArthur was aiming for the Philipines, Nimitz was headed for Japan...HUGE difference. Gyrene

Automotive gas weighs about 6.17 pounds per gallon while diesel weighs 7.21 pounds per gallon, giving Diesel the potential of 20388.3 BTU's per pound (147,000BTU/Gal divided by 7.21 Pounds per gallon) and Gasoline 20259.3 BTU's per pound (125,000BTU's divided by 6.17 Pounds per gallon) Overall diesel produces more energy by pound and gallon. I like radials, except I can never remember the formula for figuring out the firing order in a big multi row radial. Gyrene [ 05-02-2001: Message edited by: Gyrene ]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> Can't think of all the details at the moment, but wasn't there a USMC that won the Medal of Honor on Guadalcanal (sp?) for repeling a Japanese charge on his position by using a 30(50?) cal from the hip because everyone else in his squad was down. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> "Manilla" John Basilone did that, he fired his .30 cal mostly from the hip running back and forth between his platoon's positions. First USMC MOH winner of WWII, btw. Died in the 1st or 2nd day of Iwo Jima. The M60E3 is fired from the hip regularly, if you notice it even has a pistol grip for the forward hand, .30 cal Browinings were very often fired from the hip, with the assistant gunner feeding the gun in the jungle fights in the Pacific. I've seen some pretty big guys firing the M60 from the offhand position, but unless you're a powerlifter it is not a very stable position and you end up hitting not much of anything. A .50 from the hip is something that I'd have to see to believe, the gun weighs 84 pounds and a full belt weighs about another 25 or so, not to mention the vicious recoil of the thing. Gyrene

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Ahem... no. Burning an equal weight of petrol produces somewhat more heat. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Wrong again, Skipper, sorry... Diesel fuel has a higher energy density than gasoline. On average, a gallon of Diesel fuel contains approximately 155x10^6joules (147,000 BTUs), while a gallon of gasoline contains 132x10^6joules (125,000 BTUs). The higher compression and efficiency (More power at less rpm) explain the better fuel mileage. Gyrene [ 05-02-2001: Message edited by: Gyrene ]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Another trick is to have a vehicle with an over sized radiator (like a modified kubelwagon) <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I was under the distinct impression that kubels were air cooled... Gyrene