Stalin's Organ

I always thought you were batting for the other side And you owe me a setup you wally - we're 1 each, so this'll be the decider...unelss I lose in which case it's best of 5! :mad: :mad: :mad:

Of course not - we buy woollen clothing from the store!! Sheesh! Where's my feckin' turn then you maggot of maggots??? :mad: :mad: :mad:

I played the Kiwis against a human PBEM player & got caned - the flag was neutral at hte end, but I'd pursued a cautious attack, sending 1 platoon around the rear of hte Village to the left, and 2 platoons to the right. My tanks both got KO'ed by the mortars - although 1 did use up all its ammo first!! In all I think I only inflicted 24 casualties on the germans & lost 60-odd myself - a historical charge up hte guts wouldn't have done worse!!

IMO the early war Italian army is just fine - play "Beda Fomm" from the CD - if it wasn't for Matilda's the Brits would be toast!

No you don't - you're a big dork!!

Were the tank-mounted 6-pdr shorter than the original AT gun? The later AT guns were a couple of calibres longer than the early ones (L45 vs L42.8).

Aww....isn't that sweet - he does love us!!

Aww....isn't that sweet - he does love us!!

or at least Radley - Riley got shot by the Russians didn't he?

or at least Radley - Riley got shot by the Russians didn't he?

By George I think they've got it!!

By George I think they've got it!!

Piss orf!!

Piss orf!!

That would of course be 10 (Bn), The Rifle Brigade - the Rifle Brigade being the Regiment....jsut to confuse our American readers!!

The BBC of course

I don't exist in the directory, so it's clearly a figment of your imaginatoin.

Great stuff. I had a similar story this Christmas. One of my mother's uncles was killed on an Italian POW ship that was torpedoed in hte Mediterranean. Mum had found a book by a survivor of that attack, with a chapter dedicated to Uncle Don, who had been his best mate for a while, and who he was sitting right next to when the torpedoe struck - Uncle Don was killed instantly, the other chap wasn't even scratched & this book was the first hand account of how the 2 were captured and how Uncle Don was killed. war is hell!

A set of WW2 figure gaming rules I have says that many Matildas at Arras were "destroyed" by 20mm AA settign fire to stores outside them, forcing their abandonment. i have no primary source or other backup for this tho.

Oh...well then. Break a leg. No, really, break one (two being optimal, but one acceptable)...please!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: </font>

Which just goes to show how screwed up your clocks are - it's actualy 7.40pm, you've had the turn for an hour already, and havev you got it back to me???!! Like heck!! :mad: :mad: :mad: Just for that I'm gonna sod off and spend the rest of the night dancing with a bunch of good looking women

OK - I went to the page - I clicked on the "download operation" link - and I got a nice map of the environs at Sevastopol. What do I win?? :confused:

Who the hell left the gate open this time??? :mad: :mad: :mad: There's bloody <small>penguins</small> everywhere - I wouldn't mind but they all stink of fish and I hat the feeling when they squidge between my toes!

At the next Super Bowl perhaps??

Very hoary - in the British tradition Warrant officers are "mister", and no self-respecting NCO would stoop so low as to require anyone to call him "sir" - NCO's work for a living after all!! Warrant Officers hold warrants from a minister of het Govt (Secretary of Defence in the US, Minister of Defence in hte Commonwealth), whereas Commissioned officers hold their commission from the head of state (Crown, President, etc.) - hence the difference in authority they wield. I remember a very senior WO1 RSM completley politely and deferentially obeying a particularly pointless order from a Lieutenant (shutting down the "wet" canteen on the last night of camp IIRC) - then having a word in the Bn CO's ear, and the Lt being hauled over the coals and posted somewhere unpleasant - there is no doubt that a 2nd Lt straight out of his officers course outranks a warrant officer - but choosing to exercise that rank would normally be a career limiting move!! Mike fmr lcpl