Redmow

I may be interested in playing some games. Been a long while since I played...been playing board games on WWII alot lately.

XXXIX or XXLIX or RIP.

Me too!!! The chance to drive a Panther into battle at Kursk...and come out still alive no less! Or how about a campaign? Battle of the Bulge. In Peipers command. Or speeding across the desert in a Cromwell to face the panzers at Tobruk. A whole frickin' endless slew of battles to fight in. Then add multiplayer ability...up to hundreds...Battlefront would rule.

I like the idea of the editor but I also agree that the standard scenarios should not have to be edited. I plan on taking an old AH game called Blitzkrieg and make it into an SCII game. I hope that it will work. We shall see.

All your post is depend on us.

It never happened. It was the lax marijuana laws.

I don't think adding 200 PAK's to each Infantry XX would have done anything. The Russian arty and air superiority (not to mention the waves of Soviet infantry) would have continued unabated. All those PAK's would need infantry protection. An armored thrust would have taken a heavy beating but the Soviets would have tried something different with the units they had on hand. They were in a rush to get to Berlin way ahead of the Western Powers and they would have done so at any cost to manpower. But, it does sound fun to recreate that plan in-game. Hehe.

Madison, Alabama...though today I will be in Rye, New York for vacation. Erm, I mean work related school.

Here we go again...my finger hurt now: Pz35t-298 were built by the Czechs in 1936-1939. Another 126 were exported to Rumania in 1936 where they were known as the R-2. When the Germans occupied Czechoslovakia, they seized 219 while the other 79 were kept by newly 'independant' Slovakia. Use confined to the 6th Panzer Brigade of the 1st Light Division in Poland and later the 6th Panzer Division in France and Russia. Pz38tA-a replacement for the 35t ordered in 1938. Used in Poland by the 1st and 3rd Light Divisions; in Norway; in France by the 7th and 8th Panzer Divisions; and in the Balkans by the 8th Panzer Division. In Russia it was used by the 6th,7th, 8th, 12th, 16th, 19th, 20th, and 22nd Panzer Divisions. 565 were built of various models. Pz38tE- Uparmored (snicker). 846 were built. Info from ASL Rulebook, Section H, page 9.

Okay, the PzIV's: PzIVA-Support AFV. 8,500 were built. Only 35 saw action in Poland, Norway and France. A platoon consisted of between 4-6 of these. In 1939, each Panzer company had one platoon of these tanks except for the 1st Panzer Division. The 1st had a Medium Company in it's Pz battalions (14 PzIVA's and 5 PzII's). And the 1st Light Division had 8 per company. PzIVB/C-134 PzIVC's were built and 42 PzIVB's were built. No BMG. A few still labored on in the 21st and 116th Pz. Divisions in Normandy. PzIVD-229 were built. PzIVE-223 were built.Rommels debut in North Africa included 40 model D's and E's. PzIVF(short 75)-437 were built.In June, 1942 some 200 were present on the Eastern front...by Kursk only about 60 were still in use. PzIVF (long 75)-200 were built. The model G was very similar and 1000 of those were manufactured. The British referred to this tank as the Mark IV special. PzIVH-3,774 were produced. A platoon consisted of 5 of these tanks but due to shortages, 4 were considered normal. PzIVJ-Final production model. Turret traverse motor removed for more fuel capacity. Nahverteidigungswaffe added for more close defense capability. 1,758 were produced. Info from ASL Rulebook, section H, page 10.

The only info I have is below: PzIIID-On September, 1939 only about 98 of these were available. Withdrawn from service around February, 1940 except for Norway (April, 1940) PzIIIE/F-About 96 model E's were made and 435 model F's. A full strength platoon consisted of between 3-5 of these depending upon unit type. PzIIIG-About 550 of these were made. In 1941 the 'official' strength of all panzer platoons were set at 5. PzIIIH-308 produced. PzIIIJ-Implemented near end of 1941 by Hitler because his upgunned order was ignored for the PzIIIG. Known as the Mark III special by the British. 1067 were built. 262 of these were converted into observation vehicles for Panzerartillerie batteries. PzIIIL/M-A total of about 903 were built. About 20 of these were used were with the Panzer battalions in Normandy, 1944 as command tanks. PzIIIN-Prior to June,1943, ten were allotted to each Tiger Company. A total of about 700 were made. PzIII(fl)-100 were made. Each platoon had 7 of these-in which 2 were usually assigned to a Pz. regiment HQ company when needed. First use was with the 6th,11th and GD Pz. Divisions during the battle of Kursk. Hope that helps. Oh, info came from the ASL Rulebook, Section H, page 9-10.

If on the attack, I keep moving to make it harder for spotters to correct on target. If on the defense, I keep a reserve to fill the depleted ranks once hit. But, I do tend to find that the AI will arty one spot while the main attack is at another spot. But a human player is another thing entirely.

Hehe. Squad Leader was my first game back in 1980. Then it was Panzer Leader. Then it was Guns of August. I still play board games like crazy and still play mini battles with terrain and all. Never found a computer war simulation that pleased me until CMBO. Have been hooked since then. BUT, I still haven't quit the board games. Nothing like sitting in a smokey room full of good friends cursing at each other over brilliant moves or stupid blunders. Welcome, PanzerBlitz. The more the merrier.

I would be perfectly happy if I could edit my forces in a quick battle. That would make BCR even more enjoyable. IMHO. Sure, there is alot of bookkeeping in BCR but it is worth it. Having a blast in my campaign. Still in July, 1941 but have upgraded my PzIIC to another PzIIIG. Three battles so far and having a blast. Now, if I could only edit my QB forces.....

I hope to see a divisional level Operation Barbarossa. Huge playing area with multi-player support of up to 2-10 people. Now that would be FUN!!! If only 2 people for multiplay then make it a Corp level game. [ April 06, 2003, 08:47 PM: Message edited by: Redmow ]

Ahhhhh....hurry, FIRE!!

Ahhhhh....hurry, FIRE!!

Ouch, that was a cheap shot.

Take a look at Biltong's Campaign Rules. I use them and am having a lot of fun. Should be here in the forums somewhere.

What the heck is the SC ladder and where can I sign up? :mad:

Could be several reasons. The tank crew was elite and realized you were out of ammo. Or they could have decided to get out of their position to prevent a flanking shot. But then again can the computer fool itself? Unless programmed to do so. I like to treat it as the chaos of war.

He sure loves war. Hehe. Looks like your hauling around a mortar crew. Is that the case?

True...I am playing an operation right now (I will not name which) that I could have just scooted all my units forward. And the enemy would have just as obligingly destroyed them. Imagine my surprise when a KV-1 appears in the midst of my lines and all I have around is a couple of PzIIIL's. I said, I'm screwed! But, using tactical forethought and LOS (just like ASL) I was able to run a tank hunting team up and immobilize that big bad boy. The tank hunter team died but I would have lost a whole heck of alot more if they didn't make it at all. There's one of those choices. I could have tried for a rear shot with my PzIIIL's but the enemy had a pretty strong anti-tank front established limiting my tank movements until I could flush them out. I have learned not to just rush forward...I may still win but I will take alot more casualties. I play ASL also and one thing I had to relearn was playing against an unknown force. In ASL, the boards are all the same and you know what the enemy has available. Thus your tactics are basically formed at the beginning. Here, the terrain dictates your tactics at the beginning as well as YOUR force composition. The rest is organized chaos. This game ROCKS in my estimation especially pbem or TCP/IP.

I think alot of that was written from the perspective of the Generals of divisions and corps and army. A good book to see what happened down on the field of battle itself is Panzer Aces by Franz Kurowski. Not that I disagree with you gentlemen but for info purposes, to hear eyewitness accounts is astounding. There is also Infantry Aces by the same author. Just started reading it so I don't know if any mention of Kursk is there. Right now I am reading about France 1940.

Try the operation of Blitzkrieg. My second time playing it as the Germans. I love that operation. With a few surprises. Every time I ran into a surprise I would zip over to CMMODS and download the surprise. Hehe. I'm a freak.