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I saw some of that garbage on TV last night. The idiot they interviewed didnt even see combat in the city by the sound of it. It said he was on a personal security detail or something of that nature, which means escorting around a higher ranking officer on convoys. The reason I believe he never even saw combat there is because he said he heard everything he alledged over the radio, which means he never saw ****. The report also alledged helicopters sprayed WP over the city like its some chemical gas and they showed some NVG video of some type of airburst munition claiming that was evidence. The whole report struck me as a bunch of half-truths assembled into one great disinformation campaign. The impression I got was theyre trying to portray American soldiers as barbarbarians, even going back to the wounded guy in the mosque incident and calling him a wounded warrior. There was also an allegation the U.S. actively targets journalists too. I dont doubt WP was used in Fallujah, but since its not banned by any convention the US is a signatory to it's really a non-issue. Smear campaign at it's finest.

Just a note for anyone who doesnt know, Marines carry M16A4s or in some cases M16A2s. The only ones with M4s are recon types. The basic M16 is a fairly long weapon, its a full size rifle. Holding it at order arms the muzzle comes up to the bottom of my ribs. I'm 5'10" or so.

Yeah it does tend to bounce on parts that dont like being bounced on. It doesnt have a ceramic insert in it but the kevlar lining is a fairly rigid substance that can still cause some discomfort. I haven't worn mine much since i've never deployed, but it seems like a pretty good idea. I think its more intended to protect part of the femoral artery from fragmentation wounds.

Same thing rollerbladers have been using for decades. Someone somewhere got the bright idea to use them in combat since running around dropping into shooting positions is pure hell on the knees and elbows, especially on rough terrain. The early ones were probably just some grunt bringing his personal stuff with and using it, but nowdays they can be obtained through official supply channels. It's also extremely common these days to go out and buy your own stuff when the issued gear doesnt cut it. The civilian market for military gear exploded sometime in the 90s with companies like Blackhawk sprouting up. The sunglasses that guy is wearing might be Wiley-Xs, a commerically made ballistic eyewear. They do a pretty good job of protecting against fragmentation. Sunglasses probably became common when they did in the general public.

Flak jackets actually did originate in WWII as fragmentation protection for bomber crews.

USMC Jul'03 to present. By training i'm a telephone systems/computer/any electronics that isnt a radio or radar repairman. However the powers that be have decided i'm now a SMART-T operator. I'll be deploying as an augment with 7th Marines next year for Iraq.

Mainly satchel charges and 47mm AT guns. The satchel charge was usually a suicide attack. The 47mm guns on Okinawa proved to be very effective when it could catch a sherman's flank.

The star on the sword is there because it was the symbol of the swordmakers guild of damascus, who I belive crafted the Mameluke sword presented to Lt. Presley O'Bannon in 1805 at Tripoli. If you look at it closeley you will note it has a solid circle in the middle inidicating its the guild's symbol, not a star of David.

251/16 is right. Another clue is the presence of 3 gunshields. I like how the crewman on the left has his mount aimed at the brass.

They already are in the game. Only 1 Porsche turreted model ever made it to Russia, the rest were lost in Normandy. Unless you have a King Tiger specified as Porsche turret in CMBB, you have a Henschel model.

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It's possible you may have a bad disk. The first run of CDs had an extremely high percentage of defective disks and while you likely didnt get one from that batch, its possible theres still some in the new runs too.

Go to the Tips and Tricks forum and read the "Anthology of Useful Posts" thread.

Here's a RL pic from acthungpanzer.

It's on the disk in the operations group. It has something like 10000 points per side and on top of that its a massively rubbled city map.

Rifles can be fitted with muzzle brakes too. Look here. The downside to using one on a rifle is they dramatically increase the noise of the shot.

Yeah thats probably a little low on the memory side. [ June 30, 2003, 12:19 AM: Message edited by: panzerwerfer42 ]

Yes, but then we would have to get on BFC's case about how quickly it stops! </font>

I think CM does allow ocasional LOS through parts of buildings to simulate that magic window shot.

There was a bug in CMBO, not sure about BB that caused all buildings on a map to blow up at the same time. I think the trigger was an aircraft attack but I don't really remember the details of it.

Seeing as their modeled as canvas and wood frame assault boats not row boats then your argument doesn't hold water.

Got any proof?

Perhaps this works differently for lower trajectory weapons than a high-angle AA gun.

1) Yes 2) AFAIK that doesnt actually happen. From what I've seen in my rather limited research, due to the spin imparted by rifling shells maintain the same angle of flight even when on a ballistic arc. I vaguely recall a study from the Blitz that found dud AA shells almost always landed base first on their return to earth.