Paco QNS

A bit of doctrine: From the "Normas generales para empleo táctico de las armas de acompañamiento de infantería y caballería" Instrucción E. 8. approved 24, June, 1940 (distributed 30, October, 1940) Spanish Army (very german influenced since the Spanish Civil War) (General guidelines for the tactical employ of supporting weapons, Infantry and Cavalry): Regards, ((edited to resite paragraphs and clear the text/translation )) [ June 07, 2004, 06:39 PM: Message edited by: Paco QNS ]

Time to remember one of the classics threads frim the archive: S.L.A. Marshall, Men Against Fire The article cited in it is no longer available on its link Natural Killers —Turning the Tide of Battle by Major David S. Pierson, US Army, and -being of interest- I will post it from other forum: Regards,

"Directivas Circunstanciales de órden táctico y de tiro, arregladas a las exigencias del momento de la actual campaña, para orientación de la enseñanza en las Academias de Alféreces provisionales. Burgos 1938" (( Edited to italize a word, aislados )) [ May 23, 2004, 01:16 PM: Message edited by: Paco QNS ]

Not directly answering your question, but for what is worth: The INTENDED objetive -in the fire range, not in combat, I know- for the germans would have been to put a 60% of shots at 100 meters range a) inside a 0,31*0,25 meters for the 1st class riflemen, and the same percentage 60% at 100 meters range inside a 0,55*0,52 meters for 2nd class riflemen. SOURCE: "Directivas Circunstanciales de órden táctico y de tiro,... para orientación de la enseñanza en las Academias de Alféreces provisionales. Burgos 1938". They were german inspired, and probably a direct translation from the german in quite a few paragraphs. (( Indicium: the grenade model mentioned in its instruction chapter (a stick one with a unrolling cap with cord) was not the most common in the Spanish Army then -the Lafitte model-, but it corresponds with the Stielhandgranate 24.)) ((Notes: my comments, under double brackets. The ""x"" marks reflects pencils indications drawn in the book.)) (( Must be referenced, though, this previous directive, first in the "Squad Instruction - Combat - General principles: (( OTHER TARGETS: There are no specific silhoutte targets for rifle fire. For the LMG instruction there are 3 types of targets: (( There are also, along with the targets mentioned, other targets -less detailed- in the "Demostration/Learning Fire" and "Combat fire": Once more, not nearly a precise answer for your question -more centered in ammo consume-, but is the best I can give, for the moment. In my following post, the original version in spanish -with a few bonus-. Regards, and thanks Lorrin for your learned posts in balistic and armor.

a) Low to zero the ammo for the in-map guns Use a FO ( 105 mm, 4 tubes -they were 105 mm howitzers, not "88 guns"-) to represent indirect fire from that battery. (Would be better with 2 FO of 2 tubes 105 mm -to better simulate their attrition-, but they don´t exist.) c) Site this FO with a full view of the "Exit 2" from Utah Beach, put TRPs there, and no LOS to the battery. Can´t think of other way. (( Edited to add: Check this link www.brecourtassault.com/ )) [ May 20, 2004, 06:36 PM: Message edited by: Paco QNS ]

In addition to Koenig: Here is a webpage with a photo of the Breda mod.35 and drawings of the mod.40 and mod.42 : Granada de Mano BREDA y variante ----------------------------------------- I was on the brink to see the infamous "sticky grenade model nº 74" restricted to the "Home Guard" -later issued to the Resistence in Europe- (both Ian V. Hogg´s book "Grenades and mortars" and the following webpage seems to suggest this: Nº 74 ST Grenade. (Sticky Grenade) but I admit both Koenig´s info about captured material and here : NZETC - Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War Chapter 12 see end of 109 page seems to indicate that they were issued to Australians (?)(Tobruk) and New Zealanders. Any other info about this? After all, the Gammon nº 82 was issued -and it is in CMBO- as a better alternative than the ST from 1943 on, see: The Grenade with Instant Fame by Cmdt O.E.F. Baker, DWD No.82 Grenade (Gammon Bomb)

The big brother was the PAK 41, a 75 mm version of the taper bore guns. Only 150 built -due to the scarcity of the wolfram/tungsten, best used for machinery and other more vital needs than killing enemy tanks- (not so in the view of their sufferers). Photo in les canons à tubes coniques LemaireSoft's Taper bore gun ---------------------------------- Not totally related, but in the field of innovative artillery, must be cited also the High/Low presion guns, such as the german PAW 600 (and modern Cockerill 90 mm gun or the M 79 "Blooper" 40 mm grenade launcher) : Probert Encyclopaedia: Artillery see PAK 41 and PAW 600 Infantry Guns and Heavy Mortars by Phil West Not exactly the "bottleneck chamber" suggested earlier, but a sort of spigot gun combined with a normal barrel with a special chamber, if I am understanding it correctly.

From Part 3 in "AFV Interiors" : Italian CV 33/35 (L.3) Tankette, Part 2

Boats. AI can´t use them.

Traducción, por si no lo comprendes bien: Maddmatt: ""¿Sabes qué? ¡Ahorrate tu dinero dado que no necesitamos ni queremos clientes como tú! Admistes haber robado el programa y eso te identifica como un delincuente común. Quedas expulsado de estos foros y deseo que te vaya bien en tu patética pequeña y confusa vida de pirata. "" ((Obviamente, la última frase es totalmente irónica, y me sumo a ella. ¡Adios! ))

La confesión es buena para el alma. ((Confession is good for the soul)) ----------------------- "¡ Hola, Mamá !" (( o sea, echad el cierre a esto )). Hi, mum ! (( that is, lock it ! )).

Beg pardon, but the T-28 had three turrets. The five turreted one was the T-35. The T-28 in the Russian Battlefield Web The T-35 in The Russian Battlefield Web Regards, and a bump for the old times!

Also, is planted in squares from 7 * 7 metres (204 trees / 10.000 m2) to 5 * 4 metres (500 trees / 10.000 m2). All you wanted to know about chirimoyos (in spanish)

Little tree size. And the correct noun --in spanish-- is "chirimoyo" for the plant, and "chirimoya" the fruit. (( Edited to add images.- Also, never thought in english you call them --correctly-- "cherimoyas" )) [ February 28, 2004, 10:34 AM: Message edited by: Paco QNS ]

You can use your sound editor and put lower the wav files, once located. I use it with birds and flames, and it works.

There is that web: Belgium AFVs

1) Unless you´re in good cover or in a marginal LOS to your shooter it´s better to break contact than to hide. ((A menos que estés en un terreno adecuado para el ocultamiento o con una Línea-de-Fuego casi oculta a tu contrincante, es mejor romper contacto que usar "hide")) 2) I do get the feeling you´re refering to the grey generic icons, not to the national symbols. The grey ones represent knowledge of enemy troops (or tanks) in that area. They are usually sounds, either of command voices or motors, and are very imprecise. The "sound" icons represent sources of enemy fire. IMHO it´s a waste of ammo to shoot at the grey icons, there is no reference between the place they appear and where is really the enemy. ((Me parece que te refieres a los iconos grises genéricos y no a los símbolos de nacionalidad. Los grises representan que sabes que hay fuerzas enemigas en ese area. Son sonidos, bien de voces de mando o motores, y son muy imprecisos. Los iconos "sound" representan fuentes de fuego enemigo. En mi opinión, es desperdiciar munición el tiro a los marcadores grises, no hay correspondencia entre donde aparecen y donde están las fuerzas enemigas.)) Regards, and welcome to Combat Mission. ((Saludos, y bienvenido al mundo de CM )) ----------------------- Edited to add: Consider last phrase not written. Editado para añadir: Considérese la última frase como no escrita. [ March 01, 2004, 01:33 AM: Message edited by: Paco QNS ]

Debes descargarte alguno de los "mods" de terreno cuadriculado. Busca por "gridded" o por "grid terrain". Saludos.

Debes descargarte alguno de los "mods" de terreno cuadriculado. Busca por "gridded" o por "grid terrain". Saludos.

Debes descargarte alguno de los "mods" de terreno cuadriculado. Busca por "gridded" o por "grid terrain". Saludos.

Not tanks, but I shooted a BA russian auto-car from less than 100 meters with a HMG on a top floor, blasting it -and the remaining crew-. IIRC it get a top hit.

From "Alamein", by C.E. Lucas Phillips page 219: From the map, the center of Hill 37 was 1.500 yards from the edge of Turner and 1.750 from the center. And 1.900 yard from edge of Snipe and 2.125 yrds from the center. The edges of Turner and Snipe are 500 yards apart and their centers are 1.000 yards apart.

Not sure if it will be useful, but... DESERT RATS by Ralph T. Smith for CCS , reviewed in Crash 20 The online edition The links down the page allow you to emulate play it, online. Cool! Also available is Vulcan, The Tunisian Campaign, and Arnhem -and even Stonkers (my first computer wargame)-. Too overscaled, also, but want to point it for all the Spectrum nostalgics (I am one of them). Regards.

((Off Topic)) Re to Mark G. : - - - Nonne militia est vita hominis super terram, et sicut dies mercennarii dies eius? Job, 7 .1 Isn´t the life of man upon earth a warfare, and his days that of a mercenary?

For the missing slice, have you seen this map?: Gallery of Selected Maps