sturner

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Graaf Spee: That's what I've always thought. But it didn't work for me :-( Until my opponent changed the encoding to binhex. Like I said earlier it could be my email client that messed it up, still using Outlook express :-( /Kristian<hr></blockquote> It depends upon the mail program you are using. Most of the programs updated in the last three years should be able to handle MIME encoding. For the Mac setting, select AppleDouble.

Actually, if you are doing a bridge defense, you should fight about a mile or so from the bridge. If you are engaged in combat around the bridge, then you are no longer defending the bridge, you are engaged in a withdrawal across the bridge before it is blown.

You aren't wasting your time on anything unimportant, like family, rest, eating, right? More grindstone, more grindstone! Quick someone order another two train cars full of grindstones.

Not that I experienced combat, I didn't, but I was an Infantry Officer for eleven years. Nothing moves me to revulsion quicker, or more surely, than the thought of actual combat. I have personnally known three infantry men from WWII. One from the 10th Mountain, one from the 101st Airborne, and one Ranger who climbed the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc as part of the 2nd Ranger Battalion. Each and every one instilled in me convinced me that games, are different from real life. That preparing for war, or learning about war, deep in your guts and mind is more important than a lot of other things. Because when you know the evil, you are committed to prevent its occurance. Combat Mission is just a game to learn certain things. It is fun. You don't get hurt, not counting sitting in an awkward postion for too long. It exercises your intellect. It is safe conflict. Nothing is more alluring than safe conflict. But glorify war? No, not glorify. Instruct. [ 09-20-2001: Message edited by: sturner ]

Dead units! Ok, so you have to wait a little for them to pop-up.

Don't forget that the M1 carbine had a different magazine catch than did the M2 carbine. Use a 30-round magazine in the M1 carbine without replacing the magazine catch and it has an unfortunate tendency to fall out of line with the chamber, causing jams. I know from experience, not combat experience with it, but experience shooting it in field conditions.

Who needs rockets? Six .50 caliber machineguns stop trains right nicely, thank you. My Dad said you could get a very nice steam plume after one or two passes. Then you had a sitting target.

Does anyone use the US Army Historical Study Phamplet series? I am currently considering creating a Russian front scenario on one encounter listed in Phaphlet 20-269, Small Unit Actions During the Geman Campaign in Russia. I am interested in what others use for sources. [ 08-08-2001: Message edited by: sturner ]

Thanks Actor!

I am setting up a DSL router with DHCP at my home. I need to find out which ports CM uses for TCP/IP. Anyone got a clue?

B & W G3 Rev A., 300MHz, 512MB RAM. Stock ATI card. The RAM makes it fly!

I would be please to try your scenario. quills@airmail.net

At that range, and those odds, you have a good chance of dying. Calling in arty on your position, you know its comming, you get down, the other poor sod doesn't and is running around in the open, maybe, just maybe, you get to see the next sunrise.

My dad flew P-51's in WWII in the ETO. He said that the only time they ever did anything to tanks was if they caught them on a road convoy. Which was exactly once. Otherwise he said his ground support consisted of shooting up volkswagons, trains, trucks, and supply dumps. The best that they could do for the ground trooops was finding Patton's lead element, out of gas, out of ammo, out of luck, and surrounded by Germans, radio in their position, and make a few passes at what they hoped were German troops. Something must have worked. Patton kept sending the fighter squadrons captured booty.