dragonwagon

Hmmm,Osprey Military has a few lines worth adding to the mix.[The 9th Lancers of 2nd armoured states that the 2pdr. shot bounced off Panzer IIIs and the Germans regarded it with contempt,while their 50mm rounds would go straight through a Crusader.] Also from the 10th Hussars[They were particulary scathing about the performance of the 2pdr. gun,claiming that 500 yds. was the maximum effective range against a Panzer III which ,with it's 50mm gun, was effective at 1000 yards or more.](Future discussian.....50mm.) At the time ,Summer of 1942 ,Gazala,is when the quotes above came from.I'm assuming by then that most of, if not all the Mark IIIs are Hs. Shall be interesting to see how this goes.

Hmmm,Osprey Military has a few lines worth adding to the mix.[The 9th Lancers of 2nd armoured states that the 2pdr. shot bounced off Panzer IIIs and the Germans regarded it with contempt,while their 50mm rounds would go straight through a Crusader.] Also from the 10th Hussars[They were particulary scathing about the performance of the 2pdr. gun,claiming that 500 yds. was the maximum effective range against a Panzer III which ,with it's 50mm gun, was effective at 1000 yards or more.](Future discussian.....50mm.) At the time ,Summer of 1942 ,Gazala,is when the quotes above came from.I'm assuming by then that most of, if not all the Mark IIIs are Hs. Shall be interesting to see how this goes.

Maybe tommorow..........You are all making me jealous,quit bragging..........

I was thinking of a similar post , agreed , definately smoother and faster. Nice work .

Interesting , now thinking about it,yes I do play CMBB more,the refinements are impressive,I find it more challenging than CMBO.Graphics are not to big of a thing to me (although cool)so that doesn't really sway me,it's all about the gameplay.These are well thought out games ,depicting accurracy and realism like no other tactical game I've played. CMAK should be pretty awesome I would think,I'm looking forward to it . As far as picking one ,I would be swayed to the russian front ,but only because of my old days of playing ASL.Either way I doubt you would be dissapionted.

To the russians the Lee was known as "A Grave For Seven Brothers" because of it's tendency to burn...... I have four pictures of American Lee tanks in Africa ,3 of the four show 6 guys standing in front of thier tank , so it would seem that the crew number may vary going by the photos , or the seventh crewman is taking the photo.

I've got my walet out.

Bummer.........

Was pretty awesome for CMBB , Would be cool to have one for CMAK . This time I would be able to participate , I'd put some pictures in here if I could figure out how to do it.......What do u guys think ?

I too enjoyed the sreenshots , Way Cool......But , The flame thrower affect out the gun barrels seems a little much for me. Kinda hollywood like.......Still cannot wait for the game though....... :cool:

Way Cool ! Thanks............

Patch seems to work for atg's to hit , it took my mark IIIL nine rounds to ko a 45mm atg at about 600m. Atg scouring at least five hits on me in a IP game. Some rounds did go long also.

Being an avid fan of the early eastern front battles,I've found no good substitute for the T-28 medium tank.I enjoy re-making the scenario's from ASL,SQ,from that old game and find it diffucult to replace it. Yes ,I've heard about,or say read about the CMBB engine not being able to handle multi turrets yet the T-26 M1931 has two turrets(although they do not turn or anthing)seems to work just just fine as I would guess as a bow machine gun.The machine gun turrets on the T-28 are esentialy the same turret as on the T-26. The T-28 was used in pretty substantial numbers in the early battles and is a fairly important tank in the begining. So maybe some of you wizz bang computer types could come up with some workable model of this tank.Also would love to see the LEE tank too , the 75mm is basically a bow mounted weapon anyway. Maybe just wishful thinking, but I'm sure I'm not alone on the wish list.

Being a long time ASL player ,I enjoy remaking the scenario's from that old game. Problem being there is no T-28 , and no really good substitute for this tank. Yes I've heard or should I say read about the multi turret thing ,engine cannot handle it, yet the T-26 M1931 has a multi turret,(they don't actually turn or anything)but they are esentialy the same turrets as on the T-28. I guess what I am getting at is , is it possible to add vehicles to this game like the T-28 with a working bow machine gun but just have the look of the 2 turrets? It would also be nice to see some of the other tanks missing from the order of battle which had some fairly significant numbers on the battle field,such as the Lee tank.The 75mm gun is basically a bow mounted weapon. Maybe some of u modders could come up with some type of workable models to go on. Also missing is the 76mm armed BT type. I'm sure all u wiz bang computer types can come up with something....

I would really like to comment but my game hasn't FREAKIN SHOWN UP YET !!!!!!!!!!!!!!No Joy in Massachussetts.........Yes , I do feel better.

All good scenario's, but what about the original Tournament Scenario's ? Like First Crisis at Army Group North,and Land Leviathans,to name a couple,these are two that I will make for sure.Grand ! Liquid ASL , The Joy ! :cool:

I have a few photos of french tanks pressed into german service.Most seem to have been used in the Balkans and Italy. I think u may find that they were used mostly against the partisans, and rear areas.Most of the photos I have are of H-39's.I also have some of S-35 Somua.I have only one picture of a R-35 and it is knocked out and burned.Unfortunatley the book is just of photos and does not have in-depth info.

It had been a long hot day for the German tanks of 17th Panzer Division , edging slowly forward through the patchwork of patato crops and cornfields around Senno, in front of the Dniepr river. Here and there , colomns of oily black smoke rose from the smoldering grain or scrub,marking the last fight of a light Russian T-26 or of a German Mark III. The German armor,outrunning its supply echelons in the onward rush since it had launched Operation Barbarrossa seventeen days before,was short on ammunition.Just as the tired gunners, crouched in thier hot reeking turrets,had recieved orders to cut down the amount of gunfire,a single Russian tank with a squat unfamiliar silhouette emerged from the corn.Several German tanks engaged it-and watched thier shots ricochet from its turret.The Russian tank swung along a farm track,at the end of which waited a standard 37mm anti-tank gun.The German crew pumped shells at the oncoming tank untill it reached their position,pivoted on it's wide tracks,and crushed the gun into the ground.Leaving a burning Mark III behind it,it lumbered on into the German rear for more than nine miles,until eventually it was destroyed from behind by a shot from a 100mm gun.Such was 17th Panzer Division's first glimse of a T-34. The date was 8th July,1941. This a a small bit of a book I have called T-34 Russian Armor. Just a little something of things to look forward to with the new game .............

WELL EXCUSE ME ,,,,,,,,So sorry........

At first I thought it was a video glich or something , then realised it was the cannister round I was seeing ,HOW COOL IS THAT ! Nice detail.........Russian 76.2 . I new that there was cannister for the american 37,75 , but diid not know the russians had one too . Grogs wanna touch this one ? :eek:

Maybe one of you modder types could come up with a ENGLISH SPEACH MOD. ? I love the game , but this is the only thing I don't like about it . What do you guys think ? I'm sure that this is not new to the forum.

I agree with ASL , the views were not as bad on the smaller map , but on those steppes , I really didn't like it , too much time moving around . The CMBO views seem better.

Hmmm , how much will it cost ?

Ok, but the accuracy should be the only thing to suffer , the observer has moved , but not the guns....

Hmmm, interesting indeed. I loved to use smoke back in my ASL days . Works well in this game as well, if not better. Smoke , use it well , use it often..........