Simon Elwen

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Ah the crodas[b/] little mollusc radley sends a reply with the personality of a dial tone . You are depriving a village somewhere of an idiot .

You got that bit right sonny. Now Sod off. Noba.</font>

crodaslittle wooden head is on the right of the picture! Who is this Slimy Elbow who dares to speak of my liege lord Croda The Cantankerous in such a manner. Come out and say that again you refugee from a Lilith Fair Concert. You sheep's clone, you thinly moustached poseur, you who consider Shemp to be the funniest Stooge, I double-dog dare you to come back here and have it out with me. You reprobate! Upon your birth, your parents tried to sell you to carny folk, but the carny's standards were too high. You fey dandy with the concave codpiece, SOD OFF!!!</font>

It might be the same beach...be careful where you step just in case Croda's buried in the sand again. That kid never learns... Persephone</font>

AJ In the intrests of pan european friendship I have come to the aid of all Dutch Optometrists BIG Words LITTLE Man, now that you have been elevated by some error your meglomaniac rantings are positively sad , lacking form and dignity. You will never become one of the vulgar elite, return to your rightful place as a serf and playing with men with odd shaped balls. I cast my gauntlet at you

Ta chaps so let me get this right. there were "types" of Molotov,the petrol bomb type and the military version .All in all much the same as each other. As for AT rifles you are looking at flank and rear shots here, with the russians not having many or any at the start of Barbarossa however a year on the steppes were infested. Didn't the russians get bazookas from the americans too, later on? edited due to spelling nightmares [ March 22, 2002, 08:55 PM: Message edited by: Simon Elwen ]

The quiz is :Which of the following photos are from the battle . Even so Its a good selection

Let me know when you are up and running and I'll give you a pbem. my email is in my profile

Its in Game at £29.99 so get out there and buy it,oh its 11 o clock,try in the morning

As early as May 1942 the americans had an 88 shipped to the USA for evaluation and the planners at the US War Dept still carried on with the Sherman under the misconception that armour would be chiefly used for exploitation and pursuit. They believed that sacrificing armour for speed would pay off but of course speed in battle means nothing without survivability

Well I hope to have my Ruskies dropping Molotovs on those German tanks but I was surpised by their lack of AT rifles early on, but boy could they ramp up production!!. I understand that the german forces held AT rifles at Platoon level until replaced of course by hand held rocketry!!

Soon we will be going East and in the early years there won't be any panzerscrecks, fausts or the russian equivalents. There will be Anti Tank Rifles though. Are they effective? or will the pbi be in real trouble? As for the famed Molotov how good is that too?

I heard that the Russians trained the dogs on their own tanks so in combat the dogs didn't like the smell of german tanks (mostly petrol engines) and ran back under friendly smelling tanks (russian diesel engines)a bit of a canine own goal really

In no other Army did rank title and badges prove to be such a sensitive issue. Since the revolution the Shoulder boards and old rank titles were abolished as symbols of Tsarism and the Class Struggle. All Soviet Officers from Section through to Army level were just called Commander. However in 1935 titles from Lieutenant to Colonel were once again established. In July 1940 General was renewed, followed by the old nco titles. In early 1943 All the old prerevolutionary ranks titles shoulderboards etc were renewed under Stalin's express orders.The strange anomalies of units being commanded by troops of an "odd" rank apparently lasted into early 1942. [ March 03, 2002, 03:11 PM: Message edited by: Simon Elwen ]

Stacheldraht, there's a long out for print book called "Russian Infantry Weapons of ww2" by Baker and Walter 1971 Arco Books, I'm sure that will have some of the answers you are looking for. I would think that someone on this forum has a copy, or a dealer could get one for you.

It was Berkut's account that I couldn't recall very well that prompted me to begin this thread. I am so looking forward to Cmbb and all the battles ahead.

Ok the research results are in Venue : The park Time : This morning Target: A tree 30 metres away (effects of bounceback can then be monitored as well Witnesses: My girlfriend Heather (not a rounder) My Dog Dave (Jack Russel for retrieval duties) Equipment:Note, Some alternatives had to be used 1 Baseball 2 Cricket ball 3 Tennis ball 4 Potato 5 Pineapple 6 Egg Results: 1 2 and 3 all scored hits,but significant bounceback with the tennis ball, dave preferred the tennis ball. 4 The potato a hit but suffered damage, probably would not survive repeated test throws. 5 The Pinapple fell well short 18m but rolled a further 2 m. 6 The egg, a close miss but destroyed on impact. Conclusions. Balls and grocers sundries will rarely cause fatal results, but the morale effect of being bombarded with a hail of fruit and root veg should be looked into. Possibly should have used a hard boiled egg Suggestions: Brain and Gyrene throw things at each other and then go to Croda's bar.

Commisar, I have a wonderful girlfriend who has even played cm against me !!!! , so with her, cm, this board, i have 3 out of 4, only cmbb to go [ March 02, 2002, 02:47 AM: Message edited by: Simon Elwen ]

I enlisted in cm 6 weeks ago and joined the forum a mere fortnight ago and my life now has meaning!!.

Wolfpack, I was backpacking in India and there was a monsoon hailstorm in Delhi, most of the city has corrugated iron roofs and the city roared!!!!,with the lightning too it was spectacular.

Quite a number of the previous posts clearly show that the Germans experience, training, and raw courage allowed them to adapt and improvise to overcome the challenge they faced with a new threat. I take my hat off to the knowledge, research skills, etc of everyone on this forum, there's always someone who can answer a question out there, truly amazing.

Mr Johnson, without smoke or 88's What would you do? Panzer Leader, What a top site,I think I feel the need to shop like the wife does when she sees shoes!!

Won't be long I'm just going to their site

Panzer Leader isn't Fedorowicz a Canadian publishing house? anyhow I'm sure I pick it up here, yes we still use pounds £, however the euro will come in for sure, its just about political will and electorial timing!!!