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Re. caption font. Try something other than the condensed blocky Impact font which is more for large headlines. Try simple sans serif; Arial, Calibri, Helvetica, Tahoma or Verdana. Otherwise a very engaging & well put together presentation.

Don't think Guiness Book of Records has that...

Blame Rommel22!

Replaying through Out on a Limb I did notice the wooden bunker seemed easier to take out than previously where it took a while. Maybe it has been tweaked

Playing test range - As US noticed on left hand field Germans had come forward into the field through hedge gap and duly got shot up

However you can't apply that bodge to Lemming hedge oppo when playing solo.

Don't necessarily seem to be always in Panic to do seeming daft things - In the example I saw (save file back on Page 2) it was an enemey German HQ unit that dashed out forward into the open bocage field which was indicated to be 'Nervous' - just moments after a colleague got shot) and as the turn ended.

What time of day is that happening? as I recall night time / dusk gives a distict possibilitiy of friendly fire occuring. Was this the Panther and HT getting shot at? Whoops.. Give em extra carrots in their rations

Russian steel shortage lead to desperate measures on tank production lines... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-48227887

domfluff's screenshots look like they are also from the 'Roadblock' training scenario.

Right I've seen it whilst playing Roadblock scenario and netted it as best I could > https://cl.ly/ff62313f129e/download/Roadblock%2520001.bts Screenhots and game save just when the German HQ unit has run forward 1) As turn starts 2) A few seconds in 3) and just before the turn ends the HQ until comes dashing out forward into the open

Most odd - Just played Buying the Farm (patched Mac version) and everyone seemed to go back towards their own lines when bug out AI intervened - though an Allied HQ I placed right at the back did creep forward when shot at from down the road - I put it down to them having nowhere else to go. Axis troops what I could see when shot up during and after the battle doing nothing noticeably weird.

Churchill vs Hitler paint off? http://www.artnet.com/artists/sir-winston-spencer-churchill/ https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-making-history-winston-churchill-made-paintings

Isn't a there problem with text scalability with CM on hi-res monitors? - IIRC CM uses bitmap fonts rather than vector SVG based ones , which work fine to a degree on common resultions but leads to breaking up and illegibility on 4K.

Source here https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-study-finds-river-wildlife-contain-cocaine-pharmaceuticals-and-pesticides

Cocaine-fuelled Suffolk shrimps behind £50m Norfolk beach drug haul Scientists found cocaine in freshwater shrimps when testing rivers for chemicals, a study said. Researchers at King's College London, in collaboration with the University of Suffolk, tested 15 different locations across Suffolk. Their report said cocaine was found in all samples tested. Other illicit drugs, such as ketamine, were also widespread in the shrimp. The researchers said it was a "surprising" finding. Professor Nic Bury, from the University of Suffolk, said: "Whether the presence of cocaine in aquatic animals is an issue for Suffolk, or more widespread an occurrence in the UK and abroad, awaits further research. "Environmental health has attracted much attention from the public due to challenges associated with climate change and microplastic pollution. "However, the impact of 'invisible' chemical pollution (such as drugs) on wildlife health needs more focus in the UK." Detectives now believe the cocaine haul was destined for the crack dens of the rivers Orwell, Alde and Lark where it would have been cut and distributed to junkie shrimps and lobsters throughout Britain’s waterways network. Undercover drug cops now believe a mysterious Codfather-like figure, known as Lobster the Mobster, is masterminding the shipments and distribution of drugs. Lobster the Mobster “Drug use amongst Suffolk’s shrimps is reaching epidemic proportions,” a police spokesman said. “Taking cocaine is not clever, it’s shellfish behaviour. We urgently want to speak with Lobster the Mobster and his henchmen, the Krayfish” he added. He explained the £50 million haul, which was washed up in Norfolk in 2017, was meant to be brought up the River Orwell towards a shrimp den near Ipswich. "But we believe the inflatable boat bringing it in was punctured by Lobster the Mobster’s claw and sank, leaving the tide to take the bails of coke to Norfolk, where some locals tried to pinch it.” The public is urged to watch out for spaced-out shellfish in Suffolk and to check their prawn sandwiches do not contain a mysterious white powder. “Prawn barons are not welcome in Suffolk,” anti-drugs campaigner Lorraine Fisher, 34, said.

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A test scenario could use a 100 flame throwers units clustered around a TRP - drop some mortar HE on em and see if they go critical in a chain reaction...

Just had a search through CM game manual PDFs for 'rattle' & 'rattled' for any official definition of what's going on but oddly ennough it isn't covered. 'Pinned' is a temporary status - so it can recover during a turn . Also as mentioned with guns BF ties the crew to a gun and in prevents them along with the gun from moving away from the source of their woe - but it seems not to prevent them operating the gun in do or die self defence. Seems you've had a Adam Wakenshaw VC moment - give em a medal.

It's been happening for while - and accelerating with an eye to the future with Trump's unpredictable bossing / isolationist contradictory attitude expressed within a sentence or two at times. An EU military* (not just Army) like any company restructuring would means less doing more - if US does a dump on NATO for whatever reason. Interest Growing in European Multinational Tanker Force LONDON—More countries are showing interest in joining the Netherlands-led Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet (MMF) as the organization gears up for the delivery of its first aircraft next year. The Czech Republic could be next to sign up to the program, which already has the backing of Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Norway, who are together establishing an eight-aircraft unit of Airbus A330 tankers to be based in the Netherlands and Germany, Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) Col. Jurgen van der Biezen told Aerospace DAILY. European nations have been working to try and boost their aerial refueling capacity after they were criticized for being forced to rely on U.S. tankers to carry out missions over Libya during the air war in 2011.

IIRC something from Steve - a factor was limiting it due to gamey abuse. Could have been to prevent area / building denial by starting fires by means under players control. it could get quite extensive in CM1.

One fine day in the middle of the night two dead men got up to a fight back to back they faced each other drew their swords and shot each other

Beware the IEDs of March....