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    Wicky reacted to General Jack Ripper in Blind troops   
    Well, we have no idea if there was a contact marker or not given the sad lack of video coverage.
     
    If you want issues like this to be investigated and taken seriously, you might want to take your reporting of them a little more seriously.
    You could at least include a save game. I mean, the absolute basic level of effort might pay off, if you did anything with it.
    Otherwise, yes. You should keep it to yourself because you are doing absolutely nothing of consequence.
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    Wicky reacted to General Jack Ripper in Blind troops   
    I see no evidence of that.
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    Wicky got a reaction from Sublime in THE PANDEMIC CHAT ROOM   
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/leahrosenbaum/2020/04/09/infowars-founder-alex-jones-must-stop-selling-fake-coronavirus-silver-cures-fda-says/
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    Wicky got a reaction from Bubba883XL in Soviet on-map big guns in the module for historical accuracy   
    Set up times would be interesting to know -  if it's measured in minutes or hours...
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    Wicky reacted to Holien in Soviet on-map big guns in the module for historical accuracy   
    If anyone was left alive I am pretty certain that you would be combat ineffective. 
    While a scenario or two would be interesting to see this in action I personally would not waste time on implementing for the game.
    Just my 2p.
    Certainly as ever great to see the info and get a better understanding of the actual fight. Thanks for the information. 
    🙂
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    Wicky reacted to Sgt.Squarehead in Blind troops   
    If I had to guess I'd say the smoke is at the heart of it.....When @umlaut selects the team, the tank vanishes and you can see the smoke cloud appears to cover its 'Centre Body Mass'. 
    Might this be the cause do you think?
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    Wicky got a reaction from Holman in THE PANDEMIC CHAT ROOM   
    'Captain Crozier! Captain Crozier!' Capt. Brett Crozier, then-commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt addresses the crew during an all-hands call in the ship’s hangar bay March 3, 2020. Crozier was relieved of command after his letter that warned sailors could die from the coronavirus outbreak aboard the carrier was leaked to the media. 'Captain Crozier! Captain Crozier!': Videos show sailors sending off ousted USS Roosevelt commander with cheers
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    Wicky got a reaction from Holman in THE PANDEMIC CHAT ROOM   
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    Wicky got a reaction from Holien in THE PANDEMIC CHAT ROOM   
    'Captain Crozier! Captain Crozier!' Capt. Brett Crozier, then-commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt addresses the crew during an all-hands call in the ship’s hangar bay March 3, 2020. Crozier was relieved of command after his letter that warned sailors could die from the coronavirus outbreak aboard the carrier was leaked to the media. 'Captain Crozier! Captain Crozier!': Videos show sailors sending off ousted USS Roosevelt commander with cheers
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    Wicky reacted to Bud Backer in Be Not The Anvil   
    Thanks, man! Appreciate that! With everyone at home these days I thought something fun might be I order so I posted this sooner than originally planned.
    Haha! Not so undercover, really. Those Beta showcase comics ARE intended to get people interested. But creating this comic is purely to satisfy my own desire to get something out for CMBS. It’s (in my opinion) far more interesting than the (Seemingly) limited scope would make some infer. 
    You’re very welcome! They are such superb comics, I’m happy to see someone snatch them up.
    Thank you. I realized when I was 2/3 into creating this that it might be really confusing where the squad is at different points. Because the POV is kept purposely restricted, I thought a map with the key locations on it would make following the action easier, but not kill my concept of showing (almost) exclusively what the squad sees.
    I know some folks like @Michael Emrys like a more easy to follow map and it’s a valid point. I hope that in conjunction with pagination that this works. 
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    Wicky reacted to Bud Backer in Be Not The Anvil   
    I’ve no idea how many are reading this but I’ll give some background to what you’re seeing.
    First of all, this is created using new software that I wanted to try. Making this comic took almost three months which is about the same time per page as my previous ones. I was concerned about the learning curve when switching software but it was less effort than I expected. There were a few shortcomings, like very few onomatopoeia, and one's ability to manipulate them wasn’t as advanced as my usual software. However, the ability to change the dimensions and shapes of each panel on the fly was huge. Previously I had to go on to separate custom software to re-size the individual panels on a page and they had to be four sized, and right-angle parallelograms. With the software I used here, I could almost make any shape. This afforded much more flexibility in terms of layout, as well as reducing reader boredom through panel layout repetition.
    Second, I wanted to give the perspective of a single squad in combat. Some films, and a number of books, have taken a much more focused view of battle, personalizing it. Rather than making it that of one man, I thought a squad might be interesting. There are few grand overheads, because a squad would have none. There are few explanations of what is going on everywhere else in the battle (and it was a fair sized one) because again, a squad would have little such information. If you’re confused what is going on where, then you’re in the boots of Gorokhov and his men: aware of a wider engagement around you, following where you are led, and only certain of what you’re doing and the ground you’re running on.
    Finally, since this is a special edition, the look itself of the graphics is different. You won’t find many speech bubbles here, and no comic half-tone dots. I wanted this to look less like a comic and more like a graphic novel.
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    Wicky got a reaction from Holien in THE PANDEMIC CHAT ROOM   
    Latest paper > Estimating the number of infections and the impact of non- pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 in 11 European countries > 30 March 2020 Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team
    https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-Europe-estimates-and-NPI-impact-30-03-2020.pdf  
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    Wicky reacted to sburke in THE PANDEMIC CHAT ROOM   
    as opposed to depriving their children of their Grandfather?  The 80 year olds going back to work isn't going to save the economy.  The 20-50's maybe.  Either way anyone going back to soon risks crashing our healthcare system increasing the deaths etc.  Let's all just behave with a  little restraint and see what the recommendations are from our medical community.  They will pay the price of us not following their guidelines.  All well and good for that grandfather to say that but what he doesn't say is all those healthcare workers now have to accept the risk to them and their families of him boldly volunteering his own risk.
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    Wicky got a reaction from PhilM in Mac Catalina 10.15.4   
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    Wicky reacted to Falaise in King Tigers in Paris (Summer 1944)   
    I returned the stack of books from my library
    and I found this book "45 tigres en Normandie" on 503
    Didier Lodieu's Posts & Activity
    here is a series of new photos taken in Paris
    both Henschel and Porsche visible



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    Wicky got a reaction from Holien in THE PANDEMIC CHAT ROOM   
    Holien
    “Most experts believe that it is not a question of whether there will be another severe influenza pandemic, but when.”
    (The Government’s Chief Medical Officer, 2002)

    “Wherever in the world a flu pandemic starts, perhaps with its epicentre in the Far East, we must assume we will be unable to prevent it reaching the UK. When it does, its impact will be severe in the number of illnesses and the disruption to everyday life. The steps we are setting out today will help us to reduce the disease's impact on our population.”
    (Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer, 1 March 2005)
    https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/framework-pandemic-flu.pdf
    I studied the Effects of Global Pandemic for a project and presentation when I worked within the NHS in 2006 and realised we were woefully underprepared, and every year since it hasn't got much better.
    Brexit it bad enough, but this disaster, even when we're past it will be .. er interesting on so many levels. Like who's gonna pick the crops in the fields if we're all in lockdown... Govt prior to all this was planning on getting pensioners to replace foreign workers who'll be sorely lacking.

     
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    Wicky got a reaction from Warts 'n' all in King Tigers in Paris (Summer 1944)   
    King Tiger tanks of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503 having just been transported by rail from Mailly-le-Camp and de-trained at Gare de l'Est, Paris can be are seen turning from Rue d'Aubervilliers into Boulevard de la Villette on their way to Mantes-la-Jolie *
    https://www.pinterest.com.mx/pin/431078995567859884/
    maybe a connection here
    http://tank-photographs.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/king-tiger-tank-fontenay-saint-pere.html
    * This is a photo of a King Tiger Tank turret in France. He said that this and other King Tiger Tank parts were found in 2001 near Mantes-la-Jolie, France, This Tiger 2 tank, from the 101 SS.s.Abteilung, was lost in a crater near Fontenay-Saint-Père on 26 August 1944.
    And restored
    'According to an article from the Musée des Blindés French Tank museum's magazine n° 54, this King Tiger tank, which now carries the turret number 233, is believed to be tank number 123, which belonged to the 1st Company, 101 SS Panzer Abt in August 1944. It is believed to have been abandoned by its crew on 23 August 1944, due to engine problems, at Brueil-en-Vexin, near Mantes-la-Jolie. It was salvaged by the French Army in September 1944, and then stored at the AMX Tank factory at Satory before being transferred to the museum in 1975.'
    http://tank-photographs.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/tiger-II-heavy-tank-Konigstiger.html
     
    'In August 1944, German Tiger II tanks of 503rd Panzer leaving Paris for the Normandy front.'
    Colourised version

     
     
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    Wicky got a reaction from Falaise in King Tigers in Paris (Summer 1944)   
    King Tiger tanks of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503 having just been transported by rail from Mailly-le-Camp and de-trained at Gare de l'Est, Paris can be are seen turning from Rue d'Aubervilliers into Boulevard de la Villette on their way to Mantes-la-Jolie *
    https://www.pinterest.com.mx/pin/431078995567859884/
    maybe a connection here
    http://tank-photographs.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/king-tiger-tank-fontenay-saint-pere.html
    * This is a photo of a King Tiger Tank turret in France. He said that this and other King Tiger Tank parts were found in 2001 near Mantes-la-Jolie, France, This Tiger 2 tank, from the 101 SS.s.Abteilung, was lost in a crater near Fontenay-Saint-Père on 26 August 1944.
    And restored
    'According to an article from the Musée des Blindés French Tank museum's magazine n° 54, this King Tiger tank, which now carries the turret number 233, is believed to be tank number 123, which belonged to the 1st Company, 101 SS Panzer Abt in August 1944. It is believed to have been abandoned by its crew on 23 August 1944, due to engine problems, at Brueil-en-Vexin, near Mantes-la-Jolie. It was salvaged by the French Army in September 1944, and then stored at the AMX Tank factory at Satory before being transferred to the museum in 1975.'
    http://tank-photographs.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/tiger-II-heavy-tank-Konigstiger.html
     
    'In August 1944, German Tiger II tanks of 503rd Panzer leaving Paris for the Normandy front.'
    Colourised version

     
     
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    Wicky got a reaction from danfrodo in King Tigers in Paris (Summer 1944)   
    King Tiger tanks of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503 having just been transported by rail from Mailly-le-Camp and de-trained at Gare de l'Est, Paris can be are seen turning from Rue d'Aubervilliers into Boulevard de la Villette on their way to Mantes-la-Jolie *
    https://www.pinterest.com.mx/pin/431078995567859884/
    maybe a connection here
    http://tank-photographs.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/king-tiger-tank-fontenay-saint-pere.html
    * This is a photo of a King Tiger Tank turret in France. He said that this and other King Tiger Tank parts were found in 2001 near Mantes-la-Jolie, France, This Tiger 2 tank, from the 101 SS.s.Abteilung, was lost in a crater near Fontenay-Saint-Père on 26 August 1944.
    And restored
    'According to an article from the Musée des Blindés French Tank museum's magazine n° 54, this King Tiger tank, which now carries the turret number 233, is believed to be tank number 123, which belonged to the 1st Company, 101 SS Panzer Abt in August 1944. It is believed to have been abandoned by its crew on 23 August 1944, due to engine problems, at Brueil-en-Vexin, near Mantes-la-Jolie. It was salvaged by the French Army in September 1944, and then stored at the AMX Tank factory at Satory before being transferred to the museum in 1975.'
    http://tank-photographs.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/tiger-II-heavy-tank-Konigstiger.html
     
    'In August 1944, German Tiger II tanks of 503rd Panzer leaving Paris for the Normandy front.'
    Colourised version

     
     
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    Wicky got a reaction from Pete Wenman in King Tigers in Paris (Summer 1944)   
    King Tiger tanks of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503 having just been transported by rail from Mailly-le-Camp and de-trained at Gare de l'Est, Paris can be are seen turning from Rue d'Aubervilliers into Boulevard de la Villette on their way to Mantes-la-Jolie *
    https://www.pinterest.com.mx/pin/431078995567859884/
    maybe a connection here
    http://tank-photographs.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/king-tiger-tank-fontenay-saint-pere.html
    * This is a photo of a King Tiger Tank turret in France. He said that this and other King Tiger Tank parts were found in 2001 near Mantes-la-Jolie, France, This Tiger 2 tank, from the 101 SS.s.Abteilung, was lost in a crater near Fontenay-Saint-Père on 26 August 1944.
    And restored
    'According to an article from the Musée des Blindés French Tank museum's magazine n° 54, this King Tiger tank, which now carries the turret number 233, is believed to be tank number 123, which belonged to the 1st Company, 101 SS Panzer Abt in August 1944. It is believed to have been abandoned by its crew on 23 August 1944, due to engine problems, at Brueil-en-Vexin, near Mantes-la-Jolie. It was salvaged by the French Army in September 1944, and then stored at the AMX Tank factory at Satory before being transferred to the museum in 1975.'
    http://tank-photographs.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/tiger-II-heavy-tank-Konigstiger.html
     
    'In August 1944, German Tiger II tanks of 503rd Panzer leaving Paris for the Normandy front.'
    Colourised version

     
     
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    Wicky reacted to Warts 'n' all in King Tigers in Paris (Summer 1944)   
    It looks like Stalingrad to me. but I can't read the street sign. And I can't find an exact match for that flight of stairs, bloody modernisation.
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    Wicky got a reaction from Bubba883XL in Something Very Wrong with LOS Through Trees   
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    Wicky got a reaction from Sublime in THE PANDEMIC CHAT ROOM   
    https://www.euronews.com/2020/02/13/debunked-this-images-doesn-t-show-extent-of-corpse-burning-in-wuhan
    In short, this looks like just another more example of the difficulty of separating rumours and misinformation in a subject as sensitive as the coronavirus. Many take advantage of the traditional opacity of the Chinese authorities to multiply the most gruesome speculations.
    The World Health Organization itself or the major social networks and Internet platforms have created special pages to try to stop false rumours about COVID-19.
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    Wicky reacted to Warts 'n' all in Blind troops   
    "Loud mouthed Dane 12 o'Clock. Let him have it boys."

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    Wicky got a reaction from Holien in THE PANDEMIC CHAT ROOM   
    https://www.euronews.com/2020/02/13/debunked-this-images-doesn-t-show-extent-of-corpse-burning-in-wuhan
    In short, this looks like just another more example of the difficulty of separating rumours and misinformation in a subject as sensitive as the coronavirus. Many take advantage of the traditional opacity of the Chinese authorities to multiply the most gruesome speculations.
    The World Health Organization itself or the major social networks and Internet platforms have created special pages to try to stop false rumours about COVID-19.
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