Alsatian
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Thanks. Forget where I found it. Might change it though since I just watched Why We Fight: "Beware the military-industrial complex." Dwight D. Eisenhower, Farewell Address, 1960. Always heard the term; didn't know the advice came from Ike.
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Bumped...since I had to reload this great gift to CM on my new computer (and it took me a while to find it).
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Oops. Bought my first new computer in 6 years and getting it all set up and old files on new computer has taken way too long. Arnhem will get finished once the new computer is all set up.
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I'm guessing two weeks or so. I only get a few minutes a day to spend on it. I'll post back here when it's ready.
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So any guesses for date/location of photo? How many do you think survived the war?
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On top of it. I'm replicated the CMBO original as closely as possible so Boys AT rifles out, PIATs in. One neat thing is that the CMBO original was forced to use Hetzers to represent Mk IIIs. My CMAK version will get to use actual Mk IIIs.Originally posted by birdstrike:Don't forget to get rid of any AT rifles, though, and exchange them with PIATs.
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Ah, brilliant!!
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Speak of the devil. I've been doing a BO2AK conversion of "Frost Holds on at Arnhem," an old scenario I had alot of fun playing back in the old days. The conversion was looking good, too, until I ran into a problem with British Paras. They're not available in CMAK. I had to sub in regular infantry for the Brits.
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How do you say "push" in French and who's that guy hanging on the back of the crucifix?
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Other than raining on my parade, if it's not the Big Red One for 1st Division, what's the name I've never heard of?
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A very handsome print. Accompanying website seems OK too, but it's all about the cool graphics of the print.
Unit activation, training, arrival in theatre,
whether USArmy or Guard
Symbols and mottos
Paths through Europe (Med and PTO, too)
Important events
commanders
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Someone unmuddy this and explain to me the deal with the Americal Division that fought in the Pacific. Why don't they have a number?
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Someone unmuddy this and explain to me the deal with the Americal Division that fought in the Pacific. Why don't they have a number?
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Recently lost 3 halftracks to MG fire at about 500m. Exteme slope probably made them "top" hits, but I was wiped out by the things.
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Looking into the primary sources Rune cited for his new Battle Mountain scenario, I came across record of two German soldiers defecting to U.S. forces and claiming to be Polish.
That reminded me of another story in a Mauldin book about a GI captured and let go by two German soldiers who were actually Polish.
How many Poles fought for the Germans? I really have no idea.
I'm not having luck with googling this. I'm just ending up at old bulletin boards for different ethnic groups who are just throwing slurs and bad typing at each other, but no real revelations.
The only clue was speculation that soldiers from Silesia, being a border area between Germany and Poland would play whichever side of that ethnic fence that would benefit them most; i.e. Silesians would pretend to be German in October 1939, but then pretend to be Polish anytime after say 1944.
Any better explanation than that, or hard numbers?
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If you walk your troops across ice, make sure they're wearing their nice big targets.
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Accept the things you cannot change
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I'd love to see the Germans have whistles when they go into full assault. No idea how you do it though.
The lack of whistles hit me reading the Small Unit Actions book that has a chapter on the counter-attack against the Rangers at Pont du Hoc the night of June 6.
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So it looks like little difference between howitzer and cannan as far as CM is concerned.
BTW, the unit history I'm using listed these gun assets as the artillery assigned to the regiment to soften the defenses, so no Long Tom mod needed for my on-board play
Thanks for the pointers.
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I'm trying my first design: 361st Infantry Regiment, 91st ID assault on Mt. Adone, April 45.
In the unit history, among assets listed for the assault are: "155mm howitzers," but also "155mm Long Tom heavy artillery." It also lists "105 mm howitzers" and then "105mm cannons."
What's the difference between howitzers, heavy artillery and cannons? Is there a reason they're all listed separately?
Also, throughout are references to U.S. assault guns. Does that refer to the SP Priest?
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Could you have area fired a couple meters away from the gun icon, and setup a covered arc where the area target was inside the arc and the target icon was outside the arc.
On-target shots might be a little further from the gun than you hoped, but maybe the cover arc would have maintained area fire for the whole turn like you want.
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That's what I suspected. Thanks for the confirmation.Originally posted by Michael Emrys:"Better Optics" refers to the gunsight. I doubt that they were doing much spotting though that....
Michael
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German tanks have better optics in alot of late-war types. That info is there when you select a unit and press enter.
My question is: Is improved optics only a matter of better targeting at long range, or does better optics also mean better spotting.
ARNEM-Market Garden ETO?
in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps
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No closer specifically, but the new computer is finally up and running. No problem being a pain, but maybe you can be a pain via email. Being a pain in public shames me and my wittle self-esteem just can't handle it
bmeyer1@comcast.net