athkatla

Your welcomed. {Snipped silly Aussie waffle} Oh, and btw, Aussies don't drink Fosters. That's why we export it. Mace </font>

Allow me to spell it out for you. K.N.O.B.H.E.A.D.....Knob head! Oh and 'block capitals' is not necessary as 'capital' suffices. I am now content as correcting those who accuse others of dyslexia fills me with glee. Almost as much glee as stealing a Peng thread and moving it to Australia, thus pissing off Geier no end. Actually the more I think of it I think pissing off Geier is one of those life fulfilling opportunities. Mace </font>

How long did it take you to work that out uncle, or did some moronic, dyslexic Aussie moron like 'NOBHED' Noba have to spell it out for you in block capitals.

Glad to see you survived another year. I thought you had hidden yourself away forever after your HUGE losses to me. Noba. </font>

Hehehe, cheers guys.(And Gal).

You barbarian! Every cultured person knows he is the most prolific writer of our time. Poetry, music, one-liners and quips are just a small part of the work this genius has turned out. His whole family have been in the business for ages, turning out some of the most respected work. The fact that you did not know this is further evidence of your failure as a scholar. </font>

Thanks Gary.

A repeat performance of my epic reading of my Dad's poem in the General Forum. I wish I was a bod I do, upon my wod I'd sit agin another bod And never say a wod Anon Thankyou.

It's my Birthday, so I'm going to recite a small poem my long gone Dad used to humour me with. Like it or lump it, I don't care. By the way, it's likely that only people born and brought up in the wilds of North Lincolnshire will understand it, and then not all! Ok, *cough* *cough*:- I wish I was a bod I do, upon my wod I'd sit agin another bod And never say a wod Anon Thankyou.

Nice to hear you survived those attacks, I've never been under a mortar barrage, but have several times heard the crack of a high calibre round passing over my head, and back in the 70's the slow thump of a Thompson being fired wildly at my position. Luckily, same as you, no blood was spilt on those occassions, not mine anyway!

N/t.

Hi clifford, and welcome to the forums. You might find that after a while you will want a bit more of a challenge, that's when you need to start playing PBEM's with other humans. Believe me, there is no other way to play Combat Mission. Oh, and whenever you're ready for a PBEM, just drop me a line.

I'll simply put it like this, apart from the Championship Manager series, this is the only series of a game that I am still playing 4 years on, and enjoying every minute.

It did. Brits and Canadians in 21st AG used it from Normandy onwards. </font>

I would suspect that the 'banging a mortar round on a rock to arm it' applies to the 2" mortar, NOT the 81mm mortar. I, like cmfan, am not absolutely sure about this, (I've been out the Army 21 years now, and besides, I wasn't that good on ammo characteristics on my course), but I believe that the 81mm round only arms when a certain height is reached, due to, IIRC, some kind of ball bearings slipping into place inside the round when it reaches a certain height, and setting off a chain reaction that results in arming the round. I'm sorry if this is a bit vague, but I never kept my manuals on leaving the Army, and the memory is a bit the worse for wear now. Edited to include a useful link. Scroll down the page to view the Fuzes section for info about delayed arming of the fuze. Click Here [ November 23, 2004, 06:00 AM: Message edited by: athkatla ]

I too got a close look at an arty shell approximately 200 metres in front of our Spartan when parking up on an OP on Hohne Live Fire Range in Germany. We had just pulled up and opened the hatches when this round hit the deck, can't say we heard it coming, just heard all the **** hitting the Spartan as we hurriedly closed the hatches just in case they decided to drop another one a little closer. Bloody long range snipers! Needless to say, there was a Range Check Fire and we never got to send a Fire Mission till the next day.

It is to be hoped you won't be wearing a kilt at the time. (If you let those damned 'Alcohol Addled Aussies' post smileys, then so will I!)

As a former Mortar Fire Controller (MFC) in the British Army I can add a little to this discussion. 'Hang Time's' or Time of Flight as we knew it, depends on the range you are firing at, and of course the number of propellant charges attached to the base of the mortar round. Once the MFC had ordered an adjusting round to a target, the Command Post Operator(CPO) on the Mortar Line, would send over the radio, "Shot 1, 22", indicating that the Number 1 mortar was the mortar firing and that the time of flight was 22 seconds, this of course was so that the MFC knew roughly when the round was about to land so he could observe it for adjusting. I may be a little rusty, as I left the Army 21 years ago after serving for 14 years but we were then using the 81mm Mortar and the highest charge we could fire then was charge 8 with a range of approximately 5.5 - 6 K's (if I remember correctly). The MFC would provide the target information for the Mortar Line by means of a 8 figure grid reference and a Direction to the target using a Compass. The order would be something like,"Hello 51 this is 51A, Fire Mission 2 Mortars, Grid 364284 Direction 0200 Adjust Fire, Over", this exact message would be repeated by the CPO back to the MFC over the radio, so that the MFC knew he had the details correct.The CPO's radio message would be, "Hello 51A this is 51, Fire Mission 2 Mortars, Grid 364284 Direction 0200 Adjust Fire, Out. The CPO would then plot this information on his plotter board, (probably replaced by a computer now) and then issue his orders to the Mortar Line. The whole Mortar Line would lay their Mortars to this information, and ready the rounds to fire, and when they reported they were all 'on' he would usually order the Number 1 Mortar to fire. As I remember, the 81mm Mortar was laid on targets using the C2 sight, a detachable sight that, IIRC was also used on the GPMG in the sustained fire role. Oh well, it's early morning here in the UK, and I guess I was reminiscing, I loved my days as an MFC, and just writing those radio orders down brought back many happy memories, oh and yes, the noise when you fire a Mortar is very loud. Before qualifying as a MFC, you must also be a qualified Mortar Man

I'm almost absolutely certain that I used engineers to get through barbed wire in a PBEM I played some time ago now. I'm fairly sure they blew a hole through the wire after sitting almost on top of it for several turns!

Scheuer, that would be great, thanks

Thanks Major.

I was just wondering if any one has designed a 2 player scenario on some of the other maps in this game, map 350c, I think, in particular! It would be nice to know, and would be great if they would allow them to be shared by others of us who play this great game. The reason I suggested map 350c is because it is a very big map with lots of features giving a designer lots of scope. If anyone knows of a place where I can d/l any already created 2 player maps, I would be very grateful. [ July 10, 2004, 01:15 PM: Message edited by: athkatla ]

As a former JNCO in the British Army for 14 years, I have dug a few trenches in my time and I can tell you this, you can't even get the grass off the top for the area you need in 10 minutes! It's not just a case of digging it and chucking it, the grass is kept in rolls to cover over the soild you dig out the hole, therefore giving the impression of slightly raised grassed ground. The trenches I dug, were dug by myself and 1 other soldier, no engineer help or explosives, just the army issue short entrenching tool, and I can assure you that to dig a 6 foot deep by 3 foot wide trench, with 2 sleeping bays at either side approximately 3 feet deep, and then all the camming up etc. etc. was a 8 - 12 hour job, no kidding at all!

Sitting here reading your tripe is like sitting on the toilet waiting for that massive turd to come out, when you know you have piles and an anal fissure!

Thanks MajorH, much obliged