[Cavalry, Mountain, Security, a query...]

I believe the Luftwaffe units were created because Göring wanted to have some infantry. They were just a whim of his. He probably thought that since Himmler had his private army, why shouldn't he have one also.

[Rumanian LMGs]

Two questions:

1. Why are the rumanian LMGs separated from the squads?

2. Why does the rumanian LMG team have six men in it? Other countries seem to do fine with just two. Do the four extra rumanian guys just chill out in the heat of the battle, occasionally tossing a clip to the loader, or do they contribute some firepower?

I played a few quick battles with the rumanians, and they seem like a lot of fun. Forces you to consider your tactics when the infantry has only rifles and no antitank weapons.

[Indirect fire Cannister and other goodies . . .]

What about them quad 50.cal AA-machineguns? Is there any documented evidence of anyone ever getting hit with a descending bullet from one of those things?

[CDV can take a running jump..]

I don't understand the issues that most people seem to have with CDV. If it weren't for the CDV release, I would have never gotten my hands on CMBO, since shopping on the Internet is too cumbersome without a credit card.

I had been planning to get CMBO ever since it was released, but due to the difficulties in ordering it, I eventually gave up on the idea. You can imagine the pleasant surprise I had when I saw the game in my local games store.

CDV allows CMBB to reach a much wider audience, which will make it easier for Battlefront to keep developing outstanding products. So stop your whining.

[Foul mouthed Russians!]

Hey Prinz, I once met a fellow who claimed to have learned Finnish (yeah, I know, for an American, why? Missionary work???) and he said they're weren't really any "bad" or "foul" words in the language, just expressions with potent connotations (usually relating to the devil). Is this true?

That's not quite true. Finnish is full of profanities, which these days are unfortunately very widely used in common language. Most of the teenagers around here use the finnish equivalent of f**k to punctuate their sentences, which are mostly composed of other swear words. You could say that the language is going through a f*****g crisis.

[Cavalry for CMBB?]

And not to mention the 'motti' battles where a Russian division is surrounded with all of it's assets (including horses) and then is destroyed piece by piece...

I recall hearing some vet say that the correct way to ambush a convoy was to fire the first shots at the bellies of the horses. That set off an infernal noise and somewhat distracted the defenders. Any idea if that is true?