Wladislaw

One of the teams has more men and a .50 caliber MG. The icon is slightly different, if you look close enough. Incidentally, I got hammered really bad on that mission yesterday. I did get a major victory, but only 13 men survived unhurt, which I imagine will not be enough to complete the next mission.

Ooh, it's contagious! I can also see that now.

I can't remember when I joined, but at least I still remembered my user name. Sometime around CMBO's release, I guess. The system claims I last visited 12-31-1969, but that seems a bit suspect. Commando comics! They were also big in Finland in my youth and in fact are still translated and apparently fairly steady sellers. I haven't played the series in years, as none of the first three games agrees to run properly on my newest PC, and the modern setting didn't interest me. Really looking to get back to Normandy and hoping that the preorder download link would go live...

I want to say my thanks as well. CMBB has proven incredibly fun in TCP/IP battles against a friend. Just yesterday we had a 1000 p. quick battle in June 1941, Large map with lots of woods, and Hungarians attacking the Russians with the computer picking the forces. When I saw my forces, I cringed. Four platoons of less-than-mighty Toldi I tanks, a couple of tankettes, and a company of infantry. However, I managed to wear the opponent down to the point that he agreed to surrender. Yeah, his T-26s carried a bigger gun, but they hit less often, and my armor was so thin that his shells probably went right through without spalling or anything. And I had the advantage in numbers, which enabled me to concentrate 2-3 tanks against any spotted vehicle. It also helped that the Toldis were quite agile, on firm, level ground at least. I drove right around his infantry positions, killing 17 enemy tanks and armored cars (i.e. all of them) while losing only 7 of my own. At this point he surrendered, as our infantry forces were by then about equal and I still had maybe 10 tanks. And I didn't lose a single tankette!