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If any modders are sitting around wondering which mods to do next, we could sure use the following: WINTER Su-76 WINTER Su-85 WINTER Su-100 WINTER Su-152

I'm presently reading "War without Garlands" by Robert Kershaw. It covers the first year on the eastern front and looks to be very good. CBB

Great. Looking forward to it. CBB

Any modders considered doing a winterized SU-76? Thanks. CBB

Happened this morning. I was advancing a platoon of Tigers across fairly open terrain. I remember thinking: I really ought to spread these vehicles out a little more in case of an air attack... Sure enough, Russian bombers appeared and scored a direct hit. Two Tigers were knocked out, the other two suffered gun damage... Scratch one Tiger platoon.

Is now the time to resume the obligatory debate about Paul Carell and Franz Kurowski? CBB

Man, that thing would look GREAT in my backyard --and even better in my FRONTyard. CBB

Perhaps more testing will cause me to change my mind, but for now I believe "gun hits" and bogging are just about right. CBB

Thanks a lot. We needed a winter Jagdpanther. CBB

Hmmm, I have trouble squaring the above with the comments of Wittmann (and others) who considered knocking out an ATG as being equivalent to knocking out two AFVs (because, in his view, ATGs were a deadlier opponent due to their difficulty to spot)... I have thought in the past that ATGs were too easy to spot in CMBB. But I haven't played v1.03b enough to see if this is still a problem. CBB

I'm using v1.03b in the scenarios I have designed. I haven't had any problems with it. Though I have not attempted to set up specific tests of the HE/LOS issue, I haven't noticed it being a problem in the scenarios I have played.

Just call me the Matt Drudge of the CMBB forum. This is the second rumor in a row that I've posted that turned out to be correct. Now that I'm on such a hot streak, I'm thinking about posting this one next: "RUMOR -- BFC ONLY KIDDING ABOUT NEW ENGINE TAKING TWO YEARS! WILL ACTUALLY BE RELEASED IN EARLY JULY 2003!!!" CBB

Thanks to both of you. They both look great.

Looks great, thanks much! CBB

Since the rumor I posted regarding version 1.03 being released this week turned out to be correct, I'll post another rumor which is making the rounds: superb modder, tracer, will finally release a winter JSII mod this week... Remember, you heard it here first. CBB

A well-known bug which is hopefully being corrected in version 1.03. CBB

That sounds like a definite improvement. CBB

Ah, I wish that were so. In my test scenario, however, the AT gun wipes out the platoon of Panzers over and over while the tanks crater the front of the hill. There's never a direct hit on the gun. At least with 1.02 & 1.03b. Not with 1.01, however. It's still Fubar. </font>

Thanks! I'll be all over this tonight. CBB

Another good example of "where there's smoke, there's fire."

The most notable SS Divisions -- LAH, Das Reich, Totenkopf, Hohenstaufen, Wiking, and Hitler Jugend -- were sent to spearhead the offensive in Hungary in the first part of 1945. At the end of the war, most of them were in Austria. CBB

Ironically, two of the main forces which fought in the Battle for Berlin were the 11th SS Nordland Division (consisting mainly of Norwegians and Swedes) and remnants of the 33rd SS Charlemagne Division (which consisted of French soldiers!) ... A few King Tigers of the 503rd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion were also there.

Thanks for the info. CBB

"What you gonna do about it, chump? Until version 1.03 comes out, I'm completely IMMUNE to fire!"

"What you gonna do about it, chump? Until version 1.03 comes out, I'm completely IMMUNE to fire!"