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    Fire and Rubble Update

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

    Posted · Edited by Aragorn2002

    On the first picture I also see protection against Panzerfauste on the T-34.

    Not sure what you mean with Special Project. Was that the defence project? Not too happy with the new delay, but so be it. Getting more news on a regular base will ease the pain a little. Would also love to see some screenshots of the 234/4 and 251/22.

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    New Mini-Campaign/Scenario: Alarmeinheiten

    in CM Red Thunder Maps and Mods

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    10 hours ago, MOS:96B2P said:

    Running through AI Plan #4 with a new mod by @Aquila-SmartWargames. 

    The mod can be found at http://community.battlefront.com/topic/135382-custom-3d-models-and-mods-compilation/?do=findComment&comment=1814323

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    I think I like it best with shaders off (Hotkey: Alt-R).  I play with shaders on but when I take a screenshot with this mod I temporarily turn the shaders off.  Below is with shaders on. 

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    Spectacular! Always wanted something like this!

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    Any Chance for a New Afrikakorps game?

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

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    1 hour ago, DougPhresh said:

    That'll happen when you have to fight for survival from the very beginning and find fascists and capitalists arrayed against you from within and without. Haiti has had a similar experience - It's hard to have a stable and prosperous society when you have a giant target on your back. Cuba survived when all of the socialist governments in South America that tolerated liberalism within their borders and didn't militarize their societies fell to coups and the USSR outlived the other socialist governments that were crushed in 1918-20. 

    There's not much to speculate about. The alternative was not only the complete eradication of the European Jewry, but also most of the people of Eastern Europe as well.

    This is wandering a long way from Afrika Korps but I think the tide is beginning to turn against Cold War historiography and apologia for White Terror.

    This is Communist apologism, plain and simple. It caused as much misery as it's criminal cousin, called nazism and helped Hitler get his filthy claws on the European Jews. So don't play the innocent. 

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    Any Chance for a New Afrikakorps game?

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Aragorn2002

    19 minutes ago, Bulletpoint said:

    Maybe I should have made clear in my post that I am not apologetic about any of those two regimes. My speculation was that the Nazis would have lost the war anyway, even if they had managed to break the Soviets first.

    Goes without saying, Bulletpoint. It's trying to bully people by calling them white supremacists, neo nazis or racists. It's bound to score him some points and make him feel good about himself. It's also the death of freedom of speech and a new kind of censorship. The fact that Stalin's thugs also murdered millions and millions is just an annoying detail to someone who calls the USSR 'another socialist state'...

    Quite disgusting.

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    Any Chance for a New Afrikakorps game?

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

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    3 minutes ago, Erwin said:

    Thanks to all those extra trucks etc from the US.

    Germany was never prepared for any long wars, always expected to blitz their way to victory in the few weeks or months at most.  Rommel in North Africa is another example - early brilliance and aggressive speed, but not having the supply chain to maintain the momentum or for extended ops.  

    The early seesaw operations that bounced between El Agheila and east of Tobruk and back again is what makes the Afrika Korps game so fascinating (and different) from the grueling, grinding down of CMBN and steamroller of CMRT.

    Germany wasn't prepared for war at all. It's ability to wage war in 1939 was far less than it had been in 1914. One of the best books about how the Germans were more or less forced into war is 'The war that had many fathers' by Schultze-Rhonhof. The decision to attack Poland (don't forget: agreed upon by both Hitler and Stalin and launched by the Wehrmacht and the Red Army and reason for Britain and Paris to declare war on the Germans, but strangely enough NOT on the Soviets) was basically a sound one from the German point of view, since  Poland was a very agressive (and btw anti-semitic!) state in the 1930s, which had also profited from the Czech collapse and quickly had annexed Czech territory, a fact completly ignored by history. For the Germans it was the only way to break the iron ring around Germany, which was deliberately and for that very purpose forged at Versailles. The Germans never believed they would get away with an endless series of limited Blitzkrieg, but it was all they were capable of in 1939-1940. 

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    Any Chance for a New Afrikakorps game?

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

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    11 hours ago, BluecherForward said:

    Thanks - some interesting posts. Just thought it important to mention that Zhukov and Stalin both stated that Lend-Lease was essential to Soviet victory - that's enough for me.

    I would like to recommend 'Myths and legends of the Eastern front, reassessing the Great Patriotic War' by Boris Sokolov. I'm not going to delve to deep into the contents, but he  has some interesting things to say about the importance of  LL ( among other things).

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    Looking for good second hand bookshop in New York

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

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    On 2/12/2020 at 3:29 AM, Holman said:

    I'd be careful of generic universal "campus bookstore" sites.

    My sense is that they don't actually keep inventory but take your money to then try to order the book from another supplier.  That's fine for textbooks and contemporary fiction/history/etc, but it's not going to work for out-of-print rarities.

    If something seems to good to be true...

    You are right, Holman, they've cancelled the order. Ah, well, it was worth the try.

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    Looking for good second hand bookshop in New York

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

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    14 hours ago, Bozowans said:

    Funny, I went to the Strand just a few weeks ago when I went to NYC for the first time.

    Yeah it's definitely worth checking out. It's a great place and very big. Multiple floors along with a whole floor for rare books. I could spend a whole day in there. I loaded up on books even though it made my luggage much heavier for the trip back. I found one book there for less than $10 when the only copy I could find online was a $40 one on Amazon.

    Must have been a sweet moment. Opportunities like that are getting more and more rare thanks to internet. 

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    Looking for good second hand bookshop in New York

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Aragorn2002

    17 minutes ago, BluecherForward said:

    I was thinking that someone in New York might be willing to order the book for her and she could pick it up and bring it back with her.

    Well, as it turns out we've found a similair solution.  Looks like I will get my book.

    Thanks for helping, Blücher, much appreciated. Same for Bill and Holman. Thanks again, guys!

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    Looking for good second hand bookshop in New York

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

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    10 hours ago, Holman said:

    The best bookstore in NYC (new and used) is The Strand.  Your wife should check it out just because it's great.

    Lots of independent used bookstores list and sell their wares through Amazon.  I see some absurdly priced ($900??) copies there, but also one for $60. 

    Thanks Holman, I will tell my wife about The Strand. Problem with ordering books at Amazon US is the sometimes absurd customs, which can make the book a LOT more expensive. I once had such a nasty surprise.

     

    10 hours ago, Bil Hardenberger said:

    It seems to be available here:  https://www.biggerbooks.com/kravchenko-case-kern-gary/bk/9781929631735&referrer=bbcj for $27.16

    ...and here:  https://www.ecampus.com/kravchenko-case-kern-gary/bk/9781929631735 for $27.72

    I haven't vetted either of those places.

    Good luck, Bil

     

    Thanks, Bil. Will point my wife to this as well. Hopefully it can be delivered in time to her hotel, since whe will be travelling back (Thank God, beginning to dislike Pizzas!) at the end of this week.

    6 hours ago, Holman said:

    I'd be careful of generic universal "campus bookstore" sites.

    My sense is that they don't actually keep inventory but take your money to then try to order the book from another supplier.  That's fine for textbooks and contemporary fiction/history/etc, but it's not going to work for out-of-print rarities.

    Definitely something to keep in mind. Thanks.

    4 hours ago, BluecherForward said:

    I found it on ecampus.com for $27.72.

    I am not familiar with this website, but it accepts paypal, so I am thinking they must be legit. Might just be for students, not sure. Maybe your wife can ask somebody to order it for her from this site.

    Also found the book at biggerbooks.com for $27.00. Not familiar with this site either.

    The book is also available used on Amazon.com for $60.00 - hefty price tag for a used book, but still cheaper than most other places.

    Thanks, Blücher. Yeah, Paypal is very safe and very efficient when it comes to untrustworthy sellers.  I've just checked Amazon, but the seller doesn't ship to Europe. Apart from that the shipment costs plus the risk of high customs would prevent me from buying it via Amazon.

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