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Well, my dear Sergei, I wonder why the initial members from the Leibstandarte were at first selected on a perfect set of teeth.... No, I just meant to say that a man, when fighting for his life, uses everything at his disposal. I've read in several books that soldiers literally did bite each others throat... Man-to-man fighting occured most frequently in house-to-house fighting and the clearing of trench systems, when the distance between the opposing parties was reduced to a minimum and the use of fire arms was difficult. I suppose it didn't happen quite as often as ranged combat, but it happened especially when the frontline was fluid and attack and counterattack followed each other. And yes, poor visibility and attempts to make prisoners during recon patrols were also ideal conditions for close combat, I agree. It puzzles me why there are so little good books on subjects like this. It would be very helpful in trying to imagine how it really was. I'm sure these soldiers had lots of special tricks and techniques to survive and so little seem to be known about it. I do realize that veterans are reluctant to talk about such dramatic actions, but there are so many books about the war and yet so few about the details of the actual fighting.

Being a keen student on the history of warfare, especially the eastern front and Normandy, I often notice that man-to-man fighting was quite common (Stalingrad and Hill 112 in Normandy are good examples.) The use of bayonet, rifle butt, knife, spade and even teeth in desperate close combat fighting quite often occured. Usually this is mentioned only briefly, although it must have been very dramatic and fierce. Can anyone tell me where I can find some good, solid information about the way the German, British, American and Russian infantry were trained in this kind of fighting, what were the techniques and how was it trained, which countries gave this kind of training a lot of attention and which didn't, which armies had a good reputation concerning close combat training and so on. Does anyone know any good book on this subject? I've read books like Bayonet Battle by Tom Ripley and The White Of Their Eyes by Roger Ford, by both books are, to my opinion, superficial and only a summary of the same old stories. Also the Nafziger books offer little info on close combat. I also would welcome all info on house-to-house combat. I would appreciate any information or book-recommendations on these subjects.

Being a keen student on the history of warfare, especially the eastern front and Normandy, I often notice that man-to-man fighting was quite common (Stalingrad and Hill 112 in Normandy are good examples.) The use of bayonet, rifle butt, knife, spade and even teeth in desperate close combat fighting quite often occured. Usually this is mentioned only briefly, although it must have been very dramatic and fierce. Can anyone tell me where I can find some good, solid information about the way the German, British, American and Russian infantry were trained in this kind of fighting, what were the techniques and how was it trained, which countries gave this kind of training a lot of attention and which didn't, which armies had a good reputation concerning close combat training and so on. Does anyone know any good book on this subject? I've read books like Bayonet Battle by Tom Ripley and The White Of Their Eyes by Roger Ford, by both books are, to my opinion, superficial and only a summary of the same old stories. Also the Nafziger books offer little info on close combat. I also would welcome all info on house-to-house combat. I would appreciate any information or book-recommendations on these subjects.

Other good reading on Kursk; Decision in the Ukraine, by George M. Nipe Jr.

Superb, Andrew, thanks for this great mod! Too bright? I don't think so. I had a look at them in the game and they look just right. Seems like you're getting better and better.

Everytime when I play a scenario with a landscape filled with grain, I notice that the speed of my pc is reduced. I realize this is because the grain is slowing down my pc. On the other hand I do like that yellow, sun-burnt grain, which resembles the situation at Kursk so well. How can I get that yellow, sandy look, without the grain?

Thanks for your kind offer, Emar. I appreciate it. Yes, I will probably adjust your great Blut und Ehre-map, or make a whole new one, with your map as inspiration.

Excellent work, as usual. Thanks Andrew.

Thanks for the tip, Firefly. That is indeed an excellent map.

I should have been more clear. I meant an already finished map for CMBO, available to other gamer

Who can tell me where I can find a map of the sector north of Caen, including the villages of Bieville, Blainville and Periers? I would like to make a scenario about the counterattack of the 21st Panzer Division (inspired by Jean-Claude Perrigaults new book on the 21st Panzer).

Problem solved. I just installed patch 1.01 again on my C disk (CMBB is installed on my D disk) and installed patch 1.02 over it. Then put the whole bunch to CMBB. Simple actually.

I've downloaded the English and the multi-langual version of the patch, but although I have installed patch 1.01 it claims that no installation of that patch can be found. Anyone else experienced this problem?

I think this guy is a mindless bum, rushing like a buffalo over a cliff...

Lol!!! Or if you want to kill civilians, why not simply join the Bin Laden fanclub? They are running out of members anyway...

Where can I obtain the new book on Kursk from Jean Restayn? I could not find it on Amazon.com or anywhere else.

Dran, Drauf und Dürch!! Excellent job, Andrew, thank you very much for all your time and efforts. Very much worth the waiting!

Very interesting. Thank you for the information. Resourceful people, those Germans...

Sorry, Coldmeter, we seemed to have posted at the same time.

Yes, well, I consider it to be a very unlikely story, since I've never heard of such a weapon. I also doubt whether it would have been possible to have made such a powerful weapon of such small format. And the way it had to be used sounds like a ticket to the eternal hunting fields for the poor bastard that had to use it. It wasn't one of those flashing bombs to make tank crew blind for a while to be able to reach the tank with explosives either.

No, definitely no Teller mine.

Today on Discovery Channel I watched a documentary on German infantry weapons. One of the experts mentioned the use (on German side) of a CD shaped anti-tank weapon. According to him this explosive had to be shoved into the chink used by the tank driver. The detonation of this CD shaped explosive was supposed to be strong enough to kill most, if not all of the crew... Sounds unbelievable, but has anybody heard of this weapon before and if so, does anyone know where I can find more information or even pictures?

Hell's Gate by Douglas E. Nash Last Victory in Russia by George M. Nipe Decision in the Ukraine by George M. Nipe The inevitable Paul Carrell Platz der Leibstandarte by George M. Nipe God, Honor, Fatherland by Remy Spezzano To start with...

I also received my copy two weeks ago or so. Also in the Netherlands that is. I would like to have seen some more tips on deployment of troops and vehicles, but it is a good guide allright.

In the battle parameters in CMBB we can choose between various windy conditions, like breeze, windy, strong wind and so on. However,as far as I know there is no possibility in CMBB to hear strong wind/storm during the game. Am I right or am I missing something? I always use a wav file from another game (Steel Panthers includes some excellent sound effects), so I hear a screaming, icy wind on the background which gives a very realistic atmosphere in winter scenarios.