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    Bovington tank museum

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

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    hi all

    @ aragorn - yes it is a wonderful palce and really worht a visit. Got chatting to 2 older gents while I was waiting in the queue for my food - not sure what nationality they were but they had made the 'pilgimage' to Bovington.

    @ Holien with regard to the phone photos - yup they're not that bad are they? I have an iPhone 3GS - apparently the iPhone 4 takes even better photos - nice. LOL was wondering what you were talking about the nordic crew - just checked through the photos and realised I didnt edit out the non Bovington related stuff. That crew is part of the charity raft race that is held annually in Christchurch, Dorset to raise money for charity - that was our entry :o) All the other stuff are pics of my daughter, workmates and pizza box design (I am a graphic designer - that was the Gourmet range pizza box design for Domino's - oops!!).

    @ statis - sorry I dont know if this camo scheme has a historical significance - what is interesting is that earlier photos of the same tank at Bovington have a different scheme. My guess it has some significance - I should have studied the board a bit more. I got left with the little one at this stage. Was trying to get snaps of her next to the AP round by the tank so you guys could see the size. No dice though - small/fast child and glaring/reflective plastic case made it impossible ;).

    If my memory serves me right Erwin the stug in the shots is also Finnish.

    Regards

    Skimbo

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    Bovington tank museum

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

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    Well here is the link to the snaps - seems Flickr is quicker to use than photobucket:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/35509139@N03/

    I would imagine all the grogs here know there tanks but if there are any questions about the photos I can help with let me know - I'm not the most informed person but I'll try and recall what I read.

    Please ignore the first photo of the VW T5. We passed this on the way home and it just happened to have the exact same alloys on as were stolen from my garage about 3 months ago. Got the wife to keep driving past it so I could snap it and pass the info onto the police - could be another story developing. Remember you heard it here first, hush hush and on the QT.... ;o)

    Enjoy the snaps.

    Regards

    Skimbo

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    Bovington tank museum

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

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    Hi all

    Well I have returned with some snaps of various armour. I will endeavour to upload these tomorrow via photobucket. I would love to do it tonight but my long suffering wife bore the brunt of today's visit needs some quality time - quid pro quo n'all.

    Got panther, x2 king tigers, 1 tiger with it's engine out, jagdpanther, jagdtiger, stug,

    Hetzer, pz1, 2, 3, ,4, t26, kv1, t34 85, Sherman m4a1, firefly, m10, m8 greyhound (interesting decals on the greyhound just like one of fusers skins - awesome!!), comet, cruiser tanks, sdkfz plus a load of modern armour. What an incredible place!

    Skimbo

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    Bovington tank museum

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

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    At statis I don't own a digital camera - iPhone takes perfectly good pics and regarding android - i would rather boil my bottom than own a phone other than an apple product ;)

    At jim/James i was fortunate enough 30 years ago (omg am I that old?!?!) to go round the entire tank range in a chieftan, courtesy of a captain my dad had done some work for. Suffice to say I was a very happy 9 year old :)

    Last time I was there I got to stand in the commanders cupola of the king tiger. Got nattering with the maintenance volunteers and they invited me up - absolutely incredible how tall it is and how empowered you feel. I could only imagine what it would have been like to ride into battle.

    At mikey d - they have a section in the museum all about Lawrence of Arabia - a fascinating character who for the most part despised the fame his exploits brought him. If you want I can try and photograph some of the info. The place will have changed considerably since you were last there it won a lottery grant and it really is quite swish now!

    At wicky - they have a scorpion I believe. This is the aluminium light tank 80s era? Also handy for traversing minefields with at mines - apparently it has the ground pressure of a

    man if memory serves me. Will ask them but not sure if they will be willing to part with

    an exhibit :)

    Regards

    Skimbo

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    Bovington tank museum

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

    Posted

    Hi all

    Not really sure where to post this, seemed a good as place as any.

    Anyway all being well I will be visiting bovington tank museum tomorrow - it has (arguably) one of the best tank collections in the world. I will be armed with my iPhone so I can take snaps.

    Are there any tanks you guys would like some piccies of? An example of some of the goodies they have are a working tiger tank, 2 king tigers 1 of which has a prototype Porsche turret, hetzer, panther, jagdpanther, t34 85, kv1, Sherman the list goes on...

    Regards

    A very excited Skimbo :)

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    Noobie needs help

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

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    This is another thing that I don't understand - the structure of armies. When you say platoons and sections i am confused. Sorry for my noobishness. I could go the net and find out but I like hearing it from the source - you guys seem to know a lot about this stuff and it would be great to heAr from the horses mouth if you know what I mean.

    Thanks again all for any help.

    Skimbo

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    Noobie needs help

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

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    Hi all

    Hopefully learned chaps can help me :)

    As I understand it ammo sharing occurs when a unit is approx 8m from another. I moved a single bloke armed with 180 9mm smg rounds next to a reduced squad of 3, 2 with rifles 7.62 and one with a 9mm smg with only 5 rounds. During the course of the next couple of turns I couldn't see the ammo count changing on either of the fellas armed with the smgs. Any ideas?

    Another question:

    I have a forward observer with a radio and 2 81mm mortars parked half way across the map. The mortars do not have radios but they are stood next to a hq unit who does have a radio. When I try to call in a mortar strike it says unit out of contact. I was kind of hoping as they had a radio dude next to them they would be able to receive fire missions. Is this a c&c issue? If so I'm confused - could someone explain to me how it works.

    Thanks in advance chaps!

    skimbo

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    help linking commands together

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

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    Hi all

    Just a quick post to see if anyone can help me.

    I have no trouble stringing most commands together (i.e. move quick, hunt to next waypoint with cover arc etc) but what I can't seem to do is get guys/guns to dismount from vehicles in the same turn.

    An example: in the training mission I receive reinforcements in two jeeps. I wanted to race one of these jeeps to reinforce an understrength LMG team. I place all my waypoints - no problem, but for whatever reason the last waypoint where I want them to dismount and move toward my lmg guys the dismount button is greyed out/can't be selected. So essentially I have to waste a turn waiting for my guys to reach the destination and the vehicle to stop and just sit there doing nothing. Only on the next turn can they be dismounted and as a result they are the mercy of whoever happens along.

    Am I missing something blindinly obvious?

    Any help gratefully received :)

    BTW the game is incredible! Who would have thought that a turn based game could be so intense? In this particular training scenario (RAFF no.3) my lmg squad outflanked and single handedly destroyed 4 german squads - not bad for 3 lads! Of particular not in the replay was the german who went to throw a grenade at my LMG guys but was cut down just as he was about to throw - suffice to say the grenade dropped from his hand, exploded killing himself and incapacitating another german soldier who was trying to run away - amazing!

    Thanks for an amazing game battlefront! I can't wait for another Barbarossa to Berlin some time in the future.

    Skimbo

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    Looks awesome!

    in Theatre of War 2

    Posted

    I've got the original TOW and was good fun though somewhat limited without the ability to fight/hide in buildings - it looks like TOW2 could be the definitive version which remedies all these annoyances present in the first.

    Good work guys - cant wait to get my hands on this.

    Skimbo

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    Weapon Accuracy

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

    Posted

    Hi all

    Just a question regarding shock force before I jump in and buy it.

    How accurate are the tank guns? The reason I ask is that in CMBB you weren't always guaranteed a hit. With the accuracy of main battle tanks guns nowadays (I think it's about a 98% chance of a hit) I feel this might take the fun out of the game somewhat.

    Can someone enlighten me as to how this part of the game fares?

    Oh and before some bugger tells me that a 98% chance of scoring a hit is incorrect I read it at Bovington Tank Museum - hey I don't make up the stats! :D

    Skimbo

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