KV-2

Sorry, That was not the personal attack. Just the my private opinion about a wargames and resumes which some people often do after playing. I mean only the kids I talked to in different places. I am absolutely sure that you, like Pofessor are agree with me. I just want to draw your attention that wargames -even such great like CMBB are just the games and not the reality. I am absolutely sure that even in 100 years it can not be a game which can be like real war. Best Regards, KV-2

Hi Crow, I can not agree with you. Do you know for example, that one Panther was knocked out by 45mm shell penetrated the gun's mask during the Kursk battle? The photo is available in this book: http://www.armybook.com/summary.html?code=0103006g72 Cheers,

Hi guys, I've got a very big collection of WW II AFVs photos including the photos of armor penetration. Possible they can be interesting for you and developers. I am ready to share them with you but I do not know how to attached it to forum? Is that possible? Best Regards,

Hi, As for the whole "Best tank" topic, I think of the tanks as sorts tools. You bring the best tool for the job. What to root out infanty? Bring OT-34s with Canister rounds. What to knock out scores of tanks? Get an Elite JagdPanther. Nothing is really a "catch all" Yes, but tank is a very expensive tool and it should be only in a right hands. I will not give my expensive Black&Decker drill to 13 years son of my neighbour. At the beginning of war Germans easily knocked out excellent T-34 and KVs, becuse Soviet tankers have not a good combat experience. On the other hand an experienced infantry veteran can easily destroy the tank using the hand anti-tank weapon. Even the flammpanzer cost 2 cents if it will come into an enemy trenches without the infantry support. Cheers,

Hi, Excellent job. Thank you! How to install it? Best Regards, Dima

Hi, In Red Army usually the commander of tank was the Segeant, the driver jr. sergeant, the gunner - gefreitor and the loader - soldier. That is in normal units. In guard units the ranks were higher and junior leitenant was the tank commander. All the members of crew have to know the job of his comrades. Best Regards,

Hi, Which is better? Tiger vs T-34? That is a very old question. Let's talk about that, not from a gamer's point of wiew. Honestly speaking the games can give a very bad service for your knowledge of the subject. For me it was very funny to read the kid's opinions like "I think the Tiger is better because in a game I desroyed 5 T-34 on it". Or: " Russians can easily stop the Germans on their borders in 1941 because I did it in a game". Trying to compare the guns or armor looks like the teenagers are comparing their penises. My strong opions are: 1. It is stupid to find the best tank of WW II - all the tanks have their advantages and disadvantages. 2. 90% of success depends on a crew. Concerning CMBB. The developers did a good job because: 1. T-34-85 is much cheaper then Tiger. The real cost of one Kingtiger is equal to 4 T-34-85. 2. Kingtiger is excellent in defense. It is some kind of "Moving Pillbox" but in offensive operations they usually carry a very high losses like durng the battle for Balaton in Hungary. 3. T-34-85 was not the superior tank as well. Usually the weak poits were the gunsight and the rest optic device as well as the driver's hatch. 4. German tanks were too high in comparsion to Russian ones and were a good target. I can give you more arguments for both AFVs but I think enought. Please note: In a game we can create a fantastic battlefield like a table and put there 5 Tigers and 10 T-34-85. I am absolutely sure that Tigers will win. But in reality there were no such battlefield and these tanks have to get to this battlefield. I think 2-3 Kingtigers will be broken during this movement. Now who will win? That is just a game guys

weapon.df.ru - that is a site of well-known Russian specialist on WW II tanks - Michail Svirin. I know him personally - he is a very experienced man in WW II history and owner of POLYGON (proving ground) magazine devoted to the different AFVs. Best Regards, KV-2

Hi, You can find some color plates here: http://www.armor.kiev.ua/Tanks/BeforeWWII/T26/

Hi, Here you can find a lot of excellent KV color plates: http://armor.kiev.ua/Tanks/WWII/KV/ Enjoy!

Hi, "go away you naughty facist" For example nobody in combat conditions do not use the words like "Facist". That is only from propaganda lexicon. Usually during WW II Russians called Rermans "Fritz" or "Gans" on the other hand for Germans all the Russians were "Ivans".

Hi, What are your views on the Russian phrases used in CMBB? Do they seem true to life? The voices belongs to Russian guys, and it seems to me I can recognize the voice of one of the Russian consultants, because I know him personally )) The phrases are too polite for the units in combat, because actually 80% of words should be very bad and that is concerning all the armies of all the times. But that is just a game. Cheers,

Hi Guys, I am glad to join your community! I am playing wargames for almost 5 years and my favourite ones are Close Combat and Combat Mission series. Thanks to developers for creating excellent Combat Mission 2. I am from Russia and know a lot about WW II history. Best Regards, Klim Voroshilov - 2