Brigadier

Esteemed all, Let us take a breath and maintain a modicum of decorum. This Forum is far too intellectual and worldly to degenerate into a sniping affair, such as this. I implore you to revisit your sensibilities. Best Regards, Brig.

... how dreadful! :eek:

Gimme gimme gimme! Just hit that email button! I'm salivating already

Yes I have! I also have DirectX 9.0a , no probs/performance hits so far!

Splendid work Mark! Good job

Nevermind, I just d/l'd "Prokhorovka - Clash of the Titans"... although I fear I may need a Supercomputer to play it.

Chaps, Anybody know of a good CMBB Operation that covers this engagement? I guess a 6000 point meeting engagement would do it justice over a decent size , historically accurate map? (Within a CMBB context of course). I have been hunting around the usual haunts looking for something like this , with no joy. I recently played a very good senario called "von Lauchert". But it was a rather one sided affair, and lacked a realistic mix of vehicles and troops. Anyway, if somebody knows of a good operation as above, please email me or post here. Many thanks.

Splendid reading all, well done

LOL! Actually I find that I rarely set fire to buildings with Infantry flame units.. maybe it's just me? Now with Flame tanks different story!

Yes gibsonm , it would be nice to see a "Pacific Theater" game .

The famous "Mermaid Insignia" , worn by members of the 2nd Corps. The Polish "2nd Korpus" were a superbly motivated formation of men.... I salute them. General Wladislaw Sikorski, the head of the Polish Government in London, entered into negotiations with Soviet Government to free Poles detained in the USSR and to recruit them to form a new army. As a result, agreements were signed in July and August 1941 and two Polish infantry divisions began to be organised int the area of Orenburg. Maj. General Wladislaw Anders, himself a former prisoner, was appointed to command the new army. In December 1941, as a result of new negotiations, it was decided to expand the Polish Army to six divisions and also to transfer a contingent of 25,000 men to the West. The move to Iran started on 23 March 1942. Due to ever-increasing Soviet reluctance to provide supplies to the new army, which was reduced to starvation, and the Soviets’ general lack of co-operation, another Polish contingent left the Soviet Union in August. Once in the Middle East, the Poles went through a period of reorganisation and training under the designation of Polish Army in the East. The Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade which had won fame at Tobruk and in the Western Desert, with units from the Soviet Union, became the 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division. The other formations created at that time were the 5th ‘Kresowa’ Infantry Division, the 2nd Armoured Brigade and the 2nd Artillery Group. In June 1943, this force was redesignated 2nd Polish Corps. The 1st Polish Corps was formed in the United Kingdom. During July and August, the 2nd Polish Corps moved to Palestine where it participated in the autumn manoeuvres were partly held in mountainous areas in order to acquaint the troops with the terrain they would encounter after arriving at their new destination, Italy. Units of the 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division started to disembark at Taranto on 21 December 1943. The transfer of all the Polish forces from Egypt continued until the middle of April 1944, troops landing at Taranto, Bari and Naples. The Corps was followed by the 2nd Corps Base which comprised the 7th Infantry Division as training reserve, training and servicing centres, hospitals and other supporting units. The first Polish unit to see action in Italy was the Independent Commando Company, which fought on the Garigliano river. Due to shortage of manpower. The two divisions each comprised only two infantry brigades: the 3rd Division had the 1st and the 2nd Carpathian Rifle Brigade; and the 5th Division contained the 5th ‘Wilenska’ and the 6th ‘Lwowska’ Infantry Brigade. The rest of the divisional order of battle followed the British pattern: three field artillery regiments; one anti-tank and one anti-aircraft artillery regiment; a reconnaissance regiment – the 12th ‘Podolski’ Lancers and the 15th ‘Poznanski’ Lancers in the 3rd and 5th Divisions, respectively; and all the other supporting and servicing units of the average infantry division. The Corps’ 2nd Armoured Brigade comprised three armoured regiments and support units. Finding replacements for the severe casualties suffered by the corps posed a constant problem because the Polish Government’s policy was to deploy the corps together. The problem was solved by enlisting Poles from POW camps – men from the Polish territory annexed by Germany in 1939 who had later forcibly been recruited into the Wehrmacht, and subsequently captured by the Allies. The Highest Accolade Telegram received by 2nd Corpus H.Q. after the final battle for Monte Cassino. "Soldiers from the 2 Polish Corps, I can sincerely assure you, that if I were to choose any soldiers to command - I would choose you. I honour you." Field - Marshal Alexander. Supreme Allied Commander -Mediterranean Theatre.

Glad to hear it LordCalvert !

Excellent Xerxes ,thanks now why the heck didn't I think of that!? I am still learning how to use the pause function

Gents, How does one prevent a Flamethrower unit (inf) from expending its entire ammo supply , in one 60 second turn , when all you want to do is say , fire a house once before the infantry go charging in? No matter what I do, my flame units always expend their ammo (typically 6 shots) in what should essentially be , one short burst .. surely there must be a way around this? :confused:

Just to "rob" a reply from the main forum... it is possible to play clear skies / snow in the Northern regions (Finland etc...) , although I still find this rather perplexing , doesn't Germany ever have a clear "blue" sky in Winter :confused:

A short , fat bald bastard ... just like me

When the Second World War broke out Australia still had an army that by law was not allowed to go overseas. So, once again we had to raise a special force of volunteers to do a particular job. It was called the Australian Imperial Force as the WW1 army had been. Naturally it gathered the non official prefix of second and has been called the Second AIF ever since. Because Battalions had a strong local support base there was huge community pressure to keep Battalion numbers the same as WW1, which led to the decision to label Battalions 'Second' so we got the Second First Battalion (2/1st Bn AIF) and the Second Twenty Ninth Battalion (2/29th) etc... There was no such pressure to maintain divisional numbers so the divisional numbers ran on from the numbers (1 through 5 inclusive) used in WW1. So we got the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Divisions AIF. 10th Division was started but never completely formed. As well there was the CMF (Militia) Divisions and Battalions which had completely separate numbers, some of which were the same as former 1st AIF units. Many of the 1st AIF Battalion numbers were held by CMF Units. Carry on chaps [ April 25, 2003, 11:03 AM: Message edited by: Brigadier ]

Gents, Not being an Eastern Front buff, I trust the designation of "Guards" to any Soviet force is based primarily on their equipment, tanks , vehicles and what have you. Not based on experience or esprit d' corps? I note it is possible to have "Green" Guards Tank and Mechanised units. :eek:

Yep nice job MikeyD!

What a bugger! I had no idea you couldn't play a snow/winter senario with clear skies!! I hadn't noticed. I'm shocked.

I couldn't believe what I was reading , but it would appear that several vehicles such as the Marder , something called the "Uhu SdKfz 251" , the PAK 40 and Panthers where fitted with IR lights and sights. So as to enable them to engage targets in poor light conditions. Is this modelled in CMBB? I have no clue when this technology came into play or how widespread it was deployed. I don't believe it makes an appearance in CMBB at any stage , however it might make for some interesting (albeit one sided) night time senarios

I think the deathclock issue boils down to the experience of the crews. I would suggest veteran and crack tank crews would , as a virtue of their experience , instinctively know when a tank was killed. Whereas Conscript and Green crews may be more likely to "overkill". Just a thought , but I wonder if this is modeled in the AI?

LOL! Well I think I will leave this thread to you loons... enjoy ! oh , and this is my warface :mad:

Hang on a tick! :eek: In order to do what you just said, which is in effect a pop-up type attack from the reverse slope of a ridge , you have to target first then move. If you are on the blindside of a ridge , how do you target :confused: Although I like the tactic, I must say. What happens though if your tank decides not to backdown (thus not reversing). I think what we need is a scoot-shoot-scoot maneuver which would allow you simulate this pop-up type attack quite confidently!

LMAO Snarker! I'm Aussie , my Dad is a pom (although not a real one , he is from the South) but I cannot understand a BLOODY word of it! You crack me up!! Once more in the Queens english if you please old boy! :confused: :confused: