Romulus

The same here: post as you go. I'm sure we'll enjoy it very much!

As for English language publications, Prof. Nafziger published 3 volumes that deal with the Italian TO&E. They are very detailed but not complete. Anyway you can buy them on his site for 20$ each: Nafziger Collection TO&E Otherwise just ask what you need and I will post (or send to your email address) them. By the way, may I ask you where I can find more information about the campaign you're organizing?

Moreover you drive on the left while we drive on the right. As for Euro, I don't know what you're referring to but I really enjoy going around Europe with no need to exchange money. Which from what I've experienced is worth it.

Maybe you can find also this thread useful: Comando Supremo Forum

Try here Peppe

Hey, I guess this is the new multiple post world record

I thought that England is in Europe :confused:

John, I took your advice and I posted the link in that forum. Peppe

That CV33 was found last year in Iraq after the war had "finished". More photos can be found here

I must have missed something. Andrew has already uploaded the Italian uniform mods for CMAK??!? If so, then I would like to say "thank you Andrew for your hard work". Now it's time to check CMMODS.com Thanks again

A rough draft of the campaign rules can be now found at: http://www.sportsection.net/NorthAfrica/rules.html

Firstly, I would like to point out that I'm not the founder nor the administrator of this campaign. I just applied for the command of an Axis infantry battalion and my request was fulfilled so all the following is what I assume and what I expect the campaign to be on the basis of the several clues I found around. There should be several roles: army commander, division commander and battalion commander. There's also an hexagon map of North Africa where, I guess, the strategical planners (army and division commanders) have to deploy and move, according to the forthcoming rules, the available battalions. Once two enemy units enter the same hexagon, the tactical commanders (the battalion commanders) enter the playing field and fight that specific engagement through CMAK. All the battalions have their specific and historically correct TO&E. I applied for the Axis side so I gained access through a userid and a password to the Axis HQ of the site where I can read all the available units, their TO&E's and their commanders of my side. In our HQ (and, I presume, also in the Allied HQ) there's a forum and a chat room where I can meet the other officers and can discuss about our tactics and general strategies. I know the available battalions for the Axis side but I cannot talk about them as I could reveal some important information to the enemy. Anyway, if someone is interested, he can apply. Once the application is accepted then he can choose one of the remaining vacant commands. As for the time commitment, I think we should wait for the official rules to come out this weekend.

The campaign should start at the end of May and the rules should be published by next weekend as it can be read on the campaign official site: Peppe

I have applied too but I haven't received any reply yet. Are you sure the campaign is still on? Peppe

Maybe I didn't read carefully Gambara's posts but it doesn't seem to me that he has ever said that Italian training methods are better than British ones. As I have already pointed out above, he was just maintaining that similar events are judged and interpreted in different ways depending on the country you consider. That's it. So I can't really understand what the training methods have to do with Gambara's statements. I apologize if I didn't catch the real meaning of what you are saying. Regards Peppe

I don't think Gambara was talking about a "competition in number of defeats" between the British and the Italian military during WW2. Guess he just wanted to point out how similar events and situations are interpreted and judged in completely different ways, depending on the country you consider.

Sorry for the wrong link above. Here is the right one.

Some good stereotype-free information about Italian military in WWII can be found at the following sites: www.comandosupremo.com www.italianfront.com www.geocities.com/italianisti/ Here is a thread about the employment of Italian equipment in CMAK. Peppe

Yeah, you're right. It's the same person. Peppe

Thanks for your efforts. I will download and play your scenarios for sure. Peppe

Andrew, I am looking forward to downloading the NA Italian uniform mod. Please let us all know when it will be ready. Thanks for your efforts. Peppe

Mark, you were right: the Regia Aeronautica (Royal Airforce) introduced the first reliable monoplanes only in the Summer of 41. They gradually substituted (even if not completely) the biplanes during the war. The following Italian aircrafts have a different availability date: G50 available from April 41 instead of July 40 Macchi C200 "Saetta" available from April 1941 instead of July 40 Macchi C202 "Folgore" available from November 1941 instead of July 40 Junkers JU87 available from April 41 instead of June 42(the 96th group, deployed in Misurata, was entirely equipped with this German manufactured plane) The following Italian aircrafts were equipped with a different armament: Ro37 had three and not two 7.7mm MGs Cr42 did not have any bomb. Actually there was a "CB" version (acronym for fighter-bomber in Italian) equipped with 2x100 kg bombs (and not the single 550 lbs bomb of CMAK) but it was deployed in April 1941. So the Cr42 should not have the bomb load before April 1941 and the bombs should be 2x100 kg and not 1x550 lbs. The following planes should be left out of the Eastern Africa theatre as they were never deployed there: G50, Macchi C200, Macchi C202. ***Off-topic*** Mark, Paco has already translated my signatures very precisely. The first one was the saying on the standard of the Templar Knights during the Crusades.

Mark, I don't know much about the Italian Airforce but I should have some good sources from which I can gather some information. Hope to find the exact dates you are talking about. Anyway it doesn't seem that all the previous remarks I made were taken into real consideration in this thread. Peppe

Sorry about the double post. [ January 30, 2004, 11:17 AM: Message edited by: Romulus ]

As it has been pointed out in my previous message, the 88/56 guns were quite common in the Italian Army in North Africa since the "AS42" TO&E for motorized divisions, issued in January 1942, provided a 88/56 battalion in each divisional artillery regiment. They played a key role in the battle of Gazala as you can read in the following quotation: "The italian AT Battalions are the contribution of ground-breaking research conducted by Jack Greene and Alessandro Massignani. These units, ignored in German and British histories (to the point of not even being mentioned or being accused of being German), made a major contribution to the Axis effort in the Battle of Gazala. The 5th Bn (originally the 18th) and the 29th Bn were both armed with German 88mm AT/AA guns..." [source: "Italianisti" Discussion Group ]http://groups.yahoo.com/group/italianisti/] You can also check on the book by Greene and Massignani "Rommel's North Africa Campaign" that you can find on the CMAK suggested reading list. Peppe [ January 30, 2004, 11:23 AM: Message edited by: Romulus ]