Shortround

There was no naming convention for US cargo ships (AKs). They were named for birds, constellations, tribes, famous people, towns, rivers - anything. Likewise with other Amphibious warfare ships, APs, APAs, AKAs, etc.

The only desert war movie I've ever seen that even holds a candle. All the rest are the worst of the worst as art, as films, or even as bad war films. (Except the Light Horsemen - that was good. Different war though). There was a decent Australian film about Tobruk, but it was too low budget to be a contender.

Haha! Six months from END of design to production is no record at all, and reflects nothing but tooling time. Design begins with concept not rubber stamp.

Thanks. Guess I'll have to wait for an upgrade.

Bogie: "That's an M3 air cooled job..."

Thanks anyway, but I don't feel like buying a game I don't want just to see if I can run one I do. Do you work for the company? Something tells me you don't.

Meaning what?

The Afrika Corps summary gives no indication of minimum system requirements to play it. I have a 700 MHz machine, 128 MB RAM. If I'm wasting my time waiting, tell me now...

Okay, I thought you were describing a book or something.

Don't think so. First design proposal came 13 June, 1940 (OCM 15889). Pilot turrets (on M2 chassis) were first demonstrated 20 December, 1940. Production drawings were 90% complete at this time (including the Grant - whose characteristics had already been established). Initial design was completed 1 February, 1941. First pilot moved under its own power, sans turret, 13 March 1941. It arrived at Aberdeen Proving Grounds where the turret was installed on 21 March. First production pilots did not arrive until 5 May, 1941. The Grant configuration was established by L.E. Carr during the summer of 1940, to include the British standard 54.5 inch turret ring. Crew space was expanded, with more headroom, plus the shifting of the radios to the bustle. On that last note, I hope the improved "efficiency" of the British version is modelled somehow. [ October 22, 2003, 10:32 PM: Message edited by: Shortround ]

Published in 1942? Wouldn't the censors butcher it?