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Big Jim

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  1. Of course, without the TC, the tank may never have been in the right position at the right time to make the shot- or even alive to take the shot.
  2. Exactly why Monty decided to stop trying to 'out-German the Germans' such as pursuing retreating armour into a destructive anti-tank screen. Suppose you learn those lessons the hard way! I imagine the FlaK would also be most useful in its AAA role there also. There's an idea for an operation right there...
  3. I personally find just over two companys of infantry with support etc. enough to command, but extra arriving as reinforcements seems to break things up, and make them seem less unwieldy. Tank heavy scenarios, the more the better. ~2000/3000 pts
  4. Has anyone else noticed prisoners sometimes seem to move of their own volition? I prefer keeping the blighters under guard just in case... Impressed with the numbers surrounded and captured- I normally can't resist putting the boot in and shooting at them!
  5. Has anyone else noticed prisoners sometimes seem to move of their own volition? I prefer keeping the blighters under guard just in case... Impressed with the numbers surrounded and captured- I normally can't resist putting the boot in and shooting at them!
  6. Very nice of both parties to leave nice large 'quarantine' signs in the thread title...
  7. My old signature line- good choice! :cool: Always wondered how they brought 88s into attack- the range is good, but setting them up has got to be pretty visible for quite a distance.
  8. But can the pigeon keep up with the pace of squirrel technology? 'Documents now released to the National Archives reveal that the War Office intelligence section, MI14, warned: "Pigeon research will not stand still; if we do not experiment, other powers will." ' Of course.. pigeons... *scurrys back to secret laboratory, cackling madly*
  9. Is that a nut I see behind its tail? About.. 89mm if I guess correctly? Battle of the Bulge was on TV the other day- they used M-60 Patton tanks or something instead of KTs, painted in a fetching shade of grey. Who says Hollywood doesn't get it right! (And the SPW 250 halftracks were M3s painted grey- a crime in my mind. They should have at least used a mod or something)
  10. I stand corrected: according to Dr. Peg Halloran's handy 'Squirrel Almanac' at http://spot.colorado.edu/~halloran/sqrl.html , "As a general rule, tree squirrels do not hibernate over winter, instead they cache food in the fall for use over winter. You may not see them as often because they do reduce their activity do to the cold and shorter days. Ground squirrels on the other hand do not cache food, but hibernate over winter. The one exception to this rule is the Abert squirrel, a tree squirrel who does not cache food or hibernate over winter - instead they eat inner bark from the Ponderosa pine trees to sustain themselves." So there you go. No mention of KTs though...
  11. Dropping a 1100Ib bomb on them seems to be quite effective, but in the first days of the Ardennes, when it was snowy as hell, I'm not sure. They don't really like bad weather, so if one were immobilized with no hope of recovery, then you'd have to blow it up to stop it falling into enemy hands. Couldn't have been squirrels anyways- they hibernate during winter.
  12. Personally, I'd love to go into battle wearing a big shiny gold target.. I mean, helmet.
  13. If they'd had live feeds from the battle of Monte Cassino I doubt many people would have a stomach for further campaigning in Italy. Bit easier to gloss over things when only censored newspapers feed back information to the public. Beer, due to its fetching amber colour and many bubbles, has been scientifically proven to preserve brains for longer, but has the unfortunate side effect of causing dog ugly women to materialise overnight in your bed to replace the ravishing beauty from the night before... at least in my experience.
  14. I remember buying Talonsoft's 'East Front' for about £5, then later 'West Front' for a similar princely sum. I loved the games at the time, and I thought the level of unit detail etc. (in the unit info windows etc.) was amazing- recreating the battles of WWII and putting me in the driving seat. I bought Sudden Strike, but quickly became bored with it- C&C did the whole RTS thing better, IMHO. RTCW and MOHAA were both great fun, but essentially just FPS games with WWII clothes- although I'll never forget the first time I went up Omaha beach, very good level (but amazing to think people actually did charge into that situation- and win). Then CM came along- played CMBO a bit, thought it was quite good, and then left it for a bit. When CMBB came out however, I was truly hooked- there was never any question as soon as I saw CMAK, I just had to buy it. Now, I don't really bother buying games unless it's a fun FPS to play online- although my interest in Strategic Command 2 has been aroused by reading the articles on this website... Games have their place though, as do sims- but give me 'Sim World War II' (CM) anyday!
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