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ok, that was something i did not want to know, i'm just going to erase it from my mind with this nice bottle of tequila nice tequila

Karlis, running amok is a very good way to get stomped, but it sounds like your basic strategy was good, get behind the poor buggers , and let the kaka fly,

instead of a fast waypoint and a second fast set at a sharp 90 degree turn, try a fast waypoint, a hunt waypoint set at 45 degree angle, and another hunt at 45 again,, its a slightly longer comand delay, but it works well

spayor, however much i may want to try eichenbaum's mission champaign series, the fact is that i KNOW i'm computer illiterate, the warnings are posted on the site, i pay close attention to those things, dont blame the eichenbaum crew for your own incompetence, i'm waiting for the fully debuged version, someting even a person like me can use, maybe you should do the same,, hugs kisses and a boot to the head,,,

frozen wasteland my arse,, its friggin hot here in summer, with mosquitos the size of volkswagons, and blackflys that need landing lights, , also stalin had diddly squat to fear from us canadians politicaly, our distain for political extreemism of any sort is well known, our own comunist party was and still is a moderate and mellow organization,

ummmm, Tha mark 4 panzer was a great tank, a bit thin skined yes, but armed with the 75 mm gun, the L24 was a bit feeble against soviet armour, but the upgrade to the L43 fixed that little problem easily, I still feel they should have gone to an L50 or so, but..... the fact is that the mark 4 was meant as a support tank, and this thinking dominated the design for most of the war, the mark 4 J however was an exelent up close and personal tank, ie; main battle tank,,, the mark 4 was a sucess throughout the war, not only was it well armed, but it was ergonomicaly designed, easy to repair and maintain, and came with monogramed leather seat covers and those little doily things on the shell bins, it even had a good stereo system, although the onboard beer cooler was a tad small, but thats just my oppinion,

actualy, during ww2, the french fought very well, as individuals and as lower formations*, they did so on both sides, and fought with distinction, It was the government of the third republic that surrendered, and only after Paris was taken, The army, and the public, wanted to continue the fight, *higher formations of the french army were infected with incompetence and petty inter-unit rivalry, thus hampering the effectivness of french strategic doctrine

UGH!!! I think several somebodys have been playing with their home lobotomy kits for too long, and i thought i was awfull

pbem, play by e mail, its slow but fun,

The MAXIMUM alowed height for Ghurkas is 5 foot 4 inches, the Ghurkas are the best soldiers in the world, their endurance training makes them invincible in bed, thus they can steal women from the enemy, leading to steep declines in enemy moral, i was rejected by the ghurkas because of my height,

"Okay so I understand the abandoning thing but why in the heck would the driver be shaken when he has to abandon his kubelwagon? Is he afraid the CO is gonna shoot him for getting stuck?" It's a possibility, or he could be afraid that the motor pool will take the replacement cost out of his pay, or maybe he's freaked about having to abandon the car stereo to the enemy,,,

scout the map, move your forward observers to the best possible position you can find, even if its a terrible position, , or try to guess where the enemy is and use pre planned bombardment, for big guns with long delays, i go pre planned, ,, sorry i cant be more helpfull, just experiment till you get the hang of it, its mostly improvisation

A 75.L17 is 75 mm calibre bore x 17, so,,, 1275 mm or 1.275 meters long barrel, 75.L35 is 75x35, so 2625mm or 2.625 meter barrel generaly the longer the barrel, the greater the accuracy and muzzel velocity

i realy just feel like babbling here, so this is realy not relevent, As far as i know, tapered bore guns were an axis weapon, they were good because they alowed a smaller caliber gun to have greater hitting power, they tended to wear out quickly though, They were a good Compromise,, just consider the thought of a 37 mm AT , with the hitting power of a 50 mm AT, ,, the bigger the gun the greater the weight, and the easyer it was for the enemy to spot, so a smaller gun made sense, but smaller guns have less power, the tapered bore alowed small, light, easily hidden, guns, to be more efective, but they tended to wear out quickly, and they required special ammo, ,,, ok i'm done babbling,,,,

The german 88 is a cumbersome and heavy gun, instead of a permanent gun carriage it has 2 sepperate carriages that must be removed durring setup, once its placed, it cant be moved without a long and complicated dissasembly and reasembly, Unlike other guns in the game, the 88 is not a rapid deployment weapon, it is an emplacement weapon, think of it as a railway gun with road capability, when deployed it rests on a pedistal with 4 arms for stability, these arms are staked to the ground with long metal stakes, asking an 88 crew to move their gun several times in one day is a very good way to provoke a mutiny,

on cmbb, Iron Roadblock, germans vs ai,,,, i played it 6 times, 4 major defeats, 2 minor defeats, although last try i got close to the flag, after 26 turns,, ugh

Hullo, accurate briefings???? what planet are you on?? Inteligence services have always been prone to innept and incompetent behavior, that partisan activity mentioned in the briefing translates as 2 platoons of your company being mauled before arriving on the battlefeild, the light cavalry resistance is old news, they were rotated out 5 months ago and replaced with elite motorized guards, the reinforcements you are to wait for, they got slaughtered by air attack while en rout, the good cover is a shack in open ground, and you must take the stupid hill because right now YOU are the only thing standing between half the damned red army and Berlin and that hill is the only defencible ground in the area, your ammo resupply is being stolen as we speak by a corrupt quartermaster, and you were stupid enough to enlist, you should have run to switzerland with that cute, blonde frauline you met in '39, NOW STOP WHINING ABOUT BRIEFINGS!!, TAKE THE DAMNED HILL or die trying,,,,,,,

Artilery spotters can ride in any vehicle that has the capacity, but it makes them sitting ducks, still, if you realy want to kill your spotters, by all means ,,,, go for it

ok a sharpshooter has 15 shots at most, his range is 400 or so meters, and he is kinda expencive,, but the german AT rifle has 60 shots, and a range of 800 meters Italian Marzochi AT rifle has 100 shots, and range of 800 meters, both are fast enough to keep up with infantry, both have high concealment rating, and are cheaper than a sharpshooter,,, So ummmmm.... who do you want as your sniper?

I set tank hunters to ambush , covered arc set at 25/30 meters, keep them in cover till enemy tank is actualy passing them, try not to attack a tank from in front, deploy covering infantry a ways behind them to keep enemy infantry away, bring brattwursts, marshmallows, and beer, those red panzers make wonderfull bonfires

How do you drive a Tiger? .... '''''''''''''''''''' any way you want, who's going to stop you,,,,

try using primarily rifle based units ie; soviet cavalry 'B', soviet mountain, soviet recon 'C',,,,,,, italian engineers, early romanian troops, start both sides in trenches, use artilery spotters in first turn, (heavy barrage) then both sides charge towards the center to take the objective