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  1. I've just downloaded and installed the latest driver for my ATI Radeon 9600 graphics card. And that did bad things to CMAK. Most of the text is hidden with a white background. So I can't see most of the information on screen. I didn't know how to post an image on this forum. (although I have some screenshots) Duke71
  2. The good thing about the Sten was that it could easily be taken apart and transported in, say air dropped containers, and then reassembeled again when the recievers got it . The Norwegian Resistance used a lot of stens and they praised it. But I've also heard that it was not one of the safest weapons around! Maybe I'm off here but wasn't it so that the sten had no safety catch???? Duke71
  3. That may be true. I've never heard German veterans talking specifically about the MP40, so I don't know their nickname(s) of it. Didn't the Germans refer to SMGs as MPIs? (Machine PIstols) Did they have other names for it? Duke71
  4. The nickname of the weapon is "Schmeisser" so there can be no big deal about that. I am aware that the name is not technically right for this SMG but everyone with a faint interest in WWII knows what a Schmeisser looks like. Every WWII-veteran I've ever heard refers to this particular weapon as the Schmeisser, cool name btw :cool: , or as the MP40. Duke71
  5. Hans: Remember it's Forsvarets Stabsskole... And the Armed Forces museums are good places to get information. A lot of old veterans work there and often they have a rather big network to turn to for more. Duke71
  6. Another important factor here is the weight of the weapon. It's rather easy to fire the MP5 on full auto using only one hand. But you have to be close to the target and not be afraid of "wasting" ammo. I guess this is not easy with a Thompson or an MP40, although Clint Eastwood has a memorable scene in the movie "Where Eagles dare" were he uses two Schmeissers inside the castle. :cool: Duke71
  7. [ April 22, 2004, 10:38 AM: Message edited by: Duke71 ]
  8. Didn't the 37mm have a nickname? Was that the "potato mesher"? I recall reading something about the 37mm was so puny that the crews lost faith in it. It was okay in the Blitzkrieg-attacks of France and Poland, but afterwards it lacked the punch to kill enemy tanks. And now I'm adding another website to my favorites, great pics on that one Dandelion! Duke71
  9. How large was the crew of the Pak 35? They can't be numerous begause there seems to be little cover behind that panzer-shield! Duke71 Cool pic btw!
  10. The mini gun looks awesome and it has a great punch, but I would never had it if I had to use and move with it on a battlefield. It's great to suppress enemy troops from a fixed emplacement with it, I guess, but it looks way too cumbersome to be any good to carry and use in say a jungle or anyplace else where you don't have 500meters clear view in all directions. When it comes to reliability and modern weapons, all are good, and there are a lot of "true stories" about how good they are in adverse conditions. I've heard the same stories about the AG3 (standard Norwegian assault rifle, looks like the H&K G3) but I don't think it will perform well if it has been in a moor or the mud for some months or the like. All weapons have moving parts and if they are blocked, they remain blocked until you clean it. Duke71
  11. In Norway this is the way to be an officer: Befalsskole: 2 yrs Rank: Sgt -> 2.lt Krigsskole: 3-4 yrs Rank: 1.lt -> Capt -> Maj There has been several of these schools in Norway during the years, now there are a Krigsskole for each branch in the forces. There are also separate Befalsskoler for each branch. From Krigsskole you have to go through Forsvarets Stabsskole. This is the "ticket" to get a post within the General Staff and in the end to be one of the highest rankin officers of the country. Don't know if this was what you asked for Hans, but do ask if there is something more you would like to know. Duke71
  12. I enjoy reading your stories Dandelion. But I must correct one of your names: It's called Vinjesvingen. In fact that's not more than a 2 hour drive from where I live, and the Norwegian forces who fought there were set up at Heistadmoen, and that military base still exists, an it's in my home town Kongsberg. I got my officer-training there. Correct me here Dandelion, but at Heistadmoen two (?) battalions mobilized, but their commander decided to not fight the Germans because of threats of bombing the city. A group under a Captain Hannevig, scrounged weapons, ammo and uniforms and went to Vinjesvingen where they fought several successful battles vs. the Germans. And Hans you must remember that around Narvik the Norwegian 2. Division under Gen. Fleischer fought well against Gen. Dietl and his mountain division. The Norwegians got help from the British, the French Foreign Legion and some Poles. In fact, they pushed the Germans until they had their back against the border to the neutral Sweden. But at that point the war was lost for the Norwegians, because of the Allied retreat from the Norwegian Theater. That was a big disappointment to the Norwegian soldiers. And at last Dandelion; Ruge was a Colonel at the start of the German invasion, but he was promoted to General of the General Staff. He took command of all the Norwegian forces in Southern Norway and Fleischer had command in the Northern sector of the country. Duke71 (2.lt)
  13. Cool! I have never used the MG42, but the Norwegian Armed Forces uses the MG3 and that's almost a copy of the MG42. I've fired several thousand shots with that, both on bipod and tripod. Once I fired a 200 rounds belt from the hip in one long 10 second burst. That was a *nice* experience! Duke71 </font>
  14. I thought you needed to be an author to get acess to the archives, but you proved me wrong! As a German, don't you find it difficult to read Norwegian? Guten Abend! Duke71
  15. Cool! I have never used the MG42, but the Norwegian Armed Forces uses the MG3 and that's almost a copy of the MG42. I've fired several thousand shots with that, both on bipod and tripod. Once I fired a 200 rounds belt from the hip in one long 10 second burst. That was a *nice* experience! Duke71
  16. When you're in the mud crawling towards enemy positions you do care a lot about if your weapon works or not when you are going to need it. The value in money of the weapon is kind of second nature then! Duke71
  17. Some weapons suit the battlefield better than other. The Italians had a lot of mediocre weapons, as did the Japanese. And the "Grease Gun" was not popular by many of the users. This may be a bit out of topic, but many of the modern American weapons have proved almost useless in the Norwegian winter. The M16A2 has a bad reputation in temperatures below -25 C. But with the right type of oil and proper mainteance that too could be used. So I agree with that reliability is important. And all wars are fought in much less than perfect environment! :cool: Duke71
  18. Sorry Sergei, I live in one of your neighbour countries so I should have checked that one better. Actually the Suomi acted a little bit funny when we used it in our exercises. We had too few MP5s so some of us had to use the good old Suomi. We used recoil-enhancers (don't know if that's the right word) when we fired with blanks. The Suomi had a will of it's own and sometimes I emptied the whole magazine (32 rds) when I intended to fire just a couple of shots. It was impossible to stop the firing! Other than that it was a fine piece of weaponry, when I used it in '92 it was about 50 years old, but it *always* fired, in *any* type of weather. Duke71
  19. In my past I was stationed at the Norwegian Navy Museum. The director of the museum was an old weapons buff, and we had a large collection of all sorts of old weapons in the attic. We had the MP-40, the Tommy Gun, the Grease Gun, the Sten Gun and the Soumi among others. In fact we had about 10-12 Tommy Guns. The director used the weapons with live ammo and he praised the Tommy Gun. It had stopping power and was a delight to use, according to him. I had never the chance to try any of them but I "exercised" a lot with all of them, and I liked the Tommy Gun best too. It has a perfect balance and it's way cool! I've also held the Stug44, and that was not good. Too heavy and bulky in my opinion. But it's a tough looking piece of metal. When it comes to modern submachine guns; nothing beats the MP5, that's a work of art! Duke71
  20. Dandelion; What's your source? I am most impressed with the level of detail in your story about Spiller. I am interested in the events around the German invasion of Norway 9. April 1940. There are a lot of Norwegian books, but they are seldom at this level of detail. Do you know of any good English books concerning the invasion from the German point of view? Duke71
  21. Oh... I checked Amazon.com and they had a record of the book I mentioned, but no option to order it. Why are you so interested in this battle? I think the Norwegian Armed Forces Museum in Oslo has a model of the battle. Maybe you can contact them? Here is their email adress: post.fmu@mil.no Duke71
  22. Here is something I found on the 'net: (It's written in Norwegian) "Midtskogen, en gård noen km vest for Elverum, åsted for en mindre trefning natten mellom 9. og 10.4.1940. Den tyske flyattaché Eberhard Spiller forsøkte med en improvisert styrke tyske soldater å bane seg vei mot Elverum for å ta kongen og regjeringen til fange. Til å begynne med var raidet svært vellykket da større norske styrker ble avvæpnet og tatt til fange underveis. Men hovedmålet ble ikke oppnådd. På initiativ fra Otto Ruge ble det organisert en mindre norsk styrke på ca. 90 mann som la seg i stilling ved Midtskogen. Da tyskerne dukket opp utpå natten kom det til en mindre skuddveksling der Spiller var den eneste som ble såret, og han døde senere på Hamar sykehus. Både tyske og norske styrker trakk seg så tilbake. Tross sitt forholdsvis ubetydelige format fikk trefningen stor betydning, da norske myndigheter for andre gang fikk tid til å komme seg i sikkerhet. Flere av de som deltok på norsk side under kampene ble senere å finne i sentrale verv innenfor, motstandsbevegelsen, noen også i NS." As this was a rather small battle there are no books, as far as I know, about this alone, but one these books "Kampene i Norge 1940" vol I and II has something about Midtskogen. They're written in Norwegian with summarys in English. They're rather old so you have to try a library to find them. Hope this helps!
  23. Hi Hans! As a Norwegian I'm a bit puzzled of the word "Midtsokogen". I think you mean "Midtskogen". There was a battle there during the German invasion of Norway in 1940. I think the Germans tried to get the Norwegian king with some fallschirmjägers, but they were stopped by some Norwegian soldiers. Try these sources: http://lotus.uib.no/norgeslexi/krig.html and: http://www.nuav.net/ndWW2.html If you write the name "Midtskogen" right you might get lucky! Duke71
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