Arthur Krupp

I was just wondering what kind of support will there be to the modding community? Re: Scenarios, new planes, rules etc

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bbaker-While I am not a major "grog" neither am I a kiddie with experiences in medal of honour for my history lessons. It was a broad generalisation I grant it, but better than sitting down to compare the sherman to the panzer IV in detail. If I have gotton people going over this then I apologise, but sometimes you just have to take broad statements in the spirit rather than the letter. I am well aware of the strenghts and weaknesses of the german "leet" infantry soldier and so on but did not feel the need to go into it in that post-I was simply referring back the the allied high command statement that whenever allied forces met german forces on anywhere near equal terms the germans usually prevailed-this was true more so on a tactical level as the war progressed moreso than a strategic level (as it was put in one history, "German units were like isolated rocks in a vast torrent of water"). Again I apologise to those who tend to take their history so seriously at all times.

depends on where it is-if it has its back to a see tile then it'd be less than if it were out in the open....I believe its more than 4 at least when out in the open.

Whats all this? I raise the point that the germans had the "brains for warfare" and I get shouted down as being some sort of neo-nazi? And as for the wittmann getting blown up by a rocket strike, I was not aware that it was the case-the last time I read up on wittmann that was a generally accepted theory and I apologise if that is now outdated-such is the nature of history that the details can change from year to year as new evidence comes to light. I'm afriad the only username I've ever used on this forum is Arthur Krupp, I can certainly say I'm not a neo-nazi and give my apologies once again for my historical error on the case of wittmann.

well the germans certainly had the brians for warfare (just about the only tactic that could ever be used to beat them on the battlefield was to outnumber them at least 2:1 and even then you'd lose a lot of men) its just that despeirate circumstances required despirate thinking.

wittmann was killed by an aircraft rocket strike... Well the SS obviously didn't have any trucks on hand and they were known to waste a lot of equipment (not to mention manpower) in the persuit of their goals.

could well be. Another thing I've noticed is tanks and other vehicles continueing to roll throguh minefields even after they have been detected-I thought minefields were supposed to be "impassable" terrain as far as the AI was concerned.

I'm not sure in CM terms, but certain panzer units used to do it when they needed to get to something quick-for instance during the battle of the bulge SS tanks were rushing to get their hands on one of the vital bridges before it was blown but there were daisy chain AT mines on the road-the solution? Drive a tiger through, get its tracks blown off but clear a path.

only problem with snipers is if someone locks on with an MG they're up **** creek.

btw, is this a scenario or QB? If its a scenario I'd be interested to get my hands on it

do as the SS and just sacrifice tanks to make way.....?

most likely a mistake....hell, you plot every CM of a panzer 3's armour and chances are you'd miss out a pak 40 or two.....

Are all the bunkers concrete? Wooden bunkers can be taken out by artillery alright, though still pretty high cal and it'd want to be accurate fire too, so an experienced spotter with a direct like of sight is a must. As for concrete bunkers, I've never seen one taken down by arty....you should probably concentrate on the wooden bunkers to open up a few gaps for your infantry to get up close and personal....it ain't gonna be easy and chances are little timmy won't be going back to moma but war is hell....

Wittmann may not have been the gunner but if it wasn't for him half the kills would not have been made-in a tank every member contributes-the gunner may take the final aim and fire but without the commander to spot targets, prioratise, order to good locations and coordinate both the men in the tank and with other units you would be dead very quickly.