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    Old Heckler and Koch G3 in Syrian side?

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    Agreed. Much better potential for simplicity. And for accuracy without exessively fine tolerances/heavy construction.

    I guess the variations in friction between casing and fluted chamber can have something to do with it. Or production costs of internally machined roller grooves and chamber flutes compared to external machining in modern CNC-benches.

    But it does seem strange.

    [ November 03, 2006, 10:46 AM: Message edited by: Machina ]

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    Old Heckler and Koch G3 in Syrian side?

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

    Posted

    Originally posted by Battlefront.com:

    Now, about those boots... send me an email offline and I'll set up some sort of trade with you. It won't be as good as a 1940 Norwegian module for CM, but I'm sure I can come up with something!

    If you're really interested, I'll see if I can find them. They're not exactly mint condition though.. smile.gif

    Originally posted by Battlefront.com:

    [snip] Thank you, thank you... I'll be here all week :D

    Hehe, I can't stop chuckling over that swedish girl. I guess I'm a sucker for porn jokes.. :D

    Originally posted by HawkerT:

    Yup! You're absolutely right, our old king Christian IV loved foxy women, nice food and a good fight as much as the next fat person, but MAN was he expensive on the 'real estate' side of things ... but then again who really want's all that 'useless coastal property' as Steve so nicely puts it.

    I guess he was prioritizing: With 24 children and countless mistresses screaming for attention, you don't really have time for trivialities like real estate. smile.gif

    Originally posted by battlefront.com:

    If not, I intend on visiting in 2008 so you can give me a kick in the butt at that time if you disapprove

    Aha! So THAT's why you want to take my boots away!

    [ November 03, 2006, 05:28 AM: Message edited by: Machina ]

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    Old Heckler and Koch G3 in Syrian side?

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

    Posted

    For my next trick I will tell a joke

    about the Finnish reindeer herder that

    accidentally went to Stockholm and another one

    about a Swedish porn actress. Hey, if I'm going

    to piss off the Scandinavians of this Forum I

    might as well do a thorough job, right?

    Hehe.. Good one. I'm pissed off thoroughly. Really. I am.

    Looking forward to those jokes, by the way. :D

    </font><blockquote>code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;"> Just got myself a M04 desert set a few

    weeks ago, which is an interesting design for

    sure. Already have a M98 set and a nice Airforce

    uniform in the old "puzzle" shapes. Note that

    filling the holes probably won't get the

    Norwegians in since these things aren't that

    tough to get, especially compared to Finnish

    m/05. But who knows... I am a softy for bribes.

    Just ask WineCape... he's the worst tester we've

    ever had, but man oh MAN are his wines good </pre>

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    Old Heckler and Koch G3 in Syrian side?

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

    Posted

    I have to agree with Luderbamsen.

    There is a huge discussion on this where I come from. I guess it all boils down to this: 7,62 ammo is twice as heavy, does about 25 percent more damage to a human body and penetrates heavier cover. Penetration can be both a good and a bad thing of course.

    Soldiers today often carry around 300 rounds per man. That's 5 kgs of 5,56 or 12 kgs of 7,62 ammo. Then you add in the rest of your equipment.

    Some random sources:

    On ammo usage (loong thread of first hand accounts and AARs):

    http://forums.army.ca/forums/index.php/topic,51144.0/all.html

    On small arms penetration vs. buildings:

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2792944434589996156&q=mout&hl=en

    On terminal ballistics:

    http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2005smallarms/wednesday/arvidsson.pdf

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    Old Heckler and Koch G3 in Syrian side?

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

    Posted

    Denmark is industrialized? I thought all you guys did was make and cartoons of Muhammed :D

    Steve

    Well, I wouldn't know about the Danes, but we are. At least we're petroleumized. That should be close enough. :D

    Isn't the Norway Army also using their own modified version of G3?
    Yup, we are. You can read all about it here:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AG3

    The information is a little dated, though. Last thing I heard, the army will probably keep the AG3 in an upgraded version (with optics and rails), while the home guard will switch to 5,56. Seems to me the other way around would be more logical, but there you have it.

    Oh, and from another thread:

    Sergei,

    </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr /> So Stev-o, how's it going on with modelling the Finnish Defence Forces?

    I checked the Battlefront.com PO Box today and have yet to find any Finnish m/05 camouflage uniforms in it. I thought I made myself clear... I only make decisions based on bribes. No bribes, no modeling. Very simple equation. Well, except that I am picky about what the bribe is

    Steve </font>

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    Old Heckler and Koch G3 in Syrian side?

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

    Posted

    This 7.62*55mm assault rifle seems to still be used in some third world countries
    Hey, I take offense to that! There is at least one industrialized country left that uses it. And I happen to be a citizen of that country. So there. ;)

    Oh, and the correct description is 7,62x51.

    The ergonoics suck, though.
    The safety selector is a little too far away for people with short thumbs (fairly easily remedied), but other than that, I'd say it's pretty good. I would have liked an M16-style mag release button though.

    About reliability: I've fired several thousands of rounds with different G3s, and had maybe five stoppages. They were all caused by a worn out firing pin in one particular weapon I had. And these guns had seen 30+ years of army service before I got them.

    The ammo is heavy, though.

    To get to the original question: I have no idea, but I hope so. :D

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    RL resupply in CM-style engagements

    in Combat Mission - Tips and Tricks

    Posted

    I've been following the forum since the early days of CMBO, but mostly I've found my answers with the search button so I haven't needed to post anything (even saves time compared to waiting for answers smile.gif ). However, here's something I've never quite found out:

    Ammo shortage is a serious problem. Especially in the longer battles. My question is: How did the real world armies deal with this? What kind of time scale would you need to resupply forward squads/platoons/companies/battalions? Did individual companies carry extra ammo and dump it at the at the forming up point? How much extra supplies did the battalions carry with them? How close was the field train? How.. okay, I guess you get the picture.

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    A conscript battalion attacks

    in Combat Mission - Tips and Tricks

    Posted

    Thanks for the great post JasonC, as always.

    Each map is labeled - I regret that jpg labeling is not as clear as gif labeling, and my image hosting solution does not take the full gifs. I can clarify the text if any of it is unreadable - and anyone cares.

    I care! I've learned a lot from your previous "tutorials", and I'm looking forward to having a go at this one as well. If you still have the original readable pictures I would really appreciate it if you could e-mail them to me(jonbirkeland@hotmail.com).

    JonB

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