Tiredboots

sorry, my mistake, it is purple. So everybody has an apoplexy at the first shot... OK, OK, I'll go quietly now.

Peter C. I had just read for the first time the "Germany winning over the SU" thread(last half page)& I was craving for some silliness lite.

Would'nt red/blue vs red/blue be the same as green vs green. So everybody panic at the first shot... Sorry, just a random moment of sillyness... It'll pass.

What do you mean by LMG rocket- mine. An LMG firing rocket proppeled land mines?? Or is this a grognard's joke? As for the ampulemet there seems to have been 2 versions. A mortar-like contraption & a rifle grenade launcher. In both cases it probably caused more casualties among the operators than the enemy.

Because you asked some very good players to hand you a victory on a platter without your opponent's knowledge. Riding crop=horse whip.

Try it with a british accent.

I agree on the toyota vote.I was a mechanic( not an automotiive techician)in the 70s & 80s, still repairing late 60s toyotas 1/2 ton P.U. I was impressed! You couln't drive the things unless you had at least 3/4 ton in in the bed. Or else you stood a good chance of going throught the windshield hitting the brakes & a whiplash popping the clutch.Of course it would have been more comfortable replacing the front seat with an milk crate than using the factory issue,still it took you places where you didn't even want to go. Just like a T34. Ease of repaire & the quality of steel were amazing(a coworker & I spent 1 hour trying to snap a tierod (lunch time) the best we could achieve after cutting & heating was a bent tierod. So yes, the ease of repairs is gone but the quality remain. Nowedays the garage houses : one 92 toy .PU.(250K miles),one 2003 4runner(Liz likes a comfortable AFV),AND...one cuuuuuuute MR2 spyder. Still miss my 64 bug & 68 dodge(slant6)van for some odd reasons.

Bit gamey that..mmh?... I should think so, ErikinWest, old boy...(tapping riding crop against boot.) Now go tell your friend the wager is off...There's a good lad.

Thanks fussball. Being already pretty much burned out on WW2 FPSs, I think I'll waite until an FPS analog of CMBB comes along(if ever),your comment on armor was the clincher.

Thanks Sergei,completly missed that one. ...Well, we'll see yet...Till all the results are in.

Something worth looking into or just another FPS fragfest?

JasonC,the contrast was certenly startling. still don't know why you included demolition squads? how should have they been used? Seems like SMG/grenades/LMG should have been sufficient. Anyway I'm getting the idea about Rus. infantry use. What Vo Nguyen Giap discribed as advancing by seepage: short moves,mutualy supporting fire,stopping when under fire & focusing it, broadening/enveloping front,right? should serve equally well in urban terrain.

Reality check. Is 310 a cakewalk or am I learning? Played all scenariots up to this one with various levels of victory within 1 to 5 tries (110 was the cornerstone) but 310 seems to be just a stroll in the woods. I was expecting to use the demo teams against the building, keeping them in close support, but the opposition just ran off leaving me with a complete victory in 21 turns?

Just finished 201 with a tactical victory. The ATR appears to be a useful tool for supressing PAKs. I will try again putting the two ATRs, two 50mm, two maxims under commend on the left flank and bringing the field guns together to the right, where the HE is needed, with all the inf. moving in columns along the low ground, using the same delayed arty.(really enjoyed that lesson on the use of off map & on map but virtually immobile artillery.) Should be a breeze... unless itsn't.

Also bogging & recovery time (if any) depend on the crew's experience level.