stoat
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If I remember correctly, the notion of Polish cavalry charges against German tanks was initiated by the Italian press, and then the Germans seized on it for propaganda.
The Polish army was certainly not that backward in 1939, and their main drawback was their lack of modern weaponry. This is a big if, but I would like to know what kind of show the Poles could have made of it had they had enough modern weapons. Their army was fairly large and their dedication would have made it a bloody affair for the Germans.
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I mentioned it becuase it is a fairly common statement. It is meant to illustrate differences in material and weapons more than tactics, but in this occasion it served my purpose and I used it.
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Looks promising. I'll give these a shot as well. Great site, Carl.
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I'm sure there were some battles where they engaged the enemy on horseback, but I doubt that these were planned, set-piece battles. Cavalry was used mainly to do recon probes, or to pour through and exploit breaches in the line.
I can see them attacking rear area units like field ktchens, hospitals, and even artillery batteries on horseback, but I don't think that horse vs tank Polish-style battles were common at all.
If the Russians charged anyone on horseback, it would probably be the forces of Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, or Italy, basically those that were more pooly armed than the Germans, and had fewer heavy weapons and armor.
The reason they always go into battle on foot in the game is that it is quite hard to model horses in the abstract, and it's the same reason you don't see motorcycle troops.
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His first post used to report such pain.Originally posted by Cybermage:I had an American Bazooka Team kill 5 of my Panthers with 5 shots. They missed once but hit the Panther behind the lead on the road.
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What kind of marathon are they running? I think I saw something similar about a HC marathon today.
[ November 21, 2005, 07:20 PM: Message edited by: stoat ]
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I can get around 40 for a couple of squads in a defensive action against the AI, but rarely more. The best I have ever had a squad do was right around 50 casualties, 2 guns, and 1 Sherman.
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I managed to hit chokepoint for the attacking troops right as they were choking through it. The 105mm spotter caused 81 casualties, destroyed 4 mortars, and knocked out 2 armored cars.
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How about "Comet Busters?" I played that game for many an hour in my early youth.
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Wouldn't they try to dig them in, and use them as pillboxes?
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That must be the shortest first post ever.
In time, SeaMonkey, as it is with all.
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Cripes! This guy looks like he just caught a glimps of the insurgent that IED'd the platoon's mascot dog! Yikes, that is a warface if I ever saw one.</font>Originally posted by Michael Emrys:</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Battlefront.com:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />what a badass:
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And as for Civil War generals, Sheridan was a good one. Not spectacular, but he had some success and denied the Confederates the Shenandoah from mid 1864 on.
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It's like the question that is always brought up:
"What would Jackson had done if he had been at Gettysburg?"
He would have smelled pretty bad because he would've been dead for a while already.
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Never having played PBEM, can you still ALT-A to repeat a turn?
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It's been a while since I played this one last. I set my heavy weapons up in overwatch positions within cover. I targeted my artillery on the far right flag for turn one. I used the company with some regulars in it (A, I think) to move up the right flank. Company B and the tanks provide fire support from the center. Company C was in reserve to human wave an objective if I was to get held up.
After running into and then suppressing two machine guns, A Company reached the trees with only a few casualties. They cleared this area, then proceeded to flank the next two objectives in succession, with close in tank support, and covering fire from the two other companies and heavy weapons.
I really didn't utilize the conscript company and they ended up with only 2 or 3 casualties caused.
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I was making an observation pertaining to the word "whinny." That's what a horse does. no_one undoubtedly was calling me whiny, which I very well might be.Originally posted by zmoney:No, I was pretty sure the Left side was the whinny and weenie side, but other than that I see where your coming from.
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You could say that any country's stuff works just fine if you know how/when/where to use it.
Obviously, the Russian stuff can be used to effect in most situations. But saying "it works if you do it right" can be said of almost anything, CM or otherwise.
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Your initial post was not helpful, nor educational.
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That's all that I was saying.Originally posted by no_one:I am insulting
[ November 15, 2005, 04:55 PM: Message edited by: stoat ]
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Originally posted by no_one:
Right off the top you come off as deragatory. What was RSC doing? His idea was to "try and remodel my tactics." Ideally, scouting with engineers, followed by suppression/elimination with light armor could work with forces of any nation.This can not be!!!You mean that you have to use different tactics for each side? No way!
Maybe QBs aren't the epitome of realism, but what is wrong with other players playing them? The scenario in question wasn't a QB, and I doubt RSC plays QBs exclusively.Stop playing the silly little QBs over and over and start learning instead of complaining.
What did you state that was so obvious?How I am self-righteous for stating the obvious?
I most certainly did not wake up on the whinny side of the bed, but instead the left side.Or did you just get up on the whinny punk side of the bed this morning -
To whom is your post directed? </font>Originally posted by no_one:</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by stoat:
Some one woke up on the self-righteous side of the bed this morning.
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Some one woke up on the self-righteous side of the bed this morning.
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