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You know darn well that when it came to bombing both the Germans, and the Japs the only "we" it could possibly be is the good old US of AAF.

I know we burnt the crap out of Japan, and I know we bombed the crap out of Germany, I was just wondering how much firebombing we did in Europe.

How much firebombing did the USAAF really do in Europe? I thought that was a predominantly British thing, since they couldn't visually acquire targets at night.

He just wants the box that it comes in.

Once you know what you are doing, it can be won from either side fairly easily. However it is, in my opinion, easier to win from the Allied side, especially if you are just starting out. A nice size attack in fairly open terrain is not the easiest task when you are just starting out. The fact that the Germans only have Pz IIIs doesn't hurt either.

Most of the vehicles have taken hits in the lower hull on the left side. This would imply that the units that destroyed them were also on the left side of the ditch. My new hypothesis is that the tanks were crossing unopposed, the leading vehicles stopped to wait for the trailing ones, and in the meantime were hit by an Israeli counterattack. Most of the Syrians did not have enough time to traverse out of the traveling position, or bailed when contact was established. Which raises the question, why were tanks taking part in an attack traveling forward with turrets facing the rear?

I can only guess, but here goes; 1. It has something to do with the tanks having been caught in the flank, such as at strongpoint 109 2. The photo was staged, perhaps after Isreal regained the cease-fire line. Like I said, those are just guesses, and they don't explain everything seen in the photo. Also, I don't know where the photo was taken.

Syrian armor that didn't survive the ditch. Note the temporary bridge, and the breach openned up after the area had been secured. I particularly like the dislodged bogey on the lower most tank.

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So those actually work? I had read some (german I believe) civilian from WW2 say that for all the work they did digging AT ditches she never saw a tank get stuck in one... </font>

Not hardly. My great-grandfather spoke it, but it died out in my family after that.

I agree completely. What I was saying was if you have a 500m x 500m QB, what do you do with a battery of 152mm artillery? Especially if your enemy has mortars or FOs. They're just shell magnets, after the first round.

I have no idea about the AT guns, but I do know why the large caliber artillery pieces aren't included. They weren't used for direct fire. There is no reason to set up your artillery within a kilometer of the enemy. You keep it behind the lines, or in this case off of the map, and send spotters forward to identify targets. This keeps your guns safe and prevents you from having to continually move them farther back away from the battle.

Just let it die.

Combat Mission: A Haji in the Lobby Or more seriously, and based on the urban emphasis: Combat Mission: Thunder Run

I find this weapon quite useful in infantry suppresion, or complete area denial due to its very good hollow charge round. It can break up infantry at long ranges, and if hidden can take out armor at long ranges, too.

Do you get paid to distribute spam, or do you do this for fun? Either way, you are not wanted here.

The Isrealis also used Shermans right up through the Yom Kippur War.

Sergei:

That's a good explanation, Zalgiris 1410, but I think he's talking about artillery, and not mortars. However, Avatar13, this is a good thing to read before playing that scenario as the Americans.

We're knights of the Round Table. We dance when'er we're able. We do routines and chorus scenes, with foot work impecc-able. We dine well here in Camelot. We eat ham and jam and spam a lot. "On second thought, let us not go to Camelot. It is a silly place."

The laden swallow bit is at the beginning of the movie when they approach an English castle. The bridge bit does not mention laden swallows, but rather air speed velocity of said swallows.

In the demo (Fruhlingswind), the Germans start out with a 105mm (radio) spotter for off-board artillery. Try placing him on the rise with "rough" terrain on the left flank. This is probably the best overwatch position for the Germans. The HQ does nothing for spotting, it just reduces the amount of time it takes for the spotter to execute movement orders. I also wouldn't use it to target vehicles. You will not destroy any tanks, and your armored cars and halftracks can take care of anything lighter. [when Zalgiris 1410 says "2 guys" he means the two men of the spotter team]

No 1: Chandra Iusedtobeghandi shows his frustration over the announcement of CM:SF. "Syria?! WTF were those infidelic designers thinking?" No 2: Sir Machtild ****shisbritches of the Deutsche Merry Soldaten, SS Division 49, nocks his arrow before attempting a rear penetration on a ISU-152. [ October 15, 2005, 04:40 PM: Message edited by: stoat ]

It is certainly possible. Most of the time it takes heavier weapons to do the job, though. Mortars, machine guns, armor, and arty will all pin a gun crew. At 5-10 meters you were probably better off assaulting into the gun pit, considering what happened.