LukeFF

Game. Set. Match.

Reminds me of a story that occurred after the landing in Normandy (going off memory here, so the details may not be exact). A German Tiger commander ordered an 88mm flak gun commander to engage enemy tanks instead of aircraft. The flak commander initially refused, telling the tanker that it wasn't his responsibility to target tanks. As the story goes, at this point the tank commander thrust his Luger in the flak commander's face and told him, 'you can either die here right now, or you can earn yourself a medal.' The man naturally complied.

I see the soldiers cover their ears when a mortar round is launched. Nice little touch there.

I just played this mission for the first time and was thoroughly drubbed by the AI (I was playing as Blue). *SPOILER* Called a ceasefire, which shows that there are Syrian units in trenches all over the map, to say nothing of the ATGMs up on the woodlines. So, what's the best way to approach this one? Use my mortars systematically on every trench line I can see?

I vote for the Donkeyfaust:

Or 'Nations that have the Union Jack symbol on their flag.'

Well, if one of those crewman had had an MP40, things might have turned out slightly different.

I was visiting RSColonel_131st a couple years ago over New Year's Eve (December 2003 / January 2004). He loaded up CMBB on his computer, I was fascinated by it, and so I ended up buying the special edition version of the game. Like Normal Dude, I found it to be the perfect game for those long, slow nights while on duty in the military.

Lots of good pics of Libyan tanks and Shilkas here: u-96.livejournal.com/2453810.html u-96.livejournal.com/2450960.html

Give it a rest already. You are an empty-headed fool.

I'll never forget the first day of boot camp, when one guy in my unit did the opposite and called a Major a Drill Sergeant. Yeah, that one didn't go over well. To be technical, in the U.S. Army (and this is straight from official Army literature), sergeants up to the rank of Master Sergeant are addressed as either 'Sergeant' or the full title of their rank. First Sergeants are addressed as 'First Sergeant.' Sergeant Majors and Command Sergeant Majors may be addressed as either 'Sergeant Major' or the full title of their rank.

Is there an echo in here?

Very nice screenshots! Has anyone else noticed the goof in the wallpapers yet?

I happened to like it as well, perhaps because I've been deployed to the Middle East.

This StuG looks like it hasn't shaved in a while:

Ah, I love threads like this. Some of my collection: 1954 Springfield M1 Garand 1940 Mauser K98 (Russian Capture). Probably at some point I'm going to have the metal parts refinished. 1940 Tula SVT-40 1943 Izhevsk M38 1930 Izhevsk M91/30 (Triple-Dated)

That's what I figured. Cool, thanks.

Hey Steve, Kind of a duplicate reply, because I didn't read your post before I posted one above: The only reason I posted about slings was because, as that one in-game shot shows, part of the K98's sling is clearly visible. When compared to the rest of the model, it just doesn't look right and shouldn't be there. I certainly didn't/don't expect you guys to model 3D slings in the game. Not my expectation at all.

That is part of the sling. Since, upon looking at other shots, 3D slings aren't modeled, that one part that is in the texture shouldn't be there. K98 with sling: K98 without sling:

Something I noticed in this image: the closest soldier has a sling attached to his K98. Does this mean we are going to see slings on at least this rifle?

So, they're fobbits? I remember the type well.

They were all playing hockey.

It has nothing to do with military profits and everything to do with morale, C2, and skill level.

It affects KIA/WIA stats at the end of the mission. Wounded soldiers who receive buddy aid are more likely to "survive" at the end of the mission than ones who are left to their fate.

Bah, too far of a drive for me.