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GLynn41

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  1. My most fav battle is Born again at Prokarovka-- by fire I mean the vehical burns and the field also catches fire-as it dead a lot in that scenario- it mentioned over and over in my Normandy books- --so quite historical-- now tanks - I have been playing the same two battles over and over - just switch tanks--MK4 are truly "mess kit tins" as they were called-- the L38 or 41 of the Sherman or Churchill is hard on them -- the 75 mm over matches the 50 mm of the front turret much less the 30 mm sides - and even handles the drivers plate

    The Churchie is pretty tough and will take a L-48 hit or 2 and survive- sometimes- ---shermans and MK 4 are hard each other I can not tell the differences between cast hull or not in the Shermans - have tried the Jag Panther and sometimes they matter and sometimes not so much - tried three KTs and same as JPanthers not so much at least so far- Panthers are good in the 15-20 , 30 minute games I have played over and over but have for me a tendency to turn side ways - and with Panthers that is a no no - but they do it often - can not tell why- but would like them to stop - I really feel for the MK4 guys they are in the same boat as the M4 sherman at least for a while- notice both of them are M4's -sorta ----over all //while I have not tried the cromwells the 76 Sermans and the Panthers are my fav-- love the infantry fights looking forward to all the up coming stuff all the best --keep the good stuff coming-- i have been here since CMBO and have no place else i would rather go

  2. on page 106 in Armoured thunderbolt -by Zaloga-"Ths best american antitank gun of the time was the 3 inch gun, which had been derived from WW1 antiaircraft and coastal defense guns" he goes on to write that it was reworked to be M1A1 76(T1) -as the 3" in the M10 was too large to fit the Sherman turret- the 76 mm was cut down from an L57 to L52.

    M. Green does not mention the history

    Hunnicutt does not mention the history of the weapon just its adapation

    If one will go to Scribd ---Zaloga and hunnicutt are there to be read and much more

  3. I too have wondered about the76mm blast-- Steven Zaloga says the 75 mm had 1.5# of propellent--- the 76mm 3.2 and operated at about 38,000 psi- the L70 had 8.2#-and operated at 48,000+ or-

    In the process of puting a 76mm in the M4-- they cut 15" off the barrell- some of the compliants about the round were smoke, obscuration, it could be the round and propellent were optimised for the longer barrrel -so the smoke and blast went way up in the shortened barrel-- a long primer that ran from the base of the hull to the base of the shell was used later and helped with the smoke-- it would seem that the cutting of the barrel not only lowered the velocity but may have cause d other problems as well-- one last thing -- the 76mm was at times a Naval weapon -- so smoke and balst were less of a concern

  4. while I am sure that H2H is the way to go-and while I have been here since CMBO I have never tried it-- maybe one day- the QB are worth using- when I come for lunch - -30 min is just right but you really need to pick your own for the game -- the AI will do a good job and as the attacker he as a 3to 1 advantage bascially in points-- I have not made a map in a while as the QBs maps are fine- but I also down load what ever is put up -

  5. It is not unusual to find stories that a panther or "88" ,would shoot through a building and kill a Sherman on the other side-- HT can be penetrated by some shell frags- and heavy machine guns-- - multiple penetrations on HT by the L70 is more than possible considering that the round would go through over 4" of solid armor at 1000 meters

  6. no I have not begun to play them all-- tw0 so far-- and I will swap sides --then if i like the battle I will modify them - I own just about all BFC has put out from CMBO till now -- --I started rereading the 20-30 books i have on Normandy so I can make my own -- thanks for all the answers though-- oh I know the repository will some soon --I also pre-ordered the question was an observation not a condemnation

  7. I preordered CMBN --I think if made CMcc--=commode combat I would at least try it -- any way -- here is some of the real cost of what we love to play

    in Normandy by D Francis -every one hundred meters the US advanced costs 100 causalities--on July 5th the 83rd division advanced 200 meters -- it cost 1500 killed or wounded =-- After two weeks of fighting at Sainteny -- the US advanced 5-6 Klicks the cost was 7000 causalities --

    I look forward to playing the game and making battles- but the real thing was a blood bath

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