DLaurier
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Brave, hearty lad! Renders one nostalgic for the pre-Multi-Culti Britain. Unless we have a Canadian here.
You do indeed have a Canadian here
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Here is a link to a series of documentaries about the Russian front, it's called Soviet Storm and covers some of the major battles of that theatre, IMO the best computer generated images of a WW2 battlefield yet, lots of details about tactics and the conditions the troops and civilians had to cope with, highly recommended.
The english subtitled version was called "Great War".
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I wanna play this map.
Theres no such thing as "unbeatable"
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I use the name of a fictional ship who's home port is the Eiser obital shipyard.
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Er...is she above or below the pavement?
Michael
Above...
at least as far as i know.
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My ex can stay in the parking lot behind the mall. she likes it there
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Very astute of you to notice. I may feel obliged to take back a few of the things I said about your blood line. Only a few, mind you.
Michael
"Astonished", The word is "astonished", not "astute".
I have a dead watch that is right twice a day.
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Good God (that's me), you people are disgusting!
Michael
Sigh... See above post
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That's not haggis, that's his head. Although it's easy to see how you could mistake the two.
Michael
And once again,,, as documented in his bragging list...
Mr Emrys nails it
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The word is Christmas, not xmas. Anyone who doesn't like Christ in it, shouldn't be celebrating it.
Merry Christmas!
Blessed Yule.
And Happy Saturnalia.
and that jewish holiday nobody can spell or pronouce... happy johnica.
Merry x-mass
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I googled APOS.
I have not found a game with that name.
Several outfitters companys in Alberta, and an explanation of grammer, but no game.
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Are you using "emergency" for the mission type?
Never seen this. Do you have a save?
I have never used "emergency" barrage request.
I do not have a save.
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I find that off map artilery tends to fall everywhere except where you want/need it, and frequently it falls on my own troops.
On map is little better, I've seen on map guns target my own infantry off to the side rather than the enemy straight ahead.
It's almost cute watching a 150 mm infantry gun rotate away from the point you aimed at, and fire at the infantry squad behind it instead.
It's also the only time artilery is accurate.
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-Killable Civilian refugees and livestock as neutral NPCs.
-Destructable trees that become stumps and/or uprooted logs when bombarded by artilery.
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An interesting, but a bit sensationalized viewpoint on the M4 Sherman ..
Engineering Disasters - The M4 Sherman Tank
Regards,
Doug
sensationalistic clapptrapp.
The M4 sherman was a very well designed tank
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Hi all,
Apologies if this has already been discussed - I haven't the time right now to do a search. I was just thinking, it is not at all implausible right now for NATO to be dragged into an invasion of Syria, for the reasons I shall outline below.
Firstly, the Syrian crackdown seems now to be completely out of control. Reports are coming out of Syrian soldiers being shot in the back of the head for refusing to fire on demonstrators. If the reports are true, even soldiers firing deliberately over the heads of demonstrators are being executed on the spot for disobeying orders.
Secondly, the Turkish president is apparently furious over the situation because he was given assurances in person by Syria that there would be no excessive use of force against unarmed opposition elements.
Thirdly, Turkey is now having to contend with thousands of Syrian refugees streaming over its borders.
Fourthly, Turkey is a NATO member.
Here's how I think it could go. Faced with a humanitarian crisis on its border, Turkey sends forces into the border area of Syria to establish a safe haven for Syrian refugees so they don't have to cross into Turkey. Syria responds by attacking those Turkish forces which have entered the country. Turkey invokes article 5 of the NATO treaty, which says that an attack on one member should be considered an attack on all, requiring other signatories of the NATO treaty to come to its aid. In response, NATO quickly organises an expeditionary force to help police the Syrian border area siezed by Turkey. End game: NATO forces build up in the border area and then drive on Damascus to depose the regime, which is now viewed as having no legitimacy and as posing a continuing threat to a NATO ally.
What do you think - could it happen?
It would more likely run as follows.
Syria keeps defendng its soverignty as a state.
NATO decides to conquer Syria.
Syria is invaded and recolonized.
The Syrians realize too lae who their enemys are.
and Yes, I'm guessing Syria is next on the list of former colonys to be recolonized.
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'Bout time.
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So the Canadians will be represented at last.
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Soonish
So sometime between next week, and the heat death of the universe.
Got it
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When?
When are we gonna see it?
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Riiigghhhtttt.... I'm gonna jump up into a storm of bullets, then plunge down to the ground over 2 metres below... and I'm gonna do this wearing 30 kilos of gear???????????
I dunno what they taught you at Potsdam, but I'm parking my arse next to the rear door.
When that order to dismount comes, I just pull the handle, let gravity open the doors, and roll out into that nice little safe zone at the back.
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The driver, Mac, was a hefty guy. Even without his left torso, he still weighs over 200 pounds. I think the turret crew are trying to keep everyone else alive while the radio/bow gunner, Donald, cuts Mac into smaller (more easily lifted) chunks with his pocket knife.
Once Mac is out of the way, Donald will take over driving.
Uh oh. Donald's knife just snagged on a bit of tendon, and closed on his knuckles.
This might take a while.
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So I'm downloading the movie, which I saw about 24 years ago.
I liked it then, I expect I'll like it now.
Has anyone else seen it?
Early war expansion?
in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy
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I have only been asking for this since I first got a CM game (CMBB) back in the 1990s.