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Dr.Fusselpulli

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  1. On 3/10/2021 at 4:50 AM, MikeyD said:

    Its hard to do in Germany (they're VERY restrictive with its use) but other places you can drive down any road and look out across any landscape, measure the distances between terrain features. Here's an example, I randomly plopped down an a spot in the Czech republic

    The countryside in the Czech Republic is differently used from the countryside in Germany.
    I am German and live in Czech Republic and I clearly see a difference. In Czech Republic, LOS is often far greater, larger fields, less treelines between them. Seems to be a leftover of communist agriculture. I also have the feeling trees are smaller. I am missing the beech forests with its massive old trees I know from home, but maybe I just wasn´t in the right forest yet.

  2. On 3/10/2021 at 7:18 AM, silverstars said:

    I am deeply pleased by the amount of Goth/Industrial fans on a hardcore military wargaming forum. :D

    Well, 80s music and a game about a hopeless end of time war, of course it is the Goth and Industrial kids occupying the thread.

     

     

  3. 9 hours ago, Sequoia said:

    What was/is the Army alone called?

    Just Heer. The Austrian Military is called Bundesheer, and Bundeswehr in Germany. Maybe missleading for foreign people.
    Here a CH-53 by the Heer, in which you can see it:
    Sikorsky_CH-53_ILA-2006_2.jpg

    8 hours ago, chuckdyke said:

    Wehr etymology is related to the English word war.

    That might be true, but "Wehr" does have more the mening of defense.
    A "Wehr" can also be a technical building reducing the flow of water in a river.
    "Brustwehr" is a parapet.
    "Wehrhaft" means somebody is ready for defense.
    "Sich wehren" means "to fight back"

    the etymology might be related to war, but it be more like the english word of defense, which is also connected to fence or fencing, which in itself might be connected again to the German word "fechten" (fencing) or "Gefecht" (Battle)

  4. 12 hours ago, Sgt.Squarehead said:

    VW Type 183 Iltis

    Yes, the Iltis became the new standardised jeep of the Bundeswehr in 1978, which replaced the DKW Munga and the VW Typ 181 Kurierwagen. But I don´t know if the Munga was still in service in 1979, the Kurierwagen was definitely still in service in the early 80s.
    The Munga had many problems which never got fully fixed, the Iltis was the the replacement for the Munga, but wasn´t developed yet, when needed, so the Kurierwagen was the Ad-Hoc solution until the Iltis was ready.
    1280px-Volkswagen_181_Kurierwagen_(2).jp
    M%C3%A4rker8.jpg

  5. 3 hours ago, Sequoia said:

    But more seriously, I think almost all civilian cars would be gone by the time the Soviets got close. Fleeing civilians blocking the roads was a serious concern of the NATO planners.

    Most civilian cars are probably gone, yes. But I guess, a reasonable amount of them would have been abandonded as well. What if you ran out of fuel, or something broke down or was broken down, when the russians were coming? What if you were too slow to flee, or wanted to pick a loved one up when it happened?

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