BletchleyGeek

Fair enough

Eagles are beautiful animals. The drones I work with don't have to worry much about eagles, though. Some fly at Mach 2 over 30,000 feet, others have to stay up in the air for 10 days. I haven't seen eagles doing that :-)

That actually was a pretty good talk. Interesting dress code, on the other hand. Would you believe I work on stuff like the one in the video @Sgt.Squarehead? Thanks for the video it was very interesting.

Serious Overkill In a rather unusual show of force, a U.S. ally shot down a small quadcopter drone using a Patriot missile, according to Gen. David Perkins, speaking at the Association of the United States Army’s Global Force symposium. And it wasn’t a drill. “We have a very close ally of ours that was dealing with an adversary using small quadcopter [unmanned aircraft systems],” Perkins said. “They shot it down with a Patriot missile.” https://futurism.com/a-country-just-used-a-patriot-missile-to-take-down-a-200-drone/

That's a pro tip - I learnt this one from Bil's AAR.

The tankers from the 4th and 11th Armoured divisions would have loved to, but no, the Pershing didn't make it on time for that campaign.

Clicking through and seeing who is involved in that site was like "aww f*ck now Google is going to start recommending me trash like that".

Nice, looks like a bridge right out of a story by Boris Vian

Did you get to fire its main gun? What an awesome screenshot.

Looking forward to take a look at this, played it H2H against someone that decided that discretion was the better part of valour and stopped sending turns after 6 months of slugging it out. I liked very much the terrain, the force composition was a bit "oh well". Sounds like you did something interesting in that department.

They should go and ask him on Twitter, I am pretty sure they would get an answer for the ages.

Just fishing @George MC, no worries!

That sounds like the CMRT expansion... is that covering the fate of the - touch wood - XIII Armeekorps?

That is a pretty good summary - let me remind you all that Badoglio's government signed an armistice and not an unconditional surrender with the Allies. Those are two very different things. An armistice was almost a "get out of jail free" card, all things considered. Maybe somebody with a closer knowledge of Italian politics and history may want to comment, but I think the post-Fascist government has not been judged kindly afterwards. First and foremost, because of maybe ineptitude, maybe cowardice, it failed to give clear instructions to the Italian Army... onto which the Wehrmacht fell swiftly and decisively. Many Italian soldiers paid with their lives that armistice, most of them summarily executed by the German Army as "partisans". Lest not forget that. Second, there was the wishful thinking around the notion of preserving the monarchy... which in the first place had been the sponsor of Mussolini accession to power, and by extension, of the war. I am not sure if it is still illegal for the members of the dynasty to set foot on Italian soil... Third, there was yet another kind of wishful thinking, that of entertaining the notion that their former allies (Germany) would just shrug as they stepped down the bandwagon and that the Western Allies would be welcoming them with open arms... neither of which actually happen. Fourth, the stage was set for a fierce civil war between the "partisans" - that is, the supporters of the pre-war, pre-fascist regime political parties, of all colours and kinds - and the "fascists" that remained loyal to the Germany and the war effort out of fear, idealism or opportunism who set up the very ironically named "Social Italian Republic". That was a rift that took decades to be sealed again, if ever. The exit of Italy from WW2 is one of the most fascinating episodes of the conflict.

Just a bit, but was interesting to read. @Dutchman nails it identifying the some of the factors that are sometimes referred to as "cohesion" in the 1970s and 1980s, and "resilience" nowadays.

I would recommend this site https://www.battlefieldhistorian.com in particular this collection https://www.battlefieldhistorian.com/gsgs_4347_1_25000_normandy.asp I bought the Carentan map and made a map out of it, posted at the TSDIII http://www.thefewgoodmen.com/tsd3/combat-mission-battle-for-normandy/cm-battles-for-normandy-add-ons-maps/map-aussaie-master-map/ So I can attest the material is top notch quality, and well suited for map making.

No official campaigns,. but many official excellent scenarios: CMBN Huzzah CMBN:CW NEDForce at Les Grandes Bonfaits CMRT Studienka and probably a couple more I can't recall.

Of the metaphysical kind, of course.

Wow @John Kettler, that was quite a trip. You're indeed a living rhizome.

Sorry but I am a bit pissed off. Baby boomers better be careful what they post the Interwebs tonight.

I don't want to sound like a jerk, but you are being too kind to Gerry. He really needs to get his head out to of his bunghole, and use his English as First Language's skills to work out the complexities of Shakespeare language....

Nope, who's publishing that one?

It is actually a pretty good book, he produces a very honest assessment of the lack of skill in Totenkopf's command. Lots of good scenario ideas there when CMx3 makes it 1943 East Front.

Following the thread and looking forward to see how this plays out

Cheers @Big Boss, that matches very well with Zetterling's account... an untried Bn commander taking his whole command unsupported by infantry against entrenched Red Army troops.