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Conquered by the Deutsch Ritter Orden in the 13th Century, if I recall correctly. ”Same architecture” is a big word. The architecture differs quite much between north and south especially. E.g., you see those reddish-brown brick buildings only in northern Germany.

Yep, that has been discussed in another thread already:

Are you aware, that your forum password and the BFC password are not the same? Otherwise, contact customer service @BFCElvis. I am sure they won’t let a customer, with your reputation and willing to spend his money, down.

Call for air support? Rather not or only on very large maps.

Whow, you know what the TacAI intends? I doubt that it has any intend by definition.

Your statement is too general for my taste. I would rather agree with @IanL. Certainly, I do see some surprising hits, but also many miserable fails. To do some proper testing is a good idea, though not easy to do. First question: Against what will you compare the results?

I am not quite sure, that I understand your question, but most people nowadays use IMGUR to post their pic‘s.

Made, because I asked for it.... And itˋs not even my birthday. Thanks, guys! @umlaut: I havenˋt tried it yet, but the mod looks great in Booties review. Especially the rusted weld seams are a nice new touch

Yup, a wee little @Lucky_Strike influence can not be denied.

Triggered by a discussion in another thread, I remembered this: Reminds me too: Switzerland even published a “Zivilverteidigungs-Booklet“ in the 60‘s, trying to prepare people for a Guerilla warfare. Kind of a Boy Scout manual with a “Third World War” story line. Not surprisingly, the evil invaders came from the East and relief finally came from western airborne troops landing in the last moment. Downloadable here and a good read from fortunately long gone times: http://www.libenter.ch/090610_zivilverteidigung_1969_v1.4_de.pdf

Is that not sort of a contradiction? But anyway, I don’t want to start that discussion.

Just to make the old joke again: When it is ready. Be patient. Normally we wait years for a new title and now it’s only months.

I forgot to say: And you can’t buy assault rifles in your favourite supermarket here.

Nope, this is what I meant: http://www.libenter.ch/090610_zivilverteidigung_1969_v1.4_de.pdf

Hehehechuckle, no, not quite. Every service man (and basically every man is called in, with some exceptions), is entitled to keep his weapon after active service. Mostly assault rifles, but many rather choose a pistol. And nowadays many completely decline thankfully. The only obligation to keep your weapon (plus 10 bullets or so), is to participate in a yearly training shooting as long as you are in active reserve. In earlier days, the weapon had to be stored at home, nowadays it can be stored in an armoury. As for the murder rates: Let’s call it mediocre. But certainly less than what we see in another big western democracy and practically no crazy mass shootings.

Reminds me too: Switzerland even published a “Zivilverteidigungs-Booklet“ in the 60‘s, trying to prepare people for a Guerilla warfare. Kind of a Boy Scout manual with a “Third World War” story line. Not surprisingly, the evil invaders came from the East and relief finally came from western airborne troops landing in the last moment. If you care, I can send you a PDF copy. Hm, perhaps I should post this in the recommended reading thread.

Well, refer to my post in the General Discussion Forum. I agree, not about nuking Switzerland, but close enough.

Now look, for us the threat obviously came from the other side.

Not quite. Switzerland only had the Building regulation, that for all citizens there should be a nearby nuclear shelter with sufficient provisions. Most single houses had/have their own shelter, apartment buildings had shared shelters and in an Apartment complex, you would find a central, shared shelter for a few buildings. Basically those shelters were for free for use as basement rooms, but they had to be equipped so, that they could be cleared and converted into shelters within a few days (I.e., no additional in-build walls,etc). IIRC, this building regulation was given up only in the early 90‘s, I believe.

Interesting, that must have been because of Able Archer 83. The exercise was held in November 83 and raised the tensions quite much. Though I don‘t remember much of it. Those were my early University days and I had quite a hard time, trying to get up to learning speed. Looking back, I never felt very threatened in the 70‘s and 80‘s. Even 15 years further back in primary school, we had no „duck and cover“ lessons. What I do remember, is that the military presence in Germany was quite high in general. There was rarely a day without seeing Phantoms in the sky or some trucks and tanks on the roads. But then, I grew up in a garrison town. That explains the tanks on the roads and the Brits in the shopping streets. And of course, I remember endless political discussions on a high level between us students and people in general. Normally well informed,much more involved, but also cooler and more pragmatic than what we hear and see nowadays.

Don‘t worry, unless @Aragorn2002 picks it up.

You mean „The Netherlands“, I suppose. I had a few projects there and learned the hard way, that it‘s a delicate distinction.

Thanks again, Stephane. I received your mail, but did not try the Me109 flavour object yet. Have been occupied with some RL issues in the last days and had little time and patience for CM. I‘ll post a screen shot, when I manage to get the object working in a scenario.

And not even expensive, though it sounds like some refurbishment is required. https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/berlin-wald-mit-ex-sed-fuehrungsbunker-bei-hohenzieritz-wird-versteigert-a-8c13c752-3e1f-4353-aac5-146a2f65f853?sara_ecid=soci_upd_KsBF0AFjflf0DZCxpPYDCQgO1dEMph

Obvious question: Would you ..., please?