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And if I recall right, there are even two scenarios for the flail tanks. The VP is a „questionable investment“, more like a collectors item. You don‘t need it, but you have to have it.

Hm, that‘s interesting. Stupid question: How do you find that stuff? If I search, I find only a small number of series and movies. Say, 50 each. But that’s difficult to judge, because I never found complete lists. Breaking that down to what is of interested for me, I end up with a handful each.

Did you check, if the Battle Pack scenarios and campaigns are available in your installed game? Alas, the Battle Pack consists only (or better:mostly) of Battle and Campaign files.

I did not watch it yet, but it looks like a comic book movie (or better:Series). After 3 weeks, I am still no Netflix fan...

In the end, I was not too enthusiastic anymore. The final battle was very far away from the historical account. And there was a funny glitch leading to the battle: The Roman Legions marched from the summer camp at Porta Westfalica (nicely shown on a map) west and planned to attack the Marsii, who lived in the north of Germany and north-west of the summer camp. On their way the Legions turned left (I.e., to the south), just before the battle. But that probably was already part of “the evil plan” to confuse the Legions. No, the series is a quite nice action series with historical background, but nothing more.

Yeah, sure. Speaking German I am well aware, what „Nebelwerfer“ means. Though, there is also the claim from Rudolph Nebel, that he developed them and that they were named after him. Anyway, I guess what we all want to see in CM is the „Big Bang“, not the smoke....

As bad as it is, travel restrictions have nothing to do with this. In another Great Country they did not stop „very fine people“ to shoot a (quite) peaceful protesters or to drive trucks into crowds.

I should have most of Aris‘ mods. Drop me PM line and open a large Dropbox-Folder....

Just a wild guess: Can it be tagged, so that it appears only in a correspondingly mod-tagged scenario?

And the Nebelwerfer are pretty useless, anyway. The only thing, they are good for is (in my experience), indeed a smoke screen.

Yep, before your charge with the „Recon thingy“ I thought so, too. Unfortunately, in that case even 3 teams (one with a Panzerfaust) could not stop it.

In another scenario, I once had a 500lbs bomb dropped directly in front of a Jagdpanzer. It did not do any damage, but it was an amazing sight. I watched the scene from the Jagpanzer and was surprised by a shaking screen and whiteout for a second or two. Can't quite remember, if even the sound was muted after the "big bang".

Hi John, good guess, but it's probably in Czechoslovakia. "Lékárna" is Czech for "Apotheke" or pharmacy.

Well, the region is about right for FB: South of Cologne and Aachen, north of Karlsruhe, east of Luxembourg, west of Frankfurt. Only, that it was not called Rheinland-Pfalz back then.

I found it on a QB map. Not quite sure what the name is. I played against @JoMc67, so he might know. Anyway, a small map. Two minor VP areas diagonally apart on hills in north and south corners and in the center a valley with a small village and a major VP area. Wooded areas left and right of the village.

Was that Rupert "wine-nosed" and big bellied? Otherwise, you may be mistaken. Well, 400 years certainly take their toll...

Gents I just "binge-watched" the first three episodes of "Barbarians". Coming from the actual Varus battle area, I simply had to and even signed in for a free test abo with Netflix. What shall I say? Pretty good so far. Very worthwhile to watch but certainly not a "historical documentary". Well, one should not expect that, of course. The series is quite comparable with "Vikings" or "The Last Kingdom". Being the latest "Nit Pick Prize" winner (refer to other threads ), I have some comments, of course: - - It's a (somehow) serious attempt to portray this history changing battle "movie style". Else, I remember only a movie from the 70's. And that was, ehem, "not good" - the Romans speak Latin. Perfect, that really adds a lot to the general feeling! - the German language on the other hand is strange (an english soundtrack is available), as it indeed sounds too modern. Some people say it sounds like in downtown Berlin. That's probably somewhat unfair, but not completely wrong. - though the looks are in general pretty good, some main characters, like Folkwin or Thusnelda, look too good. Like nowaday teens (or Tweens) with perfect white teeth, which I would not really expect in 9 AD Germany. - the shots of the country side are not quite right The series was filmed in Hungary and one does see the difference. There are no wide rolling, wooded hills in the north of Eastern-Westafalia. The Teutoburg Forest is more like an arc of narrow wooded hills. This really may be nit picking, but it disturbes me. - some people complain about the stirrups being used by the Roman-German Cavalry, but THAT is reallly nit picking... All in all: Pretty good attempt and worth spending a few hours.

Thank you, Sir. I will accept it with pride!

I just noted this poster on a building in FB: FB.pdf Looks good, but unfortunately Rheinland-Pfalz was founded only after the war in 1946. Nice glitch...

The scenario plays out quite differently for me. Of course, I had a "perfect" plan. On the right flank, I first took the "knoll" without opposition. Then on to the Chateau, that's where things became derailed. The Panthers cleared the Chateau from Shermans and ATG's easily enough , but my infantry was hit hard by arty and mortar and delayed. Not too bad yet, I still took the Chateau. Being behind schedule, I raced toward the north slope. Obviously the Panthers and StuG arrived first, a platoon of infantry followed on half tracks two on foot. But unfortunately, I had missed a Sherman near the Chateau, which killed two of the half tracks. I sent one Panther back to quickly despatch the Sherman, but now I had one Panther less up front. Becoming frustrated from waiting, I moved the other Panthers and the StuG through the woods. The StuG soon was immobilzed by hand granades and I decided to race through with the Panthers. That worked nicely, until they ran into an ambush of three Shermans. Only one of three Panthers returned, luckily just in time to spoil a counter attack at the north slope victory point area. Meanwhile my infantry had moved up and secured half of the north slope VP area. Earlier, I decided to move the fourth Panther along the road on the north edge, hoping to contest the north east slope victory point area in the end game. Worked nicely, until it was killed (just tooday) by a Sherman lurking in the orchards. On the left flank, I had the plan to just pin the oppo force in the north east VP area with the Pz IV and an infantry company. Stupid enough, I was drawn into a fight, lost two Pz IV and a counter attack smashed my infantry. Panzerfaust's and the remaining Pz IV's stopped the counter attack, but the left front is now in some sort of stalemate. We have still 30 minutes to go and my final plan is "hold out and hope for the best". So, all in all: A lot of movement, some hot action, some nice achievements, some bad failures. Not too shabby for a CM scenario. Ah, I forgot to say: I am playing "The Mace" PBEM. Re the "story telling": Yep, sounds familiar. My wife would not care to listen through this tale either, but I keep trying.

Hi John, I wondered, too, but your question finally made me searching. This is from Wikipedia (search for Hill 262): „One of the few westbound roads in the area runs from Chambois through the pass, heading towards Vimoutiers and the River Seine.[31][33]Historian Michael Reynolds describes Point 262N as offering "spectacular views over much of the Falaise Pocket".[32] Viewing the feature on an Allied map, Maczek commented that it resembled a caveman's club with two bulbous heads; the Poles nicknamed it the Maczuga, Polish for "mace".[33][34] The ridge, known to the Allies as Hill 262,[5] formed a crucial blocking position for sealing the Falaise Pocket and preventing any outside attempts to relieve the German 7th Army.“ Great scenario, by the way.

All good. Please refer to my PM.

Eh, your calculation is wrong. (Sorry, old engineers habit. „First of all, check if the numbers match.“) The area is „D squared x Pi / 4“ or 350x350x3.14/4= 96‘162 m2. With 550 shells, this comes to 0.005 shells/m2. But a square meter is a very small area. Quite a long time ago, we discussed the blast radius of artillery shells in a thread (I think, it was naval gun related). That discussion may give some further info.

Yeah, they normally can help you with such things quickly.

Sgt.Squarehead 1,195 Posted March 15, 2018 Armortek. If 1/6 is your thing, these are the guys for you: https://www.armortek.co.uk/ PS - Interesting.....They don't seem to advertise their 'live fire' stuff any more, their first Tiger kit could be fitted with a shotgun as the main weapon. Edited March 15, 2018 by Sgt.Squarehead Those were the days.... Unfortunately, the Tiger is out off production. But now Armortek has a Jagdtiger in their program.