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Magnifique!

YUM!!!!!

I accumulate games and big-boy's toys. She accumulates...... cushions.......?!?

BRADLEY!!!!

Like, just wow.

This article is all about WW1, but it may have been true to some degree in WW2 as well? http://www.historicalfirearms.info/post/138818285844/historical-trivia-rubber-for-binoculars-at-the

You survived, but with that damage bill, the old gal's essentially useless now?

Huzzah! Bring on Umlaut's German vehicles! Seriously though Umlaut, thanks for chasing this up in the Tech Support area, and I am certainly quite happy to do the above, to get the best of both worlds. But I can certainly understand your frustration.

Very nice Bill. I definitely agree: short stories covering a finite little 'action' are a lot easier to create and satisfactorily complete than an ongoing narrative (and it means you can complete it in a finite 'real-time', rather than having a long term story that chew away at your time for weeks (or more!).

I think that was the intent of BuffPuff's 'off-topic' comment; it was a request directed at BF, rather than you.

And if Umlaut added this as his signature line, noobie folks like me would be absolutely stunned by his sheer volume of work! Just sayin! Umlaut's frackin amazing Mod collection!

LMAO! That "Oh S#$t!" moment of revelation...

Yes, the manual only lists 20 rounds of 73mm HE/HEAT and 7.62mm. No ATGMs on board.

Does this mean I'll be able to specify CAS with either water or flame-retardent payloads??

Especially if you theme it WW2 ad style, aka: or The retro period theme can be very effective, e.g. the Fallout ads:

Boom-tish! (or beat-box?? )

Good write up. Your passion shows! You mention " pixel rappen "; is this an auto-correct of pixeltruppen? Or a variation of that that I've missed?

http://i.imgur.com/uTWLbYe.jpg Nothing like a BMP-3 autoloader to add some battlefield pyrotechnics...

Thanks FO, I will have to experiment with this off-line

A good way to remove this crutch is to play a PBEM; no saves to fall back to! You can watch your units' glorious last moments ad-infinitum though!

LOL, play Black Sea, and you have to very rapidly accept the mindset that vehicles will fireball Pretty Damn Quick, and often with no visuals (or even idea) on the enemy unit (and if you are really unlucky, no idea even of the ordnance involved!!!). Otherwise a/. your head will end up in the monitor or b/. the monitor will end up wrapped around your head..... After that, the plinking and brew-ups in the WW2 titles are quite mild in comparison!

@Jammersix I had though about using a FIST this way, but what happens if you want to get your 'eyes' in the grass at the edge of a a treeline? BS is brutal to exposed vehicles, so I've always preferred the 'invisibility' of an FO team hidden in the grass, over a (pretty obvious) FIST vehicle. Edit: Ahh I see, you are using it solely as a UAV terminal for indirect FO arty calls only. No direct FO 'eyes-on' calls. Fair enough. I think I've generally house-ruled out UAV's in all my PBEMs thus far (UKR vs RUS) since UKR has no UAVs..... Must admit, in the second US campaign mission, I think I am using the FIST exactly as you describe.

That was a good read, thanks for the linky.

Combined with @benpark Snowy Trees Mod, it adds so much to the winter feel. Bravo!! Looking forward to your German iterations! ;D

How on earth did you just " came across this one in the Wikipedia today"?? It's one thing to start watching youtube videos on M1 Garand firing rates, and 3 hours later find yourself watching DIY videos on how to do an oil change on your car.... But you are doing the same on Wikipedia??