Warts 'n' all

Cassino - The Hollow Victory by John Ellis published in 1984.

I think your "Surrender Invites Death" series is still one of the best CM series on youtube.

Although you may be biologically inaccurate in your terminology, I don't think that you should be banned. In the meantime perhaps my fellow redhead will learn how to be grateful.

i remember one of Ithikial's Normandy videos where he used building demolition to expose hidden enemy tanks, to very good effect.

Sadly both your Limeys and your Germans are falling victim to a bug introduced with Engine 4. It has been patched successfully in all titles except CMBN because of the different terrain. Hopefully it will get fixed eventually. Myles has faster fingers.

Not quite. They escaped beheading, a fate the befell some of Mad Addy and Joey Gob****e's victims.

I prefer Jefferson Airplane's "off with her head". Sadly, both Eva the Airhead and Mad Magda escaped that particular fate.

@Seedorf81 Sure thing, Clarence (obscure Association Football reference) providing you take your holidays in Overloon, along Hell'e Highway, or on Texel, I'm sure we'd all like to see them.

Really warm in winter.

Although perhaps he does have a point. There is a Metro station in Paris called "Stalingrad".

So that would be the 1814 version?

@Der Kommisar It's always good to see a photo that I've not seen before. Nice one.

The 32-pounder was 94mm. But he might have gotten a bit confused.

Given that this is meant to be a WW2 thread. Lets pay tribute to the women.

That is interesting, thanks for that. I quite like "holdouts" of a slightly different kind, i.e. continental street traders who still speak in pre-kilo terms "livres" "pond" etc

I just didn't enjoy it. Not a "nightmare", but not my idea of fun either.

Hahahaha. I have tried a bit of my own research, it looks like we carried on using "pounder"for tank and AT guns through the late 40's and 50's, and finally caught up with the rest of the world in 1959.

I tried it once, never again. But, each to their own I suppose.

And there was me hoping that you would name him 6-pounder.

There seems to be a misunderstanding of my question. I know why "pounder" was used in the first place, it was even used on the continent into the 19th Century. What I can't fathom is why in the UK it continued to be used for just a handful of guns after everything else, mortars, howitzers, naval guns etc had switched to either inches or mm.

Thanks for that piece. An interesting read. The local motor works in my home town here in Limeyland was owned by GM but they shut it down in the mid 70's. I once knew a couple, who have sadly broken up, she had lived in Flint and he was from Cadillac, they were both musicians, and I doubt if either of them played CM. Ho hum.

I've never quite understood why we carried on using "pounder" for a handful of guns, whilst almost everything else was designated in "inches". Hopefully someone can shed some light on this. And thanks again to 17-pounder aka @76mm for taking my banter in good spirit.

I enjoyed the little break to tell us about your hometown's industrial relations history.

Hahahahahahahahaha ... For those times when "Lol" just doesn't do it justice.

I don't recall ever jumping down a dude's throat. I'm not that athletic. And if I had done, I'm sure the old bill would have done me for assault.