Vacillator
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5 minutes ago, Grey_Fox said:
Frontal hits to the front center of the T-90 will penetrate with the message "hit opening".
I am in your debt sir.
Not having the T90 in my garage I haven't seen this. Or have in other earlier titles? Hmmm.
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18 hours ago, Lucky_Strike said:
Just off to order me dots now - do you think ten packs of these would cover 131?
Yes, they look adequate in number, not sure about emissivity?
Anyhoo, as expected they weren't so keen on my Banksy on the front of the Jagdpanther and I was escorted to the car park. I assume you arrived later. We could try again tomorrow though, weekend staff might be less attentive?
Let's meet up at 0730 to finesse our plan of attack.
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1 hour ago, Twisk said:
"hit opening"
To me that's a little enigmatic for BFC to address
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Do you mean the entrance of a round through an opening is not modelled correctly? Or that you can't hit an opening? I know that when I hit 'Open' the hatches do actually open, so it's not that.
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2 hours ago, NPye said:
Norfolk battalions landing in Singapore
Not quite the same but one of grandfathers was in the Royal Navy during the war. He would get as far as saying he was in the Far East and then refuse to say any more. I can only imagine.
My other grandfather had a better experience, he was in a protected occupation moving coal around by train.
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You two should get a room. No really, I would happily adopt the offspring into my Z folder(s).
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17 hours ago, Lucky_Strike said:
rolled on its side, and somehow ends back on a section of track
If that was indeed the sorry state of affairs, I imagine the track 'broke' as it hit terra firma. It's perhaps a break in an odd place (i.e above the wheels) , but then track links and pins aren't designed for such frivolous bouncing around.
I'm currently cutting out a stencil, and will head to Bovington in the morning to try it out. If you're at a loose end you could meet me there with a packet of coloured dots. I'll be the one being escorted from the premises.
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44 minutes ago, dkchapuis said:
a dragon passing through a building
Ah, you have the beta of CM GOT? Me too, and the dragons are way over-powered...
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2 hours ago, TheVulture said:
Sounds like they've been listening to the Iranians too much: the general Iranian world view is that Britain is behind everything and just using the USA as its puppet.
LOL.
Britain must be behind the rumour that Britain is behind everything.
More seriously why do certain sources keep alleging such things? The fact that Boris strolled with considerable swagger through the streets of Kyiv early in the conflict does not mean Britain is running the show
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And if CM is anything to go by, they were probably saying "no, it's okay that's not one of ours"
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17 minutes ago, Warts 'n' all said:
I do have a "Wyvern" yt video queued up in my "Watch Later" list. Not sure if it is the same one.
May be, hope so, although I didn't get to it. The suggestion on IMDb was that it's a series with multiple episodes. I may just have missed a link to fire it up.
A quick look on Youtube, which I'd neglected to do, suggests some videos which are at least partly based on the series ad its black and white footage.
EDIT: I started watching one which is the said item. In three parts.
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Just a thought, 'kill marking' could be a 'recovery marking'. Particularly as the suggestion is that it was upside down at some point (unusual, perhaps due to bombs or naval weapons as there are photos of overturned Tigers said to be from this, or from traversing terrain, or during shifting out of the way, who knows).
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16 hours ago, Warts 'n' all said:
The Wyverns led off Bluecoat in the XXX Corps sector.
We might find the answer here:
Wyvern at War: The Story of the 43rd (Wessex Division) from June 1944 to V.E. Day
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1914155/?ref_=tt_ov_inf
It doesn't seem to be available now though. Perhaps you watched it on release, as you're 'of a certain age'?
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Was going to edit post above but too late. Anyway:
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Excellent 'photography'.
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29 minutes ago, Phantom Captain said:
Don't get them started
I know, but we have to. I wasn't there but I've read the threads. And even after that I'm still here...
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Looks really good.
I can't wait to be in command of CM battalions, divisions or more. My orders turn may take a while but who gives a ****?
While I would have said I'll be Axis, I see that most others have already said this. So I could be Soviet and repel the Nazi players who prefer Axis. Allegedly
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No worries. When is kick off?
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2 hours ago, Boo Radley said:
I want to see if I still want to play before I drop some more cash into it.
Why wait, just do it? You know you want to, right...?
And I'll also give you a game if you're stuck. A Peng legend is not to be sniffed at. Or is it?
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I'll confess to a lack of understanding of how this might work, but you can sign me up for 'conscription' too. Who would have thought that would be happening just now?
If you could assign me with +2 modifiers all round I'd appreciate it.
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44 minutes ago, Haiduk said:
Like from LoTR: "We cannot get out. We cannot get out... They have taken a bridge.... The end comes... Drums... Drums..."
Agreed, and that's possibly the most moving passage in that book. I'm not sure I'd be so moved at modern (real) equivalents.
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On 10/1/2022 at 6:05 PM, Phantom Captain said:
It's like CMBN...but NOT. The different terrain, season and weather, equipment, and bigger map sizes make this feel so much closer to RT for me.
I agree, must be the absence of that pesky bocage.
Great shots by the way.
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On 9/11/2022 at 10:55 PM, Battlefront.com said:
Red Thunder for Matrix/Steam (September/October) - as you might expect by now, Matrix/Steam with PBEM/Tournament features. A simultaneous release of a new Battle Pack is also planned. The Pack focuses on Kampfgruppe Mühlenkamp's attempts to keep the Soviets from moving westward in July 1944.
Well, what do you know… we got this one out on time
True but a clue is in the one above. It is ready now thanks to great work from George. Of course it is not strictly 'out on time' just yet
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16 hours ago, Lucky_Strike said:
wrecked JagdPanthers ...
While I don't really like to see wrecked examples of (surprisingly) one of my favourite tanks, those photos are excellent and the comments (whether accurate or not) are interesting.
I hadn't seen the 'bullet splash guard' before, how have I missed this?
I was also interested to see two sizes of muzzle brake. I recall discussing this with @Sgt.Squarehead (who sadly has not been along here for a while
) after he'd kindly sent me (at his expense) a replacement 88mm gun barrel. Thankfully only at 1/72nd scale 
, it fitted through the letter-box, along with the spare T34/85 he'd included as Christmas was coming up. What a nice guy. Anyway, mine had been battle-damaged in an encounter with a cat of another sort, my Burmese, whose teeth had won the day. I noticed that the replacement seemed different and we concluded that it was proably just down to different tooling at the model companies. Maybe not it seems.
So @Lucky_Strike - if you've reached this far and not fallen asleep, thanks for posting. I'll chip in to the legal fund when the copyright police come knocking.
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Different game (Il2) which I don't play so much now, but out in the fields and on the roads I still find myself doing "The German Look" if I hear any sort of aircraft in the sky.
In a similar (this time CM) vein, I find I'm always checking LOS through gaps in the hedges on the local bridleway. Usually to see if I can spot other dog walkers before my crazy Spaniels
do, but it's a bit odd.
Anyway, welcome and don't feel like your alone.
Berlin CMRT Map
in Combat Mission Red Thunder
Posted
I would
that JM.
Surely such a thing can't be too closely copyrighted? We (or should I say you/Nigel) can change a horse's ear here, a cornice there and we have a different beast.
In Sniper Elite 2 I had the pleasure of sitting atop the Gate and whalopping the fleeing Fuhrer from afar. A situation only bettered by hitting his gentleman's area in SE3, and also dropping a Uboat on his head in a different situation.