Vacillator
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Welcome! There are quite a few PBEM players here, they might just be a bit busy (like me). If no-one jumps in, you could also try over at the The Few Good Men:
https://www.thefewgoodmen.com/thefgmforum/forums/combat-mission-opponent-finder.451/
Otherwise, if/when I'm less busy I'd be happy to oblige.
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On 3/5/2024 at 11:28 AM, Warts 'n' all said:
with this classic.
Ah Loch Lomond. There's a great road along the west side (from memory, maybe @George MC can confirm) which we used to take on motorcycle camping trips quite a few years ago. Beautiful place, although the scenery was probably not top priority for us at the time. Might go back on my current bike (a KTM 890 Duke R with excellent modern technology
).
Okay, I'm OT again...
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1 hour ago, sburke said:
Japanese have a lock on that. If you don't have one of these you don't know what you are missing.
UltraMax® II 1G One-Piece Toilet, Elongated Bowl - 1.0 GPF - WASHLET+ Connection (totousa.com)
When the Russians invade Japan, they'll be shooting each other to send one of these home.
LOL. Just realised I was a bit unclear. I meant Ikea don't have toilets for sale, although I read that some display items have actually been used
. I did not mean that Sweden as a country does not have toilets (of course).
And with that I'd better go. From this forum thread...
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1 hour ago, The_Capt said:
It all ends with Sweden ruling our bums - or at least where we put them
They don't do toilets yet? Or do they? Sorry, OT so I'll disappear again.
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52 minutes ago, Centurian52 said:
60mm mortar round meets MG42 HMG team.
You're playing the same game I'm playing
. If only the 60mm would 'meet' the HMG team a bit more often.
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3 hours ago, Anthony P. said:
Disney picks it up and continues with CM3, CM4 and CM5 all within four to five years.
Let's not get into the argument of whether or not the Disney Star Wars films were any good, or the Lucas prequel trilogy for that matter. IMHO they both had their moments, some good ones, some bad.
So Disney CM. Hmmm, how are they going to wedge a 'love interest' into a wargame
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22 minutes ago, chuckdyke said:
Refrigerators were a luxury
Yes, my memory is of crates of small bottles left outside the back door of the school. You were lucky if you got one of the bottles that the birds hadn't already opened by pecking the foil caps.
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3 hours ago, Warts 'n' all said:
As for Arther i think he is still with us.
Yes, my mistake - he's a spritely 86.
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2 minutes ago, Probus said:
Engineer squad, then an infantry squad to cover them (that hopefully stops before the mines). Then the flails clear the mines. Then the rest of the column follow the flails. (tanks and mechanized infantry).
Sounds good. I think I'm going to have to play it (after a few other commitments).
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2 minutes ago, Probus said:
I don't dare put my flails at the head of the column. Too many Panzershrecks.
Without playing it (I will when I get a chance) I wouldn't know but yes, if there are PS (or even PF) teams about that might not end well. Which is why I said cover them, but easier said than done.
Having said all of that, if you have flails they're not there to clear the road after everyone has passed?
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38 minutes ago, Warts 'n' all said:
The Milk Snatcher
Coincidence - I mentioned this just yesterday to my son, who was surprised that we used to get milk at school. Until... well of course you know.
And as for mines, Arthur S will be turning in his grave.
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Either of the above sound good, but neither are quick if you have a distance to travel. Detecting mines was/is not a quick thing I suppose.
Bring on the flails if you have them but keep them covered (and keep your fingers crossed)...
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25 minutes ago, Vergeltungswaffe said:
their own roundel
Again, I'm not sure but I think roundels were only used on planes, not vehicles? And on planes they weren't replaced with stars AFAIK. On vehicles however, just like the photo above, the star was used. And if I was in a vehicle in Normandy (for example) I'd want it to be as clear as possible to my aircraft friends that I was not an enemy. Did that work? Not always...
As @Warts 'n' all said, red and white stripes were used on British tanks in Africa and Italy. Why red and white stripes? Looks a bit English to me, not British
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Could you post a picture or two of what you would expect to see? From a quick google of images of British tanks in Normandy, I'm not sure - most have unit markings, some have stars, some not. I don't think there are UK 'national' markings?
For example:
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Yeah, I'm with you on that. He's 'just up the road' from you in TX of course
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He's a good friend to me whatever, we had a great time on his UK visit, including Bovington, beers and curry
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Hi Diego, welcome.
Sadly @kohlenklau has taken leave of the forum for a while. I'm trying to persuade him to come back, we'll see...
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Spoilers here as well...
Without going too much into detail, in our PBEM with me as US I ignored the 'hang back and wait for the rest of your forces' suggestion, and sent a lot (but not all) of the guys in Rittershoffen immediately up to the front in Hatten. They had a tough time against things like the flammpanzers, but delayed German progress quite well. At the same time a German long-flanking move on my left got to the outskirts of Rittershoffen but was halted there, while a move on the right was deflected into Hatten (largely by my 57mm guns, say no more), to be reinforced shortly after by the seemingly huge German reinforcements (lots of Panzer IVs and more). One group headed up the middle behind my front line but was gradually and then fully taken out by carefully positioned Shermans, mostly from my reinforcements. The rest of the panzers continued to advance towards the church in Hatten, with a bit of attrition either way.
My infantry were tough, and took out various vehicles with bazookas, and right at the end I got a demo charge on a flammpanzer - nice! A surrender soon followed as it was apparent things were going in my favour. As I also had another set of Shermans (9 or even 12 I think) just about to come on, I think that was a reasonable call.
All in all, a great PBEM, and quite an epic battle, which I thought for a long while was going against me.
EDIT: just checked the tank count, 5 US lost versus 25 German lost but that doesn't tell the whole story.
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1 hour ago, Centurian52 said:
Those that do live out in the countryside tend not to spend their time looking for people hundreds of meters away wearing dull clothing
Perhaps I'm an odd one out. I do live in the countryside and do spend my time 'spotting' other people when I'm out. No I'm not the phantom flasher, I have two crazy (well mostly barky, so not so bad) dogs and I like to be on top of the 'approaching dogs/people/horses/farm animals' intel.
I also spot (or sound contact) tractors, but in my mind I'm imagining they're T34s
. Of course I always carry a Panzerfaust just in case.
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4 minutes ago, PIATpunk said:
I reminded you just the other day not to post here, Mum.
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1 hour ago, Mr.X said:
I'm very pleased that I still receive inquiries every day
Me too Frank, great work and it deserves the 'exposure'. Hope all is well with you my friend
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1 hour ago, Vergeltungswaffe said:
Steve says sales wouldn't justify it
There must be at least a dozen who have previously said they would buy it
. Me being one.
If they adopted your trademarked name, who could resist it?
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1 hour ago, WimO said:
I know the cause and solution for that problem
Thanks Wim, I recall you mentioned this somewhere else.
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All I can say is it's @George MC. I would expect no less
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Claymores Through Kleve Mission 3
in Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg
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Sounds good.
Were they from the same unit(s)?