Vacillator
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John, I can't see your original photo, but the adapted Jeep from Falaise seems like a good idea to me if you have to spend any time in it, particularly over night. But then I do come from a camping and campervan background / current ground
. Hmmm that may not be a campervan emoji...
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1 hour ago, kevinkin said:
reviewers of the newly released Steam CMSF2 were panning the game's graphics
I quite like the graphics, but I'm prepared for some criticism of that statement
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21 minutes ago, E5K said:
Seems like a good thread to make my first post.
Welcome E5K, your gaming sounds a bit like mine.
The tanking bit not so much, the closest I have managed is at Bovington Tank Museum in Dorset, UK (
) and also one or two interesting days at Weston Super Mare 'tank days on the beach' (sadly now shut down after a Sherman engine compartment caught fire last time I was there, due it seemed to a collision with a T34 - we in the crowd were too close for Health and Safety ).
Anyway, happy gaming and feel free to ask any questions
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Okay so no takers on the A400M, the noise from which I experienced (and loved) again today.
We also have
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW101
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW159_Wildcat
as we're in an Army Air Corps low fly zone. Nice!
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I would, but I'm a bit busy at the moment. You could post in the General Discussion 'CM2 opponent finder' thread as well. Good luck and I'm sure we'll meet up at some point
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EDIT: forgot to say 'welcome!', how rude am I?
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1 hour ago, Mogarth said:
Thanks everyone! I really like the community!
lol - purpheart23 ok you've convinced me -- may as well round out my collection!
Totally agree with both, the community is great and you may as well go for FI as it's very good. Oh and a big welcome.
The problem you might have is finding enough time to give all the titles a proper try
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I only started last May and have all the WW2 titles but have only scratched the surface really, some slightly more than others.
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Hi beep and welcome. The protection thing isn't an issue in my experience.
If you're looking at buying Battle for Normandy, I would say go for it. And then you'll get Red Thunder, Final Blitzkrieg and Fortress Italy - but not necessarily in that order
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These wonderful beasts are making the most interesting noises in the night-time skies above my house:
https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircraft/atlas-c1-a400m/
Those turbo-props, wow!
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8 hours ago, Warts 'n' all said:
gotten
An interesting word. Recently criticised for being 'American-ish', but as we (Queen's Englishers
) already have 'ill-gotten gains' I imagine that's not justified? If there's anyone I could ask I thought it might be you?
And we can get back to 17 pounders and doing it in a ditch in just a moment...
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It's probably because most pictures of JPs after-action (i.e. abandoned or destroyed) don't have any schurzen. Whether they started with them or not, who knows. Most pictures (but not all) with schurzen are from the training grounds...
And we must remember - other nations made tank destroyers, which may or may not have been as good, as 'sexy', as badly out-numbered, etc. etc.
EDIT: I'm also glad that you're LYAO, I find there's not much better than LMAO
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Yeah, CW looks like being my first 'modern' title. And when the inevitable (hopefully) BAOR module is added, who could resist?
I have a lot of learning to do though...
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There's definitely enough love, but not enough time
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FB is great, has a different and I would say a good 'feel' about it. Of course it doesn't have as much content (stock and additional) as BN and RT.
If you really mean BS (and not BN) then I'm the same - no BS here
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4 minutes ago, Bubba883XL said:
I'm certainly an eastern from fanatic. Currently reading about battle for Posen january45, and of Breslau.
I always said I was East Front first, even on this fine forum. And RT was my first CM title.
However I have noticed a strange trend in recent months - I spend far more time playing FB and BN (plus a bit of FI). Maybe that's about to change...
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21 minutes ago, Warts 'n' all said:
Dash, blast and fiddlesticks. That's one of my future pictures nabbed by Ciderboy.
Sorry, shall I delete? My attempt at bringing back an even keel seems to have backfired
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I'm also loving this Bil, as always.
I'm learning a lot from your initial assessment process and the ability to hold forces back until needed, as opposed to my usual 'get it all up there as quick as possible' (hmmm, that doesn't sound quite right, but you know what I mean
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Good luck and looking forward to your victory!
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You two should get a room. I must stop saying that.
Anyway, here's proof (I think) that the driver did not have to jump in a ditch while t'others were doing their business. But it also proves that he felt the need for something a bit more protective.
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19 hours ago, kohlenklau said:
For all the CMFI players, I can only quote McArthur..."I shall return"
That's excellent news. I haven't finished 'Wacht am Rapido' yet so there's time
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I'd be happy to take them on with a single J*******r, from the other end of the street
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Ambridge is more of a metropolis than I'd imagined...
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Welcome and well done with the screen shots. Depending on image source you may find your 'allowance' for posting pictures will fill up, but you can delete old ones from your profile 'attachments' listing and they will still show up on the forum. Hope that makes sense...
Enjoy the gaming!
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28 minutes ago, Aragorn2002 said:
Great vehicles in a grain field, Jagdpanzers.
Be careful though, you should balance that with 'other vehicles from other nations might be equally great, or even better'.
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36 minutes ago, Lethaface said:
the journey from UK on an illegal steamship all the way to Utrecht
You may know already that I'm not a big fan of Brexit, but an illegal steamship might be going too far
. However a trip to Utrecht would be nice, so far I have visited far fewer places in the Netherlands than I'd like to. Often they have been just airports or Eurostar train stations 
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9 minutes ago, Aragorn2002 said:
Absolutely. That and the Jagdpanzer IV L/70!
Well spotted, that was the other 'large AFV' in the QB (let no-one make the mistake of calling it a tank
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Its services were however not called upon as far as KOs were concerned.
So glad i found CM
in Combat Mission - General Discussion
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@George MC I like your vernacular (ooh err).
How are your recent projects going, as I always enjoy your work and thought I could sneak in some espionage at the same time?