Gosh, this is fun! - I found it Googling "wrg tanks infantry" as I occasionally do. I've got Jim's book, and I've got the copy of British Army Review in which his brother (who was a TA - reserve - infantry officer, as was I at the time) had an article on "mini-APCs" based on wargaming. That the rules used were WRG 1950-85 seemed likely because smaller vehicles are harder to spot - something which the successor 1950-2000 rules did away with. It's a brilliant book and my former CO is eagerly awaiting his copy. It's easy enough to quibble with, but what would be the point of a book that didnt provoke such a lively and interesting debate? The thing that jarred most with me is that the definitions of "interlocking" and "overlapping" aren't the ones I was taught. Which is basically irrelevant to the book's utility. I'm putting together a Bundeswehr force from 1968 (for WRG), so I look forward to trialling my SPz-12s - and maybe comparing them to AMX VTT/VCI when I get round to Belgians. And I have played CM, but only the older versions.
New Book: "Battlegroup!: The Lessons of the Unfought Battles of the Cold War" (Jim Storr)
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Gosh, this is fun! - I found it Googling "wrg tanks infantry" as I occasionally do. I've got Jim's book, and I've got the copy of British Army Review in which his brother (who was a TA - reserve - infantry officer, as was I at the time) had an article on "mini-APCs" based on wargaming. That the rules used were WRG 1950-85 seemed likely because smaller vehicles are harder to spot - something which the successor 1950-2000 rules did away with. It's a brilliant book and my former CO is eagerly awaiting his copy. It's easy enough to quibble with, but what would be the point of a book that didnt provoke such a lively and interesting debate? The thing that jarred most with me is that the definitions of "interlocking" and "overlapping" aren't the ones I was taught. Which is basically irrelevant to the book's utility. I'm putting together a Bundeswehr force from 1968 (for WRG), so I look forward to trialling my SPz-12s - and maybe comparing them to AMX VTT/VCI when I get round to Belgians. And I have played CM, but only the older versions.