Ziem Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 Hi, small question, Does the psw 223 Radio Car actualy serve a purpose or is just a nice optical thingie? Tx Cheers Z. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziem Posted November 7, 2002 Author Share Posted November 7, 2002 Ooops sorry, found the answer already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolloff Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 And the answer is: ...... ? Seriously, I´d like to know too. Used this unit once in the scenario editor because I expected something with antenna-frame etc. but got nothing like this and went for the plain amored cars instead. Thanks Nolloff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziem Posted November 7, 2002 Author Share Posted November 7, 2002 Hi Noloff, check this thread. http://www.battlefront.com/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=23;t=001356 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolloff Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 Thanks! Nolloff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sardaukar Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 Hmm...I didn't find what the radio car is used for from those links. At least not with cursory glance...someone just write it here in plain english . Edited: Found it finally...they are used as HQs for other armoured cars. Cheers, M.S. [ November 07, 2002, 09:59 AM: Message edited by: Sardaukar ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 The radio car blared love songs at the enemy until they were too melancholy to continue to fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Lucke Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 Originally posted by Pvt. Ryan: The radio car blared love songs at the enemy until they were too melancholy to continue to fight.No! No! You got it all wrong! They were the big panel-sided armored cars that toured around the front-lines, setting up live broadcasts from panzer laager sites and giving away T-shirts with "K-OKW Rox da Steppe!" emblazoned on them, and giving away free tickets to the Lale Anderson concert to the third landser to call in from Kiev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 Originally posted by von Lucke: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Pvt. Ryan: The radio car blared love songs at the enemy until they were too melancholy to continue to fight.No! No! You got it all wrong! They were the big panel-sided armored cars that toured around the front-lines, setting up live broadcasts from panzer laager sites and giving away T-shirts with "K-OKW Rox da Steppe!" emblazoned on them, and giving away free tickets to the Lale Anderson concert to the third landser to call in from Kiev.</font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Leader Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 Well, I guess it would have about the same effectiveness as a Jeep MG in CMBO, or more since it is armoured and the MG is in a turret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Manuel Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 MG in a turret sucks...unlike the super dope Flexible MGs, it has to traverse. So does the Radio Car have any C-and-C effect, or can they talk to spotters or should one just ignore the "Radio" in its title? Are we there yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruceov Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 What does the radio car do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarker Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 What they do is die a horrible, flaming death. What they do not do is contact spotters or artillery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullethead Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 The radio car was part of the normal armored car patrol. The radio car had that big "bed frame" antenna on it and was thus capable of talking over long distances and reporting what the patrol found to HQ in the rear. The typical patrol was like 2 ACs with guns and 1 with a radio. Check out Panzer Aces 2 from Franz Kurowski (Fedorowicz Publishing) for the career of a rather successful AC driver. The guy in question, being the patrol leader, usually rode in a radio car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanonier Reichmann Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 Hmmmm, makes you wonder why BFC deemed it appropriate to include pretty much useless radio cars yet didn't include Komsomolets(sp?) tractors to allow the Russians to actually transport their 76mm & 85mm AA guns. Regards Jim R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renaud Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 I've also noticed a large number of various infantry formations which are pretty much identical, but with different organizational names. Nice historical touch but not much to differentiate them from their close brethren. The radio car fits into this category. Now if they get around to adding more detailed radio, artillery and C&C rules, ornamental units like the radio car could get interesting. Ren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Manuel Posted November 9, 2002 Share Posted November 9, 2002 Originally posted by Kanonier Reichmann: Hmmmm, makes you wonder why BFC deemed it appropriate to include pretty much useless radio cars yet didn't include Komsomolets(sp?) tractors to allow the Russians to actually transport their 76mm & 85mm AA guns. WOuld this tractor require a brand-new graphical model from anything already in the game? If so, there's your answer. BFC maxed out .bmp space on the CD, so they had to share some models, and the Radio Car is the same as the usual A.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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