Sergei Posted October 11, 2002 Share Posted October 11, 2002 Don't have the game yet, but I take it that "assault" boats still are paddle-handled, making any real-life combat river crossing impossible to present? I wonder why outboard motors are impossible to implement. It's not like they were never used, esp. in comparison to row boats, in actual assaults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronChef4 Posted October 11, 2002 Share Posted October 11, 2002 Ah. . . . Brings to mind the scene in A Bridge Too Far where Robert Redford is crossing the river at Nijmegen with his fellow airborne buddies. Didn't they later call that "Little D-Day" or something? er. . . . somefink. . . "Hail Mary, full of grace. Hail Mary, full of grace. Hail Mary, full of grace. . . ." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talenn Posted October 11, 2002 Share Posted October 11, 2002 To quote Robert Redford aka Major Cook... "Well what did ya expect? Destroyers?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted October 11, 2002 Author Share Posted October 11, 2002 Originally posted by Talenn: To quote Robert Redford aka Major Cook... "Well what did ya expect? Destroyers?" Hey that's a good idea, there's already off-board naval bombardments available. Now just get 'em on-board... well, maybe not, because that would require handling of multiple turrets. Still, I have never, ever, heard of Finnish Army assaulting across a lake with rowing boats. That would be a suicide if resistance was to be expected, so I wonder what is the point with having the "assault" boats at all in the game? And why are Überfinns not allowed to swim across lakes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted October 11, 2002 Share Posted October 11, 2002 Chap doesn't look too happy for some reason. I guess it's because he dropped his ski poles. What's he doing taking ski poles for a swim anyway? Who can figure those Finns... Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Köhler Posted October 11, 2002 Share Posted October 11, 2002 Uuuhh...Cold...Soo coold... Did that in the army... The bloody fools called it "Christening of the Green Berets" or somefink... Not very enjoyable when you feel the cold water surprisingly slowly penetrating your clothes... Jussi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ham Posted October 11, 2002 Share Posted October 11, 2002 Heh poor conscripts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Harrison Posted October 11, 2002 Share Posted October 11, 2002 Originally posted by IronChef4: Ah. . . . Brings to mind the scene in A Bridge Too Far where Robert Redford is crossing the river at Nijmegen with his fellow airborne buddies. Didn't they later call that "Little D-Day" or something? er. . . . somefink. . . "Hail Mary, full of grace. Hail Mary, full of grace. Hail Mary, full of grace. . . ."Great movie. After I found it, I kept the unit picture as Sean Connery for the British Airborne. They never lost after that Chad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Harrison Posted October 11, 2002 Share Posted October 11, 2002 Originally posted by ham: Heh poor conscripts. Reason number 87495 why I never joined the military. 'Hey private, come here . . . ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyrene Posted October 11, 2002 Share Posted October 11, 2002 From the pictures: Is that a self rescue type training set up or water crossing practice? I sure hope it's the former, because if you are crossing on purpose you'd be better bagging your clothes, crossing nekkid and putting on the dry clothes on the other side. Of course the Finnish army knows way more about cold weather than I do, and that's no joke. Looks freaking cold. Gyrene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Schultz Posted October 11, 2002 Share Posted October 11, 2002 Holy testicular shrinkage Batman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gpig Posted October 11, 2002 Share Posted October 11, 2002 Back to the original topic. (It was getting too cold in here . . . ) Actually, the assault boats in CMBO *DO* have motors. (And a crew of 1.) If you click on the AB unit and hit return you'll see the stats for the vehicle that describes all that. I could never figure out why (according to the stats) the single crewman could not turn the boat around and motor back to the opposite shore and pick up more troopers. Gpig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renaud Posted October 12, 2002 Share Posted October 12, 2002 Originally posted by Chad Harrison: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by ham: Heh poor conscripts. Reason number 87495 why I never joined the military. 'Hey private, come here . . . '</font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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