The following GearKrieg poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: Which changes would be the most interesting compared to true history? ...
GearKrieg@yahoogroups...
Apr 1, 2001 8:15 am
2458
On Fri, 30 Mar 2001 18:06:08 -0500, Jon Mandelbaum <ma.k@...> ... Surprised no-one else has replied to this, but here are my thoughts... I don't know much...
Wulf Corbett
wulfc@...
Apr 1, 2001 7:55 pm
2459
... Aha! What about a premature chain-gun? The M2 Bradly and similar use one and with good results. The only nation ever to have used ... Where do the spent...
Jon Mandelbaum
ma.k@...
Apr 3, 2001 12:44 am
2460
Guys, Just letting you know that the WW2 mecha genre is getting bigger with the introduction of a new game for the Sony PS2 coming out soon. It's called ring...
lodossquest@...
Apr 3, 2001 7:13 am
2461
... use ... Well, from a GK viewpoint you could, but I was replying with RW WW2 technology in mind. ... holding ... Canvas bags, I believe. Fireproofed ones,...
wulfc@...
Apr 3, 2001 7:51 am
2462
... option. ... As I wrote before, given the isolationist feelings of the yanks at the time, it's just as likely they would leave us to die (as they did Poland...
wulfc@...
Apr 3, 2001 7:57 am
2463
... Operation Sealion was wargamed after the war by members of the British Military, and ex-members of the German military, using documets released after the...
K. Williamson
kwilliam@...
Apr 3, 2001 11:22 am
2464
... Unlikely. GB weighed much more in their scales than Poland or Low Countries. For example, during the battle of the Atlantic USA was actively participating...
jyrki.saari@...
Apr 3, 2001 11:34 am
2465
... at ... did ... Countries. ... their ... Yes, but US ground and Air forces were not ready for a war, and unless they acted quickly to mobilise they would...
wulfc@...
Apr 3, 2001 12:14 pm
2466
... True, but they still could've supplied the equipment. Admittedly, it would've meant a slower build up of their own forces, and I am not at all sure they...
jyrki.saari@...
Apr 3, 2001 12:45 pm
2467
... force ... of ... would've ... I agree entirely, Sea Lion was doomed to fail. But so are walkers... the best one we have even now can only stroll across a...
wulfc@...
Apr 3, 2001 2:52 pm
2468
... There was the Canadian version in the Skink, which carried 4, but I'm not sure what sort of ejection scheme it had. And only three were ever made, so it...
Pat Gamblin
shosuro@...
Apr 3, 2001 5:31 pm
2469
On Tue, 03 Apr 2001 14:27:38 -0300, Pat Gamblin <shosuro@...> ... Were they actually internally mounted? Many such AA weapons were actually external or...
Wulf Corbett
wulfc@...
Apr 3, 2001 5:57 pm
2470
... Yup, all 4. ... Yeah, it was meant only for AA. It was only when it was discovered that the model wasn't needed that the only one in mainland Europe was...
Pat Gamblin
shosuro@...
Apr 3, 2001 6:13 pm
2471
At 06:57 PM 4/3/01 +0100, you wrote: And there was an experimental German AA version of the Pz ... Panther, actually, and it had twin 37s in a fully enclosed...
Jamie Wood
consume@...
Apr 3, 2001 8:03 pm
2472
On Tue, 03 Apr 2001 14:03:39 -0600, Jamie Wood ... Actually, you'll get better armour penetration, with a lower overall weight (autoloaders are heavy), and...
Wulf Corbett
wulfc@...
Apr 3, 2001 8:15 pm
2473
In the weapon listings for Walkers many of them have Grenades, but not all of them have punch capable arms. How do the grenades work? There is no range...
jeff_m_hiatt@...
Apr 3, 2001 9:20 pm
2474
In the weapon listings for Walkers many of them have Grenades, but not all of them have punch capable arms. How do the grenades work? There is no range...
jeff_m_hiatt@...
Apr 3, 2001 9:20 pm
2475
Well they fall within the same operation as regular smoke launchers, basically the gear commander pulls a cord and their projection charges detonate causing...
Pat Mathews
dawnesque@...
Apr 3, 2001 9:30 pm
2476
Given the below Wulf quotes in the order given, and the presence of Jets as early as the begining of the war, not to mention guided missiles in the Africa...
Jon Mandelbaum
ma.k@...
Apr 4, 2001 12:32 am
2477
Hah! I got your solution(s). Keep the single action 37's. Instead, give these things chin-turrets! I'm suprised this never came up at least in concept...
Jon Mandelbaum
ma.k@...
Apr 4, 2001 12:40 am
2478
... Actually that sounds fun. What about remote controlled barbet mounted cannons ala ME410, particularly if combined with a televiser type affair to allow for...
Pat Mathews
dawnesque@...
Apr 4, 2001 1:27 am
2479
... Not exactly much of a leap since the german version of the pioneer, He 178, was flying very early - 27th august 1939! ... Because the walker's *driver*...
Pat Mathews
dawnesque@...
Apr 4, 2001 1:31 am
2480
... walkers... ... My take on the whole Sea Lion operation for Gear Krieg is that it could have gone ahead for the game. Yes, the Kriegsmarine would have had a...
iancorby@...
Apr 4, 2001 2:10 am
2481
In a message dated 3/25/2001 3:05:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ma.k@... ... Okay, what would you think about a Fw 109 (I think that the right one) with ...
srkoala@...
Apr 4, 2001 4:06 am
2482
... When practicing channel surfing I saw one which could actually negotiate stairs. However, the channel was DW and I know barely a couple of words of German...
jyrki.saari@...
Apr 4, 2001 6:15 am
2483
... Kugelblitz (fireball), Coelian was the one using Panther chassis. Never heard of any Coelians making it to prototype stage, though. I think Coelian ...
jyrki.saari@...
Apr 4, 2001 6:21 am
2484
Help! I bought a British Humber armoured car from Peter pig, only to find it was a Mk1 without a turret. Can anyone suggest the weapons (and take a guess at a...
andrew.paul@...
Apr 4, 2001 9:48 am
2485
... to ... In my book that's a Humber Scout Car, not an Armoured car... the weapons were... erm... nowt... Maybe a Bren gun, or, in extremis, a Boys AT rifle....
wulfc@...
Apr 4, 2001 11:02 am
2486
... to ... Incidently, QRF make a Humber Mk II, as well as a Daimler Armoured Car and a Daimler Dingo. No Humber Scout car though. ...
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