Hello Chris and Nigel, thank you very much for your explanations so far. As for the butterfly bombs: Are artillery shells called bombs? The book (Platoon Bravo...
The only butterfly bombs that I can think of were a small but nasty German device used in WW II. I think it might have been an incendiary. They did not have a...
I think the television series was called Danger UXB. I remember the old chap coming into the church hall with one of those Butterfly bombs wrapped up in a ...
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... Possibly the mud movers (slang for fighter bombers) were dropping some sort of sub munition dispensing bombs or it could be that the author wanted to...
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Hello all: I am curious as to who may be using 15mm Peter Pig and Old Glory for their Vietnam games. I will be running a scenario tonight at my house which...
Hello Murph, as this is not the first first-hand account I read I'll give it a try ;-): "Matthias...Get yer butt over to the TOC and check to see if the Redleg...
... Is there a reason to 'Tally-ho' or did somebody just think it sounds cool? Cheers Matthias http://www.my-wargames-page.net [Non-text portions of this...
... sounds cool? ... Murph.. Not sure how it was used during Vietnam..but in my service it was used when Scout elements of my Regiment had identified and were ...
My name is Tom Konczal. I am 54 years old and have been in wargaming since the 1960's with original versions of Avalon Hill's Submarine, Gettysburg etc....
i have just got the rules to charlie company and am getting ready to start running the game soon, but there is some thing bugging me. with the rules for...
I just ran my first game of Charlie Company up here in the wilds of Vermont and my players and I had a few questions that we wondered if anyone on list had...
... to ... fire ... would ... Hey there!... Well..from the way the rules and the way things run per turn.. All Direct fire, US/VC/NVA is resolved BEFORE...
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We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Dien Bien Phu Anniversary Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2003 Time: All Day May 7, 1954 Viet Minh's troops...
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I'm going to be setting up a C Coy game for our local 40K group, and I need some advice on communications. I've read the rules regarding commo, and I like the...
good idea but can wa have the good link, please Eric ... From: Chris Hobbs To: charlie-company@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 6:33 PM Subject:...
... I am a stickler to the rules, once you play a full game, you will see that it really isnt as constraining as it sounds and I feel they do a good job of...
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My name is Caleb and I am in Seattle Wa. Wondering if there were any others from this group in the area. I just became interested again in this game, last time...
I use only Peter Pig figures but have a mixture of Quality Casting and Peter Pig vehicles. I think they look fine if you base both your figs and vehicles. If...