I just received the following via email from GHQ cutomer service: As many of you have already seen, due to increased expenses, we are raising our prices. Our...
I've a document: Desert Warfare: German Experiences in World War II (www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/Toppe/toppe.asp). A lot of interesting reading. One...
Sorry about the spam that has been going out over this forum. When this occurs I remove and ban the sender and I delete the masages. Unfortuantly, this only...
... This sounds interesting. Perhaps it could be used as a generic "low visability" rule for shimmer, fog, falling snow, etc. Maybe even night. There might be...
Answering my own question, cruising the Internet shows me that the 2 lbr and the 88 AAA Pak 36 both had muzzle velocities of about 2600 fps. So their shells...
Aaahh, the problem of making this come to pass in a game situation. In my N. Africa games so far effective combat has occurred at about 15-18 inches. The...
In my mind, at least, I've figured out how to treat tank fire vs. guns (or softskins!) when the tank can shoot only AP shells (no HE). Consider: * The tank...
Perhaps bunkers might provide better cover, if they provide overhead protection. It would be difficult to use rocket launchers from them due to the backblast...
S-2 Shop Productions is pleased to announce their new release of: OPERATION SEALION: THE MINIATURE OPERATIONAL CAMPAIGN GAME (Vol.1) Operation Sealion...
What have people been reading? Over the past year or so I played 3 times in a scenario run by Dave W. that is loosely based on Peiper's drive in the Ardennes....
Rommel's War in Africa by Wolf Hechmann Stories from both British and German (sorry, no Italian contributions). Describes the little "army life" things, like...
I just read that some Elefants were used by the Germans in the Battle of the Bulge, just south of Bastone. I hadn't known this. From Charles MacDonald's 1985...
Does anyone happen to know where I can get info on how engineers demolished bridges in WWII? I'm thinking of relatively small single span bridges that were...
Just be DAMNED careful if you google this old chap! I'd hate to read about you getting carted off to Gitmo..... ... -- "Every normal man must be tempted at...
Depending on the size of the bridge it would be from a squad to a platoon. A squad 2 jeeps and a 3/4 ton. Platoon would be a few jeeps and at least 2 deuces....
Chris, I do not have an answer for you specific to WW2 actions, but do remember what we learned in the Scout Platoon Leaders Course at Ft Knox. You need to...
Norman & Jake, Thanks for the info! Bowen, I'll watch out what I google. I think that once the engineers detonate the explosives I'll have them roll for...
Ok, I guess that when I paste in long links they don't work. If you're interested go the http://www.amazon.com/ and search for "Tank Turret Fortifications." ...
Hi, I just started playing Panzertruppen and was looking at the Russian vehicles and the T-35 was not listed for the Russians. Does anyone know where I can get...
Welcome George, I'd go with the following for the T-35: MP: 4 Size: +1 F: 0 S: +1 R: +2 Weight: H Five turrets with an MG in each. The main turret also mounts...
... Hello Chris, and all: Well, I just got confirmation from Amazon.com that my copy of "PanzerTruppe" is on the way. So, to answer your question, soon I'll be...
Welcome Bill, In case you haven't seen them, and in case you're interested, there are specs for post-WWII tanks in the Files section of this Yahoo group web...
According to an Osprey book the T-35 caried 96-100 rounds for the 76mm gun and 225 rounds for the 45mm guns. That's certainly a wild overestimation of how long...
Hello all, I think this may be my only post here so far and I would like to say hello to all the member's and say thanks for sharing lot's of great info with...
Anyone know if this is well written spam or not? ... -- "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin...
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Not sure what the point is. Most people in microarmour know of Odin's trade on eBay already. Greg ... say ... great ... an eBay ... notch all ... hoist the ......