Thank you for the article. It is food for thought. A few years ago, I read a first person account by a former artillery officer in WWII. The title is The Guns...
The following variant us used in games run by Bryan B., and it seems to work very well. -Chris P. The rules say that "LOS may be traced to vehicles between a...
I have updated the file containing my notes on Pnazertruppe. It is just a collection of some of the posts I have made over the past several months. So there is...
As promised to the guys that were at the Arab-Israeli war game last Saturday I will be posting an updated version of modern panzertruppe, which will include...
A few more thoughts about this. I think that the variant seems more "realistic" than the actual rule. When I wrote the rules I knew that the hull-down rules,...
Dear Members, Here are some books I am hoping to sell off Title: Dangerous Journeys 1757 by Wells, Parrish Quantity remaining: 1 Buyer's price: $3.00 ...
Does anyone happen to know on what date (or at least during what month) the Challanger and the Firefly were first used in Combat? Not necessarily when they...
The first Challengers arrived in France in August 1944 with the 11th Armoured Division (Osprey Cromwell). The Firefly was available for the Normandy invasion. ...
I have ben working on a list of when various tanks and SP-guns were first used in combat. This is what I have so far. -Chris P. American: 1942, November, M3...
This Saturday, I am going to be playtesting some new rules and units for Modern Panzertruppe. Depending on how the game goes we will be adding SAMs, new AA...
Mark Luther sent to me a link to photos of some of his 6mm WWII games (along with some other stuff). These are some of the best looking 6mm games I've ever...
Dear Members, In the event you would like to know more about HMGS you can go to this address and view their May newsletter. You have to join the Classical Hack...
All, A little later than I intended, but wanted to pass on that I will be running the following game next Saturday morning (May 24th) at Nashcon. We're...
I just finished reading "Fighting for the Soviet Motherland" by Dmitiry Loza. One interesting thing me mentions is that 30% of the Russian tanks in the Far...
This group does not get too much SPAM, but I'm thinking about limiting it by changing the membership setting from "Open (anyone can join)" to "Restricted (all...
Dear Chris, What me and my co-moderator do is make it so new members have to have their messages approved before posting goes on the Group. In that way you can...
I just received a letter via regular snail mail from a gamer that has a large collection of 15mm WWII. He asks; "what are the measurements and distances that...
My Uncle went to the Planes of Fame air show in Chino CA, and he sent along the folling link to a collection of photos. There are some nice shots of ground...
I will be running a Panzertruppe game at Sothern from on September 27. Southern Front is a very nice historical convention held in Raleigh, NC. This year it...
I am going on vacation next week and I went to Barnes and Noble to find some reading material for my vacation. I picked up a book called "The Tank Killers" by...
Bryan, Thanks for the review. I've had this one sitting on my Amazon wish list for some time, so i finally want ahead and ordered it. -Chris P. ... may ... ...
My copy of Yeide just arrived, and it looks like a good book. So what else have people been reading? I just finished reading "Kasserine Pass 1943," the Osprey...
I forgot to mention that I also read the Osprey Elite series book World War II Desert Tactics by Paddy Griffith. Another good one that I'd recommend to those...
Dear Members, August 30 is the dead line for the PEl and Sept 19 for the program book. Anyone in the Group will get a free set of rules for putting on a...
Anyone residing in the vicinity of Northern Virginia may be interested in this event. The link for the VMMA is http://www.vmmv.org/ -Chris P. VMMV Friends: You...