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Forum: TO&Es June 15th, 2007, 11:02 AM
Replies: 66
Views: 18,558
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: German ranks

Hi Narwan
Well I agree that the Japs are in a "no surrender" class of there own. If I were to rank the various nations/OOBs in order of "no surrender" I would have thought it might go something...
Forum: TO&Es June 10th, 2007, 11:35 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 18,558
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: German ranks

This is very interesting, are you telling me that the USMC and Japanese currently dont surrender? or that they are treated differently to the other OOBs as regards surrendering?
Best Chuck.
Forum: TO&Es June 8th, 2007, 07:15 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 18,558
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: German ranks

Hi Narwan

Just for interests sake, do you think the Japs should get a "no surrender" bonus?
Best Chuck.
Forum: WinSPWW2 June 7th, 2007, 11:53 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 4,327
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: Replace Flag/Victory Graphic for SS

Hu Marek
You are correct, but it might be a way to free up some space in the German unit OOB? then again maybe not.
Also as discussed in the other thread there is a lot of variability within the SS...
Forum: TO&Es June 6th, 2007, 08:19 AM
Replies: 66
Views: 18,558
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: German ranks

Hi Wulfir
Yes my first post seems rather inaccurate, you are correct, I menat Norwegian when I said Swedish.
Best Regards Chuck.
Forum: TO&Es June 6th, 2007, 08:18 AM
Replies: 66
Views: 18,558
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: German ranks

Hi Narwan
Well if all these were full sized divisions the Germans may have held the russians for an extra year and ended up being nuked.
For instance.
33.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS...
Forum: TO&Es June 6th, 2007, 07:53 AM
Replies: 66
Views: 18,558
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: German ranks

Hi Narwan
"What year are these referring too"
Well it seems to be 1939. So these units maybe appear in the invasion of France. I had assumed that these units had gone on to form 1st and 2nd SS...
Forum: TO&Es June 3rd, 2007, 02:02 AM
Replies: 66
Views: 18,558
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: German ranks

Hi Narwan
Dont forget Alsace-Lorrane was part of germany 1871 to 1914. The area has over history been part of France, part of Germany and independant.

Id be interested in the source for this and...
Forum: TO&Es June 2nd, 2007, 07:46 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 18,558
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: German ranks

Hi Narwan
On the Geneology of the SS my source gives this.
SS 'Leibstandarte' (hitlers body gaurd).
SS Verfugungstruppen (SS-VT) formed, each unit raised to battalion strength, "exclusively at the...
Forum: TO&Es June 2nd, 2007, 03:10 AM
Replies: 66
Views: 18,558
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: German ranks

Hi
I found some interesting stuff on the SS in this book, "World War II" by Orbis publishing.
As we are all aware the origional task of the SS was to administer state terror as directed by Hitler....
Forum: WinSPWW2 May 29th, 2007, 12:19 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,796
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: Movie/Book Recommendations

Hi Pat
There is one book that I think is a very excellent read, the title is "First Blood" by David Morrell its the book that Sylvester Stalones Rambo films are based on but dont let that put you...
Forum: WinSPWW2 May 28th, 2007, 12:47 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,484
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: AI has it gotten any smarter??

Hi hveldenz
"tell me the amount of AA per company or battalion attachment?"
Very little usually none,
Check out
http://orbat.com/site/ww2/drleo/
and...
Forum: WinSPWW2 May 19th, 2007, 07:47 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 4,105
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: Rough Speeds.

Hi Don
Here are some comparisons Ive made.
first number is Tarrifs CC speed second number is from panzerworld.
Jagdpanzer IV / 70 (V) iv
16 vs 15-18
http://www.panzerworld.net/panzeriv70...
Forum: WinSPWW2 May 18th, 2007, 06:17 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 4,105
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: Rough Speeds.

Hi Don
Fair enough, tarrifs data may all be rubbish but the cross country speeds Ive found elsewhere compare well. Tarriff works at the aberdeen proving ground. So Im guesing that is his source.
I...
Forum: WinSPWW2 May 17th, 2007, 10:07 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,203
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: German nicknames

Found this today
Gruesome hey
Germans refered to shermans as "tommycookers"
Ronsons lighters slogan was "Lights up the first time, every time!".
the rest is also interesting...
Forum: WinSPWW2 May 17th, 2007, 09:55 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 4,105
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: Rough Speeds.

Hi Don
Is battleground europe free?
Well just pointing out that in most cases halving road speed is obviously going to give you incorrect cross country speeds I use the tarrif site to illustrate...
Forum: TO&Es May 17th, 2007, 06:24 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 8,780
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: Realism vs \"Winning\"

Hi Ian

Here are some relevant pasages form
http://cgsc.leavenworth.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/doubler/doubler.asp
"
Despite successes in Tunisia and Sicily, the U.S. Army that assaulted the...
Forum: WinSPWW2 May 17th, 2007, 01:04 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 4,105
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: Rough Speeds.

Hi Smersh.
Rough speeds for hundreds of vehicles are given at http://www.tarrif.net/
You are right implementation would pose some problems that would of course be the designers call. There are of...
Forum: TO&Es May 16th, 2007, 04:07 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 13,956
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: German Motorcycles and their Units

Hi Shan,
Motorcycle size has been a hobbyhorse of mine for a while. As you mention these units fight dismounted but cant do this effectively in-game because at size 2 the opponents infantry just...
Forum: TO&Es May 16th, 2007, 01:45 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 8,780
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: Realism vs \"Winning\"

Hi Blitzkreig
As far as I know the German and British armies are very specific in the allocation of divisional artillery. You rank(ie formation size) determines how much of the divisional artillery...
Forum: WinSPWW2 May 15th, 2007, 02:52 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 4,105
Posted By chuckfourth
Rough Speeds.

Hi How about this one?
I think it would be a very interesting addition to the game to give the various vehicles there correct cross-country speeds.
Using rough speeds from http://www.tarrif.net/...
Forum: TO&Es May 14th, 2007, 12:23 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 13,956
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: German Motorcycles and their Units

Hi Shan
Well as super fast moving infantry they do take a lot of casualties when they get hit moving fast which balances them out a bit. But your correct, Ive used them to "unrealisticly" swarm...
Forum: TO&Es May 14th, 2007, 12:10 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 8,780
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: Realism vs \"Winning\"

As you may guess form my posts I play as realistic as possible I rarely buy anything less than coy formations. Strangely I play the same as Narwan, PBEM using Italians and Japanese in that order....
Forum: TO&Es May 13th, 2007, 09:19 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 13,956
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: German Motorcycles and their Units

Hi Shan
I find it easier to just change the motorcycles size from 2 to 1, they can then both move many hexes and fight on equal terms with regular infantry. But of course idealy the motercycles...
Forum: WinSPWW2 May 10th, 2007, 07:38 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,441
Posted By chuckfourth
Re: Tactics and Correct use of Scouts ?

Hi PPoS
The more of your units that have a particular hex in LOS the more chance you have of seeing the enemy in that hex. But it should be very difficult to sneak up on positions, you are after...
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