British OOB7 corrections/suggestions (v.6)

[Cross]

Originally Posted by Mobhack

By all means, feel free to comment.

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There may be a return to the simple "standardised" pistol and hand grenade ALA MBT, if we can be bothered, just to save future nit-picking on the subject though.

A simple naming system of "Rifle", "SLR", "SMG" and so on (as in the WRG tabletop rule sets) would have been best.

Personally, I think switching to generic infantry weapons would be a shame. I like to see nationalised weapons in the infantry sections.

But it's your ball, your rules...


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[Pibwl]

There's no 37mm Bofors AT-gun, which was used in North Africa. I have no precise info, when their usage started, but they were imported from Poland well before the war (BTW, the Polish soldiers were surprised to receive Polish guns at Tobruk).

059 2 Pdr AT-Gun - according to 'Anti-tank weapons WW2 Fact Files' by Chamberlain/Gander it entered service in 1938

216 25mm Portee, 591 2 Pdr Portee - have a photo of bigger 6pdr portee. Correct for 2pdr is 12536

218 6 Pdr Portee - has a photo of 2pdr - correct is 12532

Also, nice photo of 3in mortar is 601

[DRG]

Originally Posted by Pibwl

There's no 37mm Bofors AT-gun, which was used in North Africa. I have no precise info, when their usage started, but they were imported from Poland well before the war (BTW, the Polish soldiers were surprised to receive Polish guns at Tobruk).

What's Weapon 15 - 37mm MkI Bofors then ?

..........were used mainly by 3rd RHA and 106th RHA (Lancashire Hussars) within 7th Armoured Division........and it was often carried "portee" on the back of a vehicle, although a separate limber was provided and had a crew of 5.

shortly before the start of the war the Sudanese Government bought a number of 37mm Anti-Tank guns from AB Bofors of Sweden and when war broke out, these were made available to the British Army in the Western Desert

We use it with unit 252 " LRDG Chevy ATG" which represents it's typical application. If it was used by the Poles as an AT gun in the desert then it needs to be in the Polish OOB for that time period.

What we missed with unit 252 is that the 37mm could fire HE and YES I have aleady made a note to fix the Icon used for that unit


Don

[Pibwl]

I meant a towed version which was also surely used (even portee gun was probably sometimes dismounted and put on a ground position). The quoted text says, that they were "often" used as portee, so not exclusively. But, of course, as you wish.

[Pibwl]

514 Insect class - secondary armament were 76 mm AA guns, not 2 pdr (according to Conway's and others).
Better icon IMO would be 707 - it looked like this from a top: http://warships.ru/MK-3/MK-23/efis.jpg

[DRG]

None of this is getting in. Get serious. You had a year to post this and waited until I announce the patch....... IMAGINE how little "impressed" I am at this moment.... then double it. There were plenty of hints dropped we were finishing up and from what I can see a number if these issues have already been dealt with.. you DID notice how many photos I added to the game didn't you ?

The work is locked down. The only reason its not released now is we are triple checking things but that's things already in the game NOT anything new dropped in our laps after a years work was done and I really... REALLY don't give a crap if some "new source" puts our introduction dates in the mid 30's for something that hardly anyone bothers with is now out by a few months

[Pibwl]

Minor things, for 2021 release. I'm just reading "Tempest in Action", and there is some information about Typhoons.

729 Typhoon IA - bombs were adapted in late 1942 only (now 9/41). Early Typhoons were mostly used as interceptors or strafers. It says, that "ater extensive trials, the Typhoon was finally cleared to carry two 500 pound bombs under the wings and by September of 1942, Nos 181 and 182 Squadrons became he first to equip with what were sometimes known as Bombphons". But it would be Typhoon IB rather, with 20 mm cannons (icon 8307).
For bomb armed Typhoon, there is photo 8368.

Possibly it's better to make IA strafer a separate unit, so that removing of bombs from 729 unit doesn't interfere with scenarios.

183 Typhoon IB - 1000lb bombs were used operationally from early 1944 only (trials were begun in 4/43, and "it was a year later, however, before Typhoons used 1000 pound bombs in action").
It could rather use an icon with stripes, especially, that it uses early earth/green scheme.

95 Typhoon IB - photo 2354 has invasion stripes, while this is pre-6/44 unit, while 731 Typhoon IB is post-6/44 unit and has photo 850 without stripes - they might be swapped for a cake of consistency with icons.

[DRG]

Originally Posted by Pibwl

Minor things

No $hit really?

Originally Posted by Pibwl

95 Typhoon IB - photo 2354 has invasion stripes, while this is pre-6/44 unit, while 731 Typhoon IB is post-6/44 unit and has photo 850 without stripes - they might be swapped for a cake of consistency with icons.

Seriously.........Do you ever think that MAYBE you (and others) are bit too OCD about totally insignificant details and that one day all this endless frigging rivet counter nitpicking will end development once and for all of the game you (and others) profess to actually like but endlessly criticize becasuse there are only two people willing but more important CAPABLE of keeping it going ??

Hmmmm ?

If anyone reads..... "Hmmmm ... I think Dons finally getting really pissed off" into my recent posts well CONGRATULATIONS for figuring it out.

[Pibwl]

Originally Posted by DRG

Seriously.........Do you ever think that MAYBE you (and others) are bit too OCD about totally insignificant details and that one day all this endless frigging rivet counter nitpicking will end development once and for all of the game you (and others) profess to actually like but endlessly criticize becasuse there are only two people willing but more important CAPABLE of keeping it going ??

Don't read it as "criticising". By no means I mean to criticise the games and your effort. I only try to give some hints, how to improve several details, if you'd like to. If not, please, ignore.

[zovs66]

Don just ignore all this drivel it’s just useless nitpicking by two folks, every post by these two as soon as I see a gal zillion letters I just scroll by and don’t even bother.