<t>Manning abandoned enemy vehicles would be pretty cool, but doing it in RL on field of battle might lead to something nasty called "Friendly Fire" - it is quite darn hard to signal to the rest of the company that the tank is now in your hands in the middle of the battle - thus when the turret ...

AAA approved? Now, doesn't AAA mean Anti-Aircraft Artillery - but deep freezing your cars should make them preserve better!

BTW. Neat banner guys!

<t>Wow, seems like plenty of animals got their names transferred to the vehicles of various armies.<br/>
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BTW. I read recently that Soviets named one of their big assault guns "Animal-hunter" because it could so easily take down the German Tigers, Panthers and Elephants.<br/>
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<t>It came to my mind from the recent Kittie-club mails that there is a real zoo located in the SP:WAW OOB's vehicle park. I know at least the following "animals":<br/>
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Germans:<br/>
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-Elephant<br/>
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US:<br/>
-M8 Grayhound<br/>
-M29 Weasel<br/>
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<t>And if you want to kill the Kitties with jolly American vehicle, why to pick a slow Sherman, when you can go and pick a brand new and shiningly fast aeroplane and make a strafe that Tigger with your cannons and rockets and bombs. Not even Tiggers can win when John Brown takes his Flying Fortress ...

<t>Who needs tanks to take on the Deutche beastiary, when you could take - bazookas! Forget the Kung-Fu, the time of Bazooka-Fu is here!<br/>
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"The darn kitties are again messing up my garden - bring my bazooka here!"<br/>
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In love with bazookas (as well as mines ...

<t>At least for me re-manning of abandoned vehicles and weapons works pretty well - just have the crew stand in the same hex as the thing to be re-manned for a couple of turns and they will re-man if it is unsupressed.<br/>
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The 9-key for bailing out should work with all vehicles and crew ...

<t>As for factory made applique armour, no idea, but I have seen pictures of M4s kitted up on field with spare tracks and sandbags on the fronts.<br/>
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Soviets and some German tanks (the ones with sloped sides), could sometimes have whole tree trunks attached to the sides. Handy protection ...

<t>Heavy autocannons on combat vehicles might sound like a good idea, but think about the ammo consumption. There is only that much space available for ammo inside the vehicle, once you have fired them off you are in trouble. And only the ammo in turret can be fed (unless you have a fixed turret aka ...

<t>When I played through the Utah to Rhine campaign through for the first time last month, my core force consisted almost wholly of Shermans of various design's, and I actually liked them.<br/>
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Sure, their armour and anti-tank capacity was a bit flimsy for tank-to-tank combat, and they were a ...

<t>Yep, you cannot take additional core troops in a campaign, I found it out hard way. However, if you want a biger force take some platoons of cheap stuff (like cheap armoured cars, trucks, or scouts) and upgrade them later on.<br/>
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However, big core forces make the games long and less ...

<t>Bernie: are you talking about the tank that the Germans were planning for the Operation Sealion (invasion of Britain) in around 1940, that had a real long snorkel?<br/>
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#22 Available in more flavours than anything else<br/>
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I think that the US army ...

<t>I guess the rate of fire was not too good, which would make them a bit less deadly - but it would still be pretty nasty to be on the receiving end.<br/>
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60cm must be a freaking big shell - I guess it is about the size of a 500 lbs bomb or something like that. Great for blowing up whole ...

<t>Actually, I think the meaning of amphibious is originally "something that can move on water and ground" - so no floating capability required.<br/>
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I guess the M4 amhibious tanks would have made it to the shore in Normandy landings, if they had been waterproof and able to move along the ...

<t>Hmm, I guess to be defined as tank (armoured fighting vehicle) a vehicle should have:<br/>
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1.) autonomous motivity and off-road/track movement capability<br/>
2.) some kind of armament<br/>
3.) some kind of armour - at least enough to stop small arms fire<br/>
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I guess the earliest ...

<t>Wow, Karl 60cm. I have never seen a picture of one, but I have read of them in a book. I think only a small number (6 at most) were ever built, and each one needed a couple of ammo carriers to keep it supplied. Must have been jolly good time loading one of those - I guess there is crane somewhere ...

<t>A lot of good stuff has already been given, I can try to give some more support for them:<br/>
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1.) Protect your forces from enemy fire by the use of terrain and smoke.<br/>
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2.) Don't rush with your attack. Recon well first to locate the enemy positions (especially fortifications and ...

<t>As for anti-tank capacity, there are many good things around, it depends on the situation. If the visibility ranges are short, then bazookas are handy, at long ranges AT-guns rock. If you need to advance, then armoured vehicles become more useful - Shermans are effective in large numbers ...

<t>At least 12.7 mm bullets hitting early war tanks on top would be devastating. Apparently the T-27 had about 6mm armour on the top, so it shouldn't be impossible for a lucky MG shot to penetrate a weak spot, penetrate and bounce around inside killing the crew (especially if there was any AP-shot ...

<t>#17 Much better than anything we had before (M3's that is)!<br/>
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#18 Faster than a horse-carriage!<br/>
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#19 And with the dozer add-on you can even use it for gardening!<br/>
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#20 Almost floating (for amphibious variants)<br/>
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#21 Panthers are for wussies! Real men can win ...