<r>Shaped charge warheads (like the PzFaust series weapons have) also have another, extremly nasty side effect. The "beam" of energy that punches through the armour spreads out inside the tank as a spray of flame and molten armour. This is usually enough to detinate fuel and/or ammo, but if it ...

<t>Ill add my recommendation to "Stalingrad", I've read it several times and it is still excellent.<br/>
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Also, "Caen:Anvil of Victory" by Alexander McKee. An excellent account of the Anglo-Canadian offensive from the Landings to Operation Goodwood. I believe its out of print, but you might be ...

<r>I find battle tanks are best for mobile armoured battles.I usually use StuGs in an urban environment where the heavier armour and larger gun make it easier to deal with infantry in ambush positions (the Brummbar and is the king in this arena! <E>:D</E> )<br/>
I generally use TDs in a defensive ...

Thanks for the info!

Cruisers shouuld never come up against a Tiger - they were out of service more or less by the time Tigers arrived in N.Africa.IIRC, the Crusader III was still around, but in v. small numbers. The majority of British tank batallions had coverted to the Sherman by that point.

Do you have any links on those compressed-air artillery pieces?They sound interesting!

I'm afraid of the M4...afraid the point platoons gonna last less than five seconds after contact!!!!

Forgotten Battles is excellent,patch ETA is about a month.Still plays ok without patching...most issues are with head-to-head play,and a few flight model issues.

I think the Tiger has an unduly terrifying rep...its nothing a decent airstrike wont sort out though

Cheers U2!That looks great.The only Norm Koger game I've ever played is Age of Rifles,but I loved that,and thats what sparked mi interest in the Russo-Japanese War to start with!
Those screenies from the new game look great,I'll be looking out for that!

I would be very interested in a pre-dreadnought era game.(Say 1860-1905).This period would chart the move from wooden walls to turret battleshjips,covering ACW to Russo-Japanese war.I'd lik real-time ,something like SSI's Fighting steel.That would be very cool.

<t>I know this a Matrix forum,but I was wondering if anyone has got either of these games to run under WinXP Home?The notes with the game say my vid card (GeForce2 MX-400) is to blame for my problems and must be replaced.This isnt really an option for me,so does anyone know of a workaround?<br ...