<t> Since in WW II the only 3 belt fed LMG were the MG 34, the MG 42 and the American M1919A6 which is only a light machine gun if we are being charitable i am not sure how the Brens 28-30 round magazines were such a disadantage. Since the big problem with sustained fire was trying to keep the gun ...

It might have been set befor WW I.

<t> I would like to meet the guy (or gal) who could fire 100 rounds a minute from an M-1 and hit anything. I have one with a stainless steel barrel in .308.<br/>
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There was a method that was told to me by an old Winchester worker. You grasp the fore-end with the non-firing hand VERY firmly ...

<t> I think there is something in what you are saying. In an Ospery book on the Polish Campaign the author gives the number of gun tubes per average infantry division for both the Polish and Germans and also the the number of tons of ammo. Germans had about double the tonnage in ammunition. This ...

<r> Alby and Flashes "Mistake" is that they didn't correct <SIZE size="5"><s>[size=5]</s>ALL<e>[/size]</e></SIZE><SIZE size="2"><s>[size=2]</s> of the <SIZE size="5"><s>[size=5]</s>OTHER<e>[/size]</e></SIZE><SIZE size="4"><s>[size=4]</s>&nbsp;<e>[/size]</e></SIZE>mistakes that have 'crept in/been ...

<r> m10bob.<br/>
&nbsp;>Do accurate ranges of off-board units effect only "counter battery fire"? <br/>
(Surely they should have no bearing on accuracy at multi-miles range on this scale?). <<br/>
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<t> Are the british getting their 4.5 feild gun which should range to just about the same distance as the German 10cm K18 or are they getting their 4.5 howitzer which should range to about what a 12cm mortar does or are they getting some bizzare "GAME" comprimise/average??<br/>
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If the ...

<r> Let me see if I can explain why these big guns (Of any nation ) should not be on board weapons.<br/>
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This applies to guns and not most howitzers.<br/>
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In Ian Hogg's book "German Artillery of World War II" He lists a 17cm railroad gun with the following stats. Shell of 62.80kg and ...

<t> Those 4 "ridiculous PzSf IVA and PzSf V weapons " Probably knocked out more russian tanks USING DIRECT LINE OF SIGHT FIRE than all of the 105mm K 18 FK and 170mm K 18 FK put together. There may be accounts of these guns being used in direct fire. If so bring them out. IF you want them on board ...

<t> For "Historical" accuracy you could make ALL the really big artillery weigh 255[:D]<br/>
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Most of these things needed hours, not minutes to come off tow and emplace or hook back up again.<br/>
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Until there is a project to correct the multitude of errors (I am just talking range ...

<t> Vanhauser, I suggest you get your facts straight before critizing Alby.<br/>
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A short barrel does not a howitzer make. It doesn't matter how many peaple may have called the 75mm L24 a howitzer, it wasn't one. It used fixed ammunition (no variable charge) and had limited elevation. It may ...

<t> The problem may be slots.<br/>
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The major difference between this gun and the standard howitzer is range for game play. This is only an issue for figuring out counter battery fire.<br/>
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The difference in HE content might be argued but then there are a number of weapons that ...

I'd be willing to bet they don't drive 30mph with that many men on board unless they want to leave a few guys lying in the road.[;)]

unless your unit has an experience rating of over 100 your practical rate of fire is 6.

<t> This is from "Ammunition" by Johnson and Haven. Extracted from the "The Infantry Mailing List" volume XXII, July,1941,pgs 203 et seq.<br/>
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there are several tables dealing with the Ammunition with an infantry regiment.<br/>
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For the BAR in a rifle company equipped with M1 rifles ...

<t> Another problem for general tank use was that the HE round would have been rather ineffective. Not only would it only be 55mm in diameter but after space was allowed for the forward flange to fold into the shell side The space for HH would be even less than for the regualar 50mm shells. The ...

<t> Gentlemen. please understand that I am not saying the Tiger was a great design. I am just bringing up points that, IMHO, should be adressed in some way for a through examination of the of the Idea that the Germans would have been better off building more MK IVs or Panthers than building Tigers ...

<t> Something to be said for in last post mLees. Weither it is manpower, radios, optical equipment or what ever. (did it really take twice as long in man hours to make the V-12 engine in a Tiger as the smaller V-12 engine in the MK IV[&:])<br/>
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I also read somewhere that of all the ...

<t> Dragoon, as a side note, Ian Hogg in his book on German Secret weapons of the Second World War estimates the cost of Gusav and Dora at about 7 million Reichsmarks each not counting the transporter cars, cranes, rail road trains and the TWO air defense batteries that acompanied each one. He says ...

<t> Azraelck: While reading some of these accounts do they mention the lack of a recovery vehicle???? While broke down Panthers might have been easier to recover that the Tigers (especialy after the recovery version of the Panther came out) it seems that a good number of tigers were destroyed by ...