USMC Tank-Mounted Flamethrowers in 1943

[KG Erwin]

This was attempted, but it was a failure. The point is this -- what might-have-been has no place in the OOBs for SPWaW, except in fantasy scenarios. (OOB availability 1949) . Do players have a problem with that ?

[sabrejack]

ORIGINAL: KG Erwin

This was attempted, but it was a failure. The point is this -- what might-have-been has no place in the OOBs for SPWaW, except in fantasy scenarios. (OOB availability 1949) . Do players have a problem with that ?

Are you suggesting that all tank-mounted flame throwers should be moved to 1949 in all OOBs?

[KG Erwin]

No, not at all.  The availability we have in the present OOBs is accurate. 

Here's my point -- experiments were made earlier, and they didn't work. The availability dates for the OOBs go with actual dates. May-June 1944 for availability of the first American flamethrower tanks in the Pacific Theater.

[spwaw]

Offtopic.
 
Is oob slots hard to expand ? More units per country.

[Alby]

ORIGINAL: spwaw

Offtopic.

Is oob slots hard to expand ? More units per country.

Cannot be done by any of us,would require program change.
this is reason I created HTH mod,
to be able to add more units and dispense with units rarely used in PBEMs or Long Campaigns.

[Alby]

ORIGINAL: KG Erwin

This was attempted, but it was a failure. The point is this -- what might-have-been has no place in the OOBs for SPWaW, except in fantasy scenarios. (OOB availability 1949) . Do players have a problem with that ?

SPWAW has alot of 'what if' units in it...
[&:]
Some players like them, others don't.....for those who do not like them or believe they should not be used, simply don't buy them or don't allow your opponent to use them in PBEMs.

[ken ennis]

Alby.
so you are saying there in units that weren't used that you guys included in the game any way? is there a list of them any where or does the historically acccurate prefference weed them out

[Alby]

ORIGINAL: ken.ennis

Alby.
so you are saying there in units that weren't used that you guys included in the game any way? is there a list of them any where or does the historically acccurate prefference weed them out

These units have been in the game forever, we didnt put them in.
I dont have a "list" of all of them.

[Alby]

ORIGINAL: Alby

ORIGINAL: ken.ennis

Alby.
so you are saying there in units that weren't used that you guys included in the game any way? is there a list of them any where or does the historically acccurate prefference weed them out

These units have been in the game forever, we didnt put them in.
I dont have a "list" of all of them.

[FlashfyreSP]

Gunny, you need to be more specific in your posting: you are focusing on the Marines in the Pacific, and forgetting about the British Valentine flamethrower experiments in 1941-42 which led to the Churchill Oke and Crocodile systems, and the German PzKpfw III (Fl) flamethrower-equipped tanks made during 1943.

Considering that the Marines (and the US in general) had only recently come into battle by 1942, it's not surprising that it took them a few years to develop the system. But other nations had already built these types of tanks.

[KG Erwin]

Yeah, you're right, Flashfyre. I should've said "USMC Tank-Mounted Flamethrowers in 1943". Sorry about that. I'll correct it. [:o]

[ken ennis]

ok guess i didnt realize that