An eye opener for Johnny Canuck: THANK YOU MATRIX

[bradmbrown]

I have not fallen for the common gamer's "Myth Of German Invincibily."
All the units in this game and any others I have played, unless horribly incompetent efforts, provide for players of both sides.

That said, I would like to make comment on Canucks. That is, Canadians, eh?
I have used all the armies I could click on. Love 'em all by cracky. BUT, I have found a special place in my gamer's heart of hearts for The Canadian Army as represented in SPWAW.
(go ahead, players, if you haven't tried the Canadians, go for it, play them like you would British troops, you won't be dissapointed... amazing)

Being Canadian, I have read LOT of glowing commentary about my county's efforts in that war, of course, written by Canadians...
I always took it with a grain of salt, as anyone should when listening to or reading complimentary work:
Now, I have my hands on a well designed game and I can find few faults in it. AND, there are CANADIAN'S present AND they are JUST SO COOL TO USE!

I am gonna have to re-read some history, I think.

To the Matrix Steel Panthers crew: Thank you for bringing my Grandfather's and Great Uncles' war-stories out of the relm of The Unreal and allowing me to SEE!
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Or is the quality of Canuck troops as represented in SPWAW a "bug?"
Nah, say it ain't so, eh?

[Chief Wiggum]

Hi all,

You know what, my Canadian wife feels the same way you do. Every time she hotseats me in SPWAW she usually kicks my yankee butt .

I personally like the Canadian snipers I think the pic in Steel Panthers World At War makes the Canadian sniper rather menacing looking

You may want to read about the Canadian Black Watch missions and landings at D-Day. Pretty amazing stuff

Sincerely and best wishes to all,
Mike
AKA: Chief Wiggum
AKA Again: IronicFate

[Wild Bill]

In my personal opinion with limited knowledge, from Dieppe onward the Canucks showed amazing courage...tough fighters. The Germans highly respected their fighting abilities.

Reading about their advance through Caen is heart stirring to say the least.

It seems fair to me, Johnny Canuck...Wild Bill

[Bing]

According to Max Hastings, the British general staff looked down on the Canadians for their "lack of discipline" but could not dispute their fighting abilities either.

From what I gather, Canadian aircrews were notoriously lacking in discipline. Knowing my friend, a former RCAF flight instructor, as I do I can verify the tradition lived on after the war.

Bing

[bradmbrown]

My granddad told me about "fragging." He said if an officer was no good, he would get a not so subtle message.
Eventually, the "officer class" changed into something a little bit more to the liking of the troops...
And the British hanged and shot a LOT of Canucks, both world wars...
Darwinism, kinda...

[Greenlake]

Originally posted by Bing:
According to Max Hastings, the British general staff looked down on the Canadians for their "lack of discipline" but could not dispute their fighting abilities either.

From what I gather, Canadian aircrews were notoriously lacking in discipline. Knowing my friend, a former RCAF flight instructor, as I do I can verify the tradition lived on after the war.

Bing

Well they sure couldn't of have been worse than there Commonwealth brethen. I have been told some wild, first hand stories about ANZAC troops.

[Bing]

Well they sure couldn't of have been worse than there Commonwealth brethen. I have been told some wild, first hand stories about ANZAC troops.

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Ah well, now we are discussing Australians. That is an entirely different matter. The topic was I believe Canadians.

Bing