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Anyone...please...I'm an "idiot" when it comes to terminology and instructions that yield to "copying the ABC into EFG and saving into the XYZ, with the exception of the QRM...and, oh yeah, be sure to delete the LMN before you copy OPQ, etc., etc." Okay, I know, the example was kinda long. But anyway, can someone tell me what OOB's, LBM's, etc. are? In addition, can someone explain (on a grammar school level) EXACTLY what I need to do in order to get the best (all of the advancements) out of the patch? Hey you guys, sorry about my naivety...I just want to learn and enjoy.

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"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori"

Will I will try to help

OOB : Out of beer

LBM : Large Beer moog

Originally posted by Deutscher Aufklarung:
But anyway, can someone tell me what OOB's, LBM's, etc. are?

Good explanation Drake

However:

OOB = Order Of Battle. Name of the file that contains units, weapons and formations for each country. you can view and edit these with the included oob editor. They reside in the SPWAW root directory

LBM = These graphic files are the unit pics you see in the encyclopedia. Also that nice weather infor pic in the upper right corner is such a pic. You can browse/edit these with Paint Shop Pro, for example.

SHP = these graphic files contain the unit pics that are on the game map. Also terrain graphics are contained in these files.

If other shorties confuse you, ask here or just drop me a mail.

Voriax

For real this time.

AA .......... Antiaircraft
AA/AT ...... Antiaircraft-Antitank
Armd C ...... Armored Car
Arty ......... Artillery
AT .......... Antitank
Bcl .......... Bicycle
Bn .......... Battalion
Br .......... .Bridge
arty ........ .artellery
C ............ Combat
Co .......... Company
Det .......... Detachment
Div .......... Division
Engr ......... Engineer
Fld .......... Field
Fiis .......... Fiiselier
GHQ ........ General Headquarters
Gren ......... Grenadier
Gun/How .... Gun-Howitzer
H ........... Horse
H-Trk ....... Half-track
How ........ .Howitzer
Hq .......... Headquarters
Hv MG ...... Heavy Machine Gun
Hv Wpn Co ... Heavy Weapons Company
Inf .......... Infantry
LMG ........ Light Machine Gun
MG ......... Machine Gun
Mort ........ Mortar
Mtd ......... Mounted
Mtr ......... Motor
Mtrcls ....... Motorcycles
Mtz ......... Motorized
Plat ......... Platoon
Prcht ........ Parachute
Pz. .......... Panzer
Pz. Grerz ...... Panzer Grenadier
R ........... Rifle
Rcn ......... Reconnaissance
Regt ......... Regiment
Rkt .......... Rocket
Set .......... Section
Sp ............ Self -propelled
Sq ........... Squad
Sub-MG ..... Sub-Machine Gun
sup ......... Supply
Tn .......... Train

[This message has been edited by Drake666 (edited 06-26-2000).]

Thanks fellas...I appreciate your help. I better go now, I have to DD back to my LP/OP ASAP before the AAR briefing or I'm going to be a KIA, MIA, or an EPW (for the other side that is). Hoooaaah...scouts out!

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"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori"

And you ought to do that pdq

WB


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In Arduis Fidelis
Wild Bill Wilder
Coordinator, Scenario Design
Matrix Games

LOL

ditto

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A King Tiger can give you a definite edge...

Originally posted by Von Rom:
ditto

you say a king tiger can give you a deffinte edge well my JSIII will send it running to the nearest hedge with its singed tail between its legs.......LONG LIVE MOTHER RUSSIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Speaking of the IS-3...

Does anybody have some definitive armor data for it? Sources? References? Anything? A friend of mine is convinced (and I suspect) that the front hull and front turret armor ratings in SPWAW for the IS-3 are too low.

About IS-3 ... and other Soviet tanks.

Check this page Russian Military Zone (English) 8)

Originally posted by victorhauser:
Speaking of the IS-3...

Does anybody have some definitive armor data for it? Sources? References? Anything? A friend of mine is convinced (and I suspect) that the front hull and front turret armor ratings in SPWAW for the IS-3 are too low.

i have the USSR handbook to the royal armoured corps tank musem and they list with many of my other tank books that the Is-3 is in fact the JS-3 joseph stalin.
it has 122/28 main gun and 1x12.7,1x7.62.it weighted 45.8 ton and could go 25mph its thickest armour was at least 200-250mm.it only had 4 crew

Originally posted by Deutscher Aufklarung:

What is "Deutscher Aufklarung" supposed to mean ?

..just curious,
Arralen