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I am sure many of you have read the excellent Comic "300"; that is, if any of you are really interested in the ancient world. Here is a link to the forthcoming film about the Battle of Thermoplylae (the hot gates)

http://300themovie.warnerbros.com/

An incredibly realistic film, very authentic and wonderfully accurate. It would have been a little better with a bigger CG budget (most of the CG is the tracers whizzing convincingly through the jungle) Maybe a wide shot of Port Moresby buzzing with activity would have given a better sense of place. But in reality this is a stand alone calassic Australian independant war film and a must see for fans of small unit tactics. Great to see the bren in action, ever so loud and mean looking on the big screen. The Thompson stuffing up due to the the conditions ( the amazing Owen gun was yet to be introduced) was typical of the era, as was the lack of resources for that part of the campaign.

One Australian film to look forward to is LONG TAN. The long awaited David Williamson script ( Gallipoli, Phar Lap, Don's Party) is moving along, after taking over from Louis Nowra. Basically the only Australian Vietnam war film since the 'Odd Angry Shot'(1979) it chronicals the incredible story of 108 Australian and New Zealnd soldiers holding off 2500 veteran Vietnamese. Cut off in a rubber plantation in the pouring rain, night falls on a chaotic and deadly sustained fire fight. An interesting story of Australian perserverance.

One point of interest was the the presence of the Owen Gun during this battle. The rain was so heavy it actually provided cover for the pinned down Australians. One by one the M16's and FN FAL SLR's started jamming from the mud and water. Luckily the Owen Gun, by now a relic from world war 2 famously kept firing, as it was deigned to do, in all conditions.

A little recognised, and interesting 60's war film, The Bridge at Remagen would be a prime candidate for a remake..
The mechanised recon units of the 9th armored trying to take the bridge, and the Germans sending me 262's, AR 234's and Ta152's against the bridge as well as Karl Morsers and rail guns lobbing huge shells at it, all of the elements of late war technology and frantic tactics to take a vital bridge into Germany.

That was what is really great about the single battle group format of cc3. You can get individuals promoted during the game for blowing things up or charging machine gun nests etc. In many cases you can have a tank commander compare in rank to your commander due to the number of kills earned, however the command radius doesn't seem to be effected, and you tend not to want to risk the high ranking tank commanders you have built up over the course of the game..

In my opinion the best mod I have encountered is CC5 RegXtra ver3.41. The AI is very agressive and mean. The enemy seems to seek out the victory locations and set up ambushes, or move on to the next VL trying to outflank you.


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