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This has now become more accessible.

Although I do not think there will be anything startling, they have superimposed them on google maps which makes it easier to locate the picture in present day.

I am not a moder but thought many would find this useful. you can see what the geography was at the time and compare to how it is now. You will also be able to put some accuracy into your maps particularly at historic points. I would think that they will expand as more are put on line.

It recognises the CD but will not load.

thanks for your help so far.

I have installed WINE on my PC but this does not seem to be the problem. The autorun will not run, this I believe is because the EXE. is a MS command. it would be nice to get it to run as i am on a duel core with a good Nvidia card and 4G of ram. I can access the files on the disk.

I have installed Linux Ubuntu onto my PC but CC will not load. Can any one give direction.

I think many of you are looking at this in too narrow a way. It should not be weapons that changed the world but technology. The weapons are just a by-product of the ability to make complicated instruments.

I am glad some one put radio, you could also add telegraph as this let politicians directly effect combat in real time.

Powered air flight all that which followed were modification of the first combat airplane.

Directional sail and men of war as opposed to armed merchantmen.

A supply train so that soldiers did not have to live off the land.

Indirect artillery fire, until this was perfected true mass artillery was always vulnerable.

Radar, in both attack and defence.

Steam on land and sea, the rail network in Germany was a strategic weapon and main junctions fortified.

Splitting the atom.

The skill to make accurate maps, a one French king said, “I have lost more of my country due to my map maker than to the enemy”

The ability to cast very good quality steel.

A national car show did an experiment on a head on slightly off set, both cars hitting half way on. One was an Espace the other an SUV (range rover I think). The SUV came off worse. SUV are not that user friendly inside or out.

It looks like this was high speed both doing 50mph (100 mph impact) with no skid marks from the Smart and a loaded truck with momentum. From the second photo it would seem that the impact was 3-4m before, possibly more, from the place they came to rest. Even if it had not gone underneath the engine would be in the back of the car. We had one a week ago when a tow truck went into the back of another truck. The passengers from the broken down vehicle that the tow truck was pulling were in the cab. Six died one survived with fractures. Hit a solid object at speed and it matters not what you are in, it is going to hurt.

Ronson

An FPF was not necessarily a close fire mission but a target of importance in your defence IE expected assaulting location of the enemy. Because of its importance only one FPF was issued to a fire unit and they would always be laid on the FPF when not firing on other targets. FPF or FDF are defensive fire on pre-recorded targets so the accuracy is very high.

What you are referring to is a Danger Close mission when the FOO brings fire close into friendly forces (FF) (normally he is one of them). This can be fired in the attack or defence but normally in defence as you rightly say you are about to be over run. The best documented action I have read concerning this was the Australian action at Long Tan when a Kiwi gunner brought consistent accurate fire down in protection of D coy, an action in which he received a MBE.

My point is about operational safety and not firing too close to FF in case the rounds do not land in the area that you expect them to. This takes into account your ability to map read (do you know where you are and the location of the enemy), wind, accuracy of the map reading of the gun line, (do they know where they are) inaccuracy in ammo and barrel wear.

You misunderstand me, I did not mean to introduce snipers, I was commenting on the ability of mortar to accurately hit and destroy guns in CC.

As for 3in I think it would be a good idea to have a minimum range to reflect the charge system. The problem is not so much the elevation as the charge/propellant. There has been one documented incident where the mortar was fired at close range. This was the action at Mirbat in Dhofar on 19 Jun 72 when a number of SAS held of Adoo rebels.

The mortar could not be elevated far enough to fire at such close range and Cpl Bob Bradshaw had to tilt it back against his chest and grip it with his thighs, while another man dropped the mortar shells down the barrel.

Ghosts and illustrated story of the SAS, Ken Connor, 2000, Cassell and Co

He references this to Anthony Kemp, The SAS: savage Wars of Peace.

For an online report of the action,

http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Desert_song/Mirbat.htm

Ken Connor also mention in passing the use of petrol to increase the range of mortars. I have heard this from odd sweats but never used it or seen it done.

When looking for other info I came across this for sale on ebay,

The CH 1 is the charge number IE charge one the P+1 I would think was primary +charge 1. this would seem to indicate that it was not fired on primary unlike the 81mm. So minimum range would be 300 yds and max on charge 4 would be 3101 yds. The QE I would assume was Quadrant Elevation, so minimum elevation was 80 degrees (not far off vertical) with max using 45 degrees. On the back it also has time of flight with 13 sec minimum and 36 max.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Military-3-inch-Mortar-Range-Finder-Slide-Rule-1945_W0QQitemZ180098223527QQcategoryZ4375QQcmdZViewItem

As for minimum range for guns, I quite like the idea that when engaging non armoured targets they use small arms at close range. This may be the basis for this problem. But having Italian FOO parties firing SA when the op should be firing guns is a bit off Very Happy

especially when the target is armour and on the other side of the map. I also noticed a similar problem to the CAS with shot fired but no bang at the other end. I assumed this was to replicate duds.

Thank for the work producing this Mod.

I would like to add some comments if I may.

The introduction of a minimum range fro the FOO I think is a good idea. In reality this would also relate to the troops on the ground but in game it would be difficult to do.

I to have had problems with the 37mm targeting a truck, an inability for which they suffered the ultimate price, and rightly so for their incompetence.

The 2in mortar can fire indirect in the game. This weapon was a line of sight weapon with very crude sighting on early models for range. On later models it was experience and a white line. So engaging targets in dead ground was difficult if not virtually impossible. I think it should be targeted as a line of sight weapon. Does it have the ability to fire smk?

I prefer the removal of the mortars to snipe but feel you may have gone a bit too far in the opposite direction. The Italian mortars seem to be far more accurate then the 3in, having lost a number of tanks to mortar fire.

On a number of maps the air attack has arrived, but failed to deliver. I know the RAF are currently having problems in Afghanistan, but was it your purpose to replicate this. I also liked the variety of CAS you have introduced.

An excellent Mod, thank you, although my wife is not so keen on you. Very Happy

The best I can come up with is a T10 chasse with a D-25T gun with an early T10 turret.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:T-10_tank.jpg

Look at the drivers hatch on both pictures and compare the gun mantle to the D-25T gun. The gun on this picture is the D-25TA I think. But the turret is similar in shape and the cut at the back but the periscope are different so may be latter?

A number of minuets into the game, single battles first three, I keep getting this message and it crashes. Have I loaded something wrong?


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