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Thanks glad you liked it.

Howdy harryb!  NICE photos!  I’m really impressed with your set-up….

after more feedback and differences in how people read stuff another wardroom file.

Howdy John!

Here’s a couple that I have;

Osprey Raid series;  BEHIND SOVIET LINES  Hitler’s Brandenburgers capture the Maikop Oilfields 1942, by David R. Higgins

Images of War series;  BRANDENBURGER  Wartime Photographs of Wilhelm Walther, by Anthony Rogers

Ah, so basically you just wanna be silly/argumentative.  Who cares about “fire 5 mags full auto and see which one still shoots without cooking off”?  Who cares how long the barrel is?  That has absolutely nothing to do with the simple defining characteristics that determine an automatic rifle.  Probably the best automatic rifle made for any kin…[Read more]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburgers

Does the Rangers Lead the Way special rule apply to first wave missions?

@ Wolfy, units in buildings are eligible targets, as are empty buildings.  Note that only one rocket can hit each building (p157, Buildings, Shooting Against Units in Buildings, Indirect Fire Weapons Against Buildings, last para).

A multiple laucher targets a unit and a building with another unit is within 6″ of the original template. Will the building be hit?

<p style=”text-align: center;”>Ok they were shooting at long range for a</p>
 
<p style=”text-align: center;”>n smg 200m.  Have them each fire 5 mags full auto and see which one still shoots without cooking off, the FG42 was not made for sustained automatic fire.</p>

“Barrel length and control are more important than caliber”?  Huh?  Not even close.  Barrel length isn’t a defining characteristic….of anything.  “Control” is just some nebulous attempt at a term.  What are the defining characteristics of an automatic rifle?  Kinda simple; (1) Capable of full-automatic fire (2) Loads from a detachable magaz…[Read more]

For those that might be interested in some details about The Problem of Miniature Scales (not a long read, and some very good examples):

https://zandoriastudios.com/tag/heroic-scale/

Barrel length and control are more important than caliber

Is an obrez a rifle?

Now you are just being silly… or trolling. If not the latter, go here:

https://www.forgottenweapons.com/2-gun-fg42-vs-bar-video/

Barrel length and control are more important than caliber

Is an obrez a rifle?

If you want a fix it should be able to shoot like a rifle or assault at the players option. It was uncontrollable in full auto and doesn’t merit being an automatic rifle. (By capability nor doctrine).

Second edition “If a vehicle listed as a transport/tow picks a weapon option that means the transport loses it’s transport/towing ability, it no longer counts as a transport/tow for the purposes of force selection, but …” – the criteria is being a transport or tow that takes a weapon option that removes it’s transport capacity, and the…[Read more]