L.T. Russell

I can’t speak to the “app”, John.  I’m just an old flip-phone guy….

Howdy Nat!  My contention is that LMGs are belt-fed.  A BREN is magazine-fed…

A LMG has a crew of 2, is belt-fed, is air-cooled, is fired from a bipod.  An MMG has a crew of 3, is belt-fed, is fired from a tripod. Some WWII MMGs were water-cooled.  LMGs and MMGs fire rifle caliber ammo.  An HMG fires a much heavier cartridge, something in the…[Read more]

Howdy John!  I think the idea is that the Partisans are using armor they captured from the Germans.  I doubt either the US, Canadian or British militaries were handing over any tanks to Partisans.  Just one guy’s $.02….

Howdy Mike!  This is just based on my experience as a light infantryman.  Generally speaking, LMG teams don’t move around by themselves, they’re usually attached to some other unit; either attached to a squad to beef up a squad-level mission, or with the other LMG team and a fire team for security as part of the support element in a p…[Read more]

Howdy Darin, John!

Yeah, I just checked my Armies of Great Britain 3rd Edition, and there’s no listings for any of the other Commonwealth nations.  I “assume” this will be coming later or perhaps is out on a PDF….

NICE stuff, Jim!  I don’t model anymore.  I was out of gaming for nearly 30 years, so I don’t have paints, brushes, etc. anymore, and my eyesight is fading with age.  These days I pay the talented ones to produce my gaming gear.  I’ve picked up sprues, stowage kits and bits and send them along with models to my guy, Dustin, in TN.  Generic mini…[Read more]

Howdy Bob!  I agree with the idea of fielding the experimental models.  As a German player, I’d like to use the Katchen, an APC version of the Hetzer, the Kugelblitz, and the upgraded Ostwind/Wirbelwind; twin 50mm autocannons in a turret on a Panther chassis….

Makes sense to me, Caleb….

No problem, Bob.  I complain a bit about firearms, ’cause I’m under the impression that pretty much no one at Warlord Games seems to know how they actually work.  IMO, these errors seem to always benefit the Allied players, at the expense of the German players.  One of my contentions is that magazine-fed guns, like the BREN, Lewis, ZB26, Nambu, ar…[Read more]

Howdy Bob!

If you look close, you’ll see my initial post was from two years ago, referring to Konflikt Version 1.  Yeah, IMO, it’s gotten totally out-of-hand in Version 2.0.  Now all these countries that never even had a real belt-fed LMG in WWII suddenly have one on every single armored suit.  And there’s a buncha special exceptions so now th…[Read more]

Howdy Mike!

IIRC, some of the Version 2.0 scenario books have provisions for playing “Special” characters/historical figures.  IDK if this was deliberate on Warlord Games part to link the miniatures with the game, but it seems like it.  I’d imagine it’s the same idea behind the KELLY’S HEROES models and miniatures.  Just one guy’s $.02….

Howdy Jeff!

Warlord Games is a British company.  IMO, it’s just all part of standard policy to screw the German player, in favor of the Allies, particularly the British.  Why did the cost of a Panzerfaust go from 5 to 15?  Why do certain Russian units get to have Panzerfausts, they didn’t produce them?  What happened to “Tiger Fear”?  Why is the…[Read more]

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

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]

“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]

Still comes down to what kinda round does it fire.  Assault rifles fire a reduced-length rifle cartridge.  Automatic rifles fire a full-length rifle round….

Howdy Michael!  What are you referring to?  The basic Version 3 book doesn’t mention the US recoilless rifles at all.  The Version 3 Armies of the United States isn’t out yet.  I got out my Version 2 Armies of the United States and it looks like the only difference between a 57mm and a 75mm RR is the points cost and the HE effect.  Is there some…[Read more]

Howdy Michael!  You’re basing your assertion on what?  Both the FG42 and the BAR utilize a full-length rifle cartridge.  This is the primary difference between assault rifles and automatic rifles.  Both weapons are magazine-fed and have bipods.  I don’t there’s any appreciable difference in “effective range” between weapons firing 7.92mm and .30-…[Read more]

Howdy invisible officer!

Thanks for the info.  The problem I’m having with Version 3 is that the cost of panzerfausts has tripled.  I could see charging the Russians more, since they didn’t actually manufacture them, but this just seems like another way for the British owned company to screw over the German players again….