IABSM Barbarossa game
Played a fun June 41 IABSM game in 6mm on Sunday. ?This game is part of the major tank battle around Verba and Dubno.? This action is on June 29th, 1941.? Parts of the 16th Pz Div's II Abt, 2 Pz
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Mark Luther
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#199968
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Re: Artscow cards on ebay
Thanks for the heads up Kevin,
Extremely tempting!
Cheers,
Pete
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Peter Mellett
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#199967
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Artscow cards on ebay
Hi,
I have put several packs of cards I ordered from Artscow on ebay. They have only been used a couple of times so are almost as good as new. They are for the games Bag the Hun, Through the Mud and
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kevinjnivek
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Bloody Bucket
Simon and I have started the campaign and are at turn 4. The River Our is bridged and Simon has heavy supports available for his Volksgrenadier Platoons.
My question concerns where his tanks and
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suvarov1954
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Re: Infantry in half tracks, MG use
One of the reasons the M3 halftracks didn't carry the infantry in was they were not bullet proof - rifles at close-ish ranges could penetrate them on the sides , so being in one could be an
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PETER SIDES <peter.sides@...>
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Re: Infantry in half tracks, MG use
My sources indicate the 251/1 (and 250/1) half-track had a two man crew.
The driver and the radio operator/MG gunner. Both of these also had a MP40
in a rack next to them. The radio operator could
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Michael Reese
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#199963
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Clear Bases
This is related to a subject raised on the forum (which I've failed to gain access to) so hope this can be relayed/copied.
I use clear bases for my pulp figures. They are discs (~.040" thick)
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gweirda
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Re: Infantry in half tracks, MG use
John Ewing notes that: Dan ( https://www.facebook.com/dan.albrecht.71?hc_location=ufi ) , remember to credit them to Robert Avery since I¡¯ve just paraphrased the approach he recommends in Bashnya or
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Dan
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Re: Infantry in half tracks, MG use
Here is the response I got from John Ewing on the IABSM Facebook page:
You have to keep in mind that the 252/1 is an armoured transport, a battle taxi, not an Infantry Fighting Vehicle in the modern
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Dan
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#199960
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Re: Mystery Solved - Found Large Naked Cyclops between Ypres and Antwerp..
Perfectly ordinary, I'm not sure what the mystery is here.
Haven't you got a giant naked cyclops at work?
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Peter Mellett
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Mystery Solved - Found Large Naked Cyclops between Ypres and Antwerp..
Mysterious large naked cyclops mentioned in podcasts is beside road near Waregem on the E17. If you type the bold letters into your search engine you can find a picture. He is indeed a cyclops Rich
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Jeff Rixon
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Infantry in half tracks, MG use
Getting ready to play one of the two Battle of the Bulge Scenarios from the 2005 Summer or Xmas Special.
Both scenarios are heavy with German PzGrenadiers in Sdkfz 251/1.? ?What's the best way to
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Dan
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Re: STUKAS AND BLITZING
Thanks, Don!
Byron
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BYRON CHAMPLIN
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Re: STUKAS AND BLITZING
Spoke to Rich tonight. He has confirmed that as the Stuka's have been used in this campaign turn they are not available during a Blitzkrieg advance. Same with any other expended tricks which have been
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don.avis@...
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#199955
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Raid on Santa Clara
Hi! ?I was chatting with Mark Bevis at Vapnartak and he recommended Groups.io as a replacement for the old YahooGroups. ?I thought I'd sign up and was somewhat surprised to discover I was already
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Richard Crawley
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#199954
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Re: STUKAS AND BLITZING
The answer must be no! The Blitzkrieg rule allows you to continue the attack in the same Campaign turn with whatever troops and supports were survived or were unused from the first encounter.
A Stuka
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don.avis@...
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Re: STUKAS AND BLITZING
That¡¯s great, Monty. Thanks!
Byron
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BYRON CHAMPLIN
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Re: STUKAS AND BLITZING
Hi Byron,
I'm afraid I can't answer the question but I will flag this up to Rich today for you. He is, however, on a short break so may not come right back on this.
Kind regards,
Richard aka Monty
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RIM66
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STUKAS AND BLITZING
Today we played a 1940 Many Rivers to Cross PSC game in which the German player used the Stuka attack support option, won the scenario and then chose to Blitzkrieg to the next table in the same
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BYRON CHAMPLIN
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Re: IABSM: Question on appropriate cards for scenarios
Quite a novelty I can read it without adjusting the screen
Best Regards
Mike Leese
(N. Wales)
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Mike Leese
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