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Thank you, Sadurian Mike.

If you trust sources that tell fuss like ” 25 pounder had a ROF of 6 per minute. 105 had an rof of 3. ” I fear there is no argumenting.   Just try contemporary German ones. like the Datenblätter 1944  Blatt   G 116II on the 105mm le FH 18/40.   Schuß min 6 – 8 .   For a short time like 25 pdr even much faster.

The amo loading process of both was…[Read more]

Yes I think  the Warlord Celtic Warhounds can be added to the Warlord USMC sprue to create the USMC war dog team.

I know they didn’t get operational but is there any plans for Japanese jets?

or should I just get an me262 and run it as a Ki201 protype?

Looks like the Dust figures are a bit too tall, according to this pictorial comparison.

On a side note will these DUST models (see attached photo) fit the Bolt Action scale?

Empires in Flames page q04:

USMC Dog team

Cost: 18pts (Veteran)
Team: 1 handler
Weapons: Each handler has a rifle or submachine gun (as depicted
on the model) and a dog
Options:
• Add up to 3 additional handlers at +18pts each 
Special Rules:
• Tough fighters
• Spotting: Hidden enemy units are revealed if a dog team moves to
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One issue with the British used 105s.. by the time the allies reached the German boarder they where semi-retired as resupply issues meant that most of the ammunition was reserved for the US artillery….as the British had the 25 pdr to fall back on!

now I don’t know whether or not most of the British 105s where used in priest equipped u…[Read more]

The 25pdr / 88mm is iconic but was a poor replacement for a modern WW II  105mm gun. Like the German LfH that was a mix of cannon and howitzer too. HE 11,5 Kilo shell to 14,8- More lethal. Equal range.     Same rate of fire and the  25pdr  AP round was inferior in penetration.

For most gamers and game writers the 105 mm is no direct fire AT weap…[Read more]

I wonder if anyone has tried this scenario. I play as the Germans and it seemed impossible to even think about winning. Half the force starts off-board and the opponent has 150% size force and prep bombardment. Which side they arrive on seemed critical. One has a river ,the other is pretty much in the German’s faces straight away.

Tricky…

If enemy are inside a building or bunker, they take hits.

If enemy are outside, I don’t know: explosive special rule says “…these engineer can blow up buildings, bunkers, bridges, minefield, minefield or tank traps. Explosive have an HE rating of 4” using 3D6 to blow up these targets. To use…”
Rulebook speaking about explosive only like a…[Read more]

Hello, the table you refer to is printed incorrectly in BP2- it is in fact the command modifiers. For the correct table see the QRS on p.196, top of the right hand column.

All the best

Garry

Yes definitely reset. The target unit’s “new” position becomes its “current” position to be used for determining subsequent indirect hits. If it then moves to another “new” position, which “coincidentally” just happened to be a position it has occupied 2 turns ago, it should be reset because the unit has indeed moved, even though turn sequence…[Read more]

Do you have the mongoose v2.  beta?

At the moment we only have the 2 player QuickStart rules but they are very close to the v2 beta with minor changes (such as crit hit location being decided by a D10 not 2D6)

i have a copy of the old mongoose v1 but I’ve not gone through and compared them

The release date is next Saturday (29th) and has been known for at least a month…there has been a count down timer on the 2 player box for at least 3 weeks…

people who live in the midlands are able to arrange collection from WL as of Monday so the game is ‘in the wild’ next week

Yes I would think so as usual when the scenario does not specify whi gets which side.

Yes, but who gets which side? Dice for it?

Cheers

I believe each player has one of the long sides as their side as usual, just that half the German player’s forces must set up in the center objective. The first wave for the US player will enter from his side on Turn 1.

What I’ve heard is that the release will be 3 books

1, The rules

2, Scenarios

3, Ship stats

So whilst they wont release the cards on their own you will be able to get the stats without buying the ships and make up your own cards (which in fairness I think I might end up doing some as I’m not a great fan of way Cruel Seas /Victory at Sea/ Black…[Read more]