WW2 Warfare Discussion thread

[BurroDiablo]

America succeeded with the M22 Locust. They replaced Tetrarchs towards the end of the war.

There was a Fallschirm-Panzer Division, did they have airborne tanks?

No, but they would have had cars, trucks and halftracks

[Pac-Fish]

Was there really a tank glider or is that purely for COH gameplay

[BurroDiablo]

Of course, it's not something Relic just made up

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Aircraft_Hamilcar

[Sommarkatze]

The russian did have an litteraly flying tank XD

I need some help guys! I wounder about the Royal thai army during ww2. Like the ordinary soldier, the infantry. What kind of uniform did he wear? I know they had Adrian helmets but the uniform? Pictures would be lovely! Thanks! <3

[stealthattack1]

loved the pic, sorry, i cant help you.

[MBJrP36]

Here is the German's Tank glider
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_321

[Pac-Fish]

Cool glider . I cant imagine there were that many of them

I have a question but wasn't really sure where to put it. Why is it that the Volks in game have a higher ranking symbol than the Grenadiers? It never really made sense to me (and many skin packs and mods change this too). By symbol I mean the little icon picture that appears in the black box when you slect them.

[TheVolskinator]

What about ww2 :3?
Post Merge: October 09, 2011, 11:16:23 AMWhy is it Sherman tanks have the .50 cal MG behind the tank commander . In the pictures I've seen, the MG is at the back of the turret. How is anyone suppose to fire that without stepping outside

Here's an example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPYFU4hXDg4    skip to 6:06. yes, I realise this is 8 pages old. But cmon, its badass.

[BurroDiablo]

Don't like that bit of BoB. The thought of being slowly squished by a StuG makes me feel ill.

[Pac-Fish]

Hey who decides what number a division or company gets? For example, in WWII there was the 82nd airborne and then 101st airborne. Does that mean there are numbers 83rd to 100th airborne that died or were never reported? There is also the 716th German Infantry division. Does that mean there were 715th other German Infantry divisions before this one was made? Someone please clarify how these designations work .

[Walentin 'Walki' L.]

Depends on strength of the company, battalion, squad or whatever.

There were also companies just called XXX corps like in Operation Market Garden

[Cranialwizard]

Depends on strength of the company, battalion, squad or whatever.

There were also companies just called XXX corps like in Operation Market Garden

So simply just random eh?

[Walentin 'Walki' L.]

Yesch.

[Pac-Fish]

Depends on strength of the company, battalion, squad or whatever.

There were also companies just called XXX corps like in Operation Market Garden

Can I inquire why they were called XXX? Were they special or something?

[Walentin 'Walki' L.]

So only guys who were into the plan were able to know it the company has armour for example.