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</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Jakerod @ Jan. 11 2003,23: 0)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Ya but the thing was crush, i was standing up and watching the bridge as they went past me i wasnt lying down... probably should of been but i wasnt. Sorry i was knelling cuz i saw him run past me through the scope on the laser designator.<span id='postcolor'> You were standing/kneeling? They always got me when they saw me targeting the Bridge... Maybe it has something to do with movement. I usually look around a bit when I'm lazing the Bridge. (Not much though, just to check any movement on the bridge) They must have noticed that... Did you move? Maybe the AI has problems with finding a moveless laser-targeting BlackOp. Â

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Jakerod @ Jan. 07 2003,22:16)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">while i was lazing the bridge a man from an enemy patrol walked right past me he was about a foot away from me the patrol never saw me i never had to fire a shot.<span id='postcolor'> In OPF, a prone Black Op is almost invisible. I once had a BMP stopping right in front of me (and facing me) without noticing me. Â In this mission, I simply hid in the south-eastern corner of the wood which is located east of the insertion point. I targeted the Bridge and called in the A10. After the bridge was blown up, the entire area was swarming with very angry russians, but they never found me in the wood or on my way back to the extraction point.

Well, i've seen "Patton" far more than once and I am currently reading "A Genius for War" by Carlo d'Este. So you could say I know quite a bit about General Patton. My knowledge about Fieldmarshall Montgomery is however ... limited.  When Patton assumed command over II US Corps, Monty had already chased the Afrikakorps across half the desert. In Tunisia, both the British Eighth Army and the II Corps fought some major battles and drove the Afrikakorps out of Africa. Overall, I don't think the Tunisian Campaign delivers good "comparing stuff", because Patton basically fought just one major engagement (El Guettar) where he could show his true potential. I'd say, the African Campaign (from El Alamein to Tunis) clearly goes to Monty. The II US Corps had it's share in the Tunisian Campaign, but as I stated earlier, Patton couldn't really show his talents. (BTW, General Bradley did some extraordinary things with II Corps, in the end of the Campaign while overcoming extremly tough resistance in the mountainious north of Tunis and capturing the harbor of Bizerte.) Sicily is a whole different story. Both Armies started in the south of the island. While Monty was going the "straight way" to Messina, he encountered stiff mountain resistance in the Vesuvi area. And, as we all know, Patton was pissed at the idea, that he was supposed to protect Monty's back. So, he ignored orders and went to the northwestern corner of the island and captured Palermo. From there, he started his run for Messina. Meanwhile, Monty slowly overcame the resistance an re-launched his offensive. Now, they both raced towards Messina, and each one wanted to be the first to capture Messina and liberate Sicily. On his way to Messina, it was Patton's turn to encounter stiff mountain resistance(when I recall correctly, by the Hermann Goering Paratrooper Division). He overcame them quickly by launching amphibious assaults behind the resistance pockets. This was also the time, the two infamous slapping incidents occured. In the end, Patton was the first to Messina (by a couple of hours). So I'd say Patton clearly outruled Monty on Sicily. But thanks to his high temper and the fact that the American Public found out about the two slapped soldiers, Patton served as a decoy for the German General Staff, while Bradley and Monty landed in Normandy. In Normandy, Monty faced the brunt of the German Armored Devisions in Caen, while Bradley had some serious infantry combat in his area of the beachhead. Patton first showed up on the continent, shortly after the Americans broke out of the beachhead. In this moment, the famed Third US Army came into existence. Patton pushed the 3rd down until he reached Bretagne. There, he splitted his troups. Some went to the west to liberate Bretagne, while he with the remainder of the 3rd swiveld east. About this time, the Germans started a counterattack and tried to cut the 3rd Army off from the remainder of the US Forces. The Allies tried to meet the threat by cutting of the German Army. Patton was ordered to go south of the German Army and then he should go to the north, where he would meet Monty's troops and cut the Germans off. Patton did his part, but Monty was still struggling with the Germans in Caen. So he was unable to close the ring and a huge part of the German Army escaped behind the Somme. This was the first time I noticed Patton accusing Monty of hesitation. However, Monty faced some serious resistance in Caen. Here begins the story of Patton's race across France while Monty and his 21st Army Group fought their way towards Belgium. Due to the unexpected fast advance of both Army Groups, the Allied Expeditionary Force faced a grave situation. All the supply still had to be brought all the way from the Normandy beaches. They only had enough capabilities to supply one Army Group. Facing this, Monty made up Operation Market Garden. A daring plan, to say the least. It had the great advantage, that if Operation Market Garden would have been a success, the industrial heart of Germany, the Ruhr-area, would have been subject to allied ground offensives. The remainder of the german troops in Belgium and the Netherlands would also have been almost cut off. But Operation Market Garden was a failure. The Red Devils in Arnhem got badly choped up and the road of advance came under attack from both sides. So, now Monty didn't have his surprise attack into Germany but had to face the battle for Antwerp and the river islands. In the meantime, Patton got stuck in the mud of Lorraine. Let's jump to the Battle of the Bulge, 'cause I'm getting tired around here.  Patton turned his army around and covered the distance to the bulge in less time with more men then everybody thought possible. Monty however, assuming command over the troops on the northern part of the Bulge, somehow didn't get started with the counterattack. I remember, that the US Commanders in the northern area were very pissed about not getting off the leash, to put it in friendly terms.  In the end, the Battle of the Bulge became the story of the 101st Airborne under the command of General "Nuts" McAuliffe. (Band of Brothers, anyone? Those were really great episodes   ) I think, you can honestly say, that the Bulge was an American Battlefield. By holding Bastogne the advancing German Armies were denied the vital road junction, so that this last ditch (and hopeless) offensive was doomed to a quick end. After the Bulge, Patton cleared out the Palatinate and Monty finally liberated the Netherlands. Once both were in Germany, there aren't any significant comparisons possible. Patton cleared out the southern part while Monty took care of the northern part. ( Simplified!!! ) On the continent both commanders had their moments, and I would't dare to declare a "winner" on that part. (To be comletely honest, I don't know the Operations of the 21st Army Group well enough.) Patton and Montgomery were both bigger than live personalities. They both shaped the Army's of their respective countries and the way they fought WWII. In the end, Patton and his big mouth were his own greatest enemy. Eisenhower could have kicked him three times for something Patton said or did. Monty just took his mouth a bit too full after the Bulge... That were just my two cents. I hope, i didn't forget anything significant... Â

Hi. I presume, you mean the mission where you have to defend the town you occupied in the previous mission. I hopped into the BMP with two other guys from my group and drove to the Y-Junction. Then I ordered the two tank platoons to the left and the right side of the road. When the Russians came, they never heard the thunderclap as they came under attack from three sides. The two tank platoons, and me in my little BMP. Â After the russian tanks had been neutralized, it was no biggie to take out the remaining infantry.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Benaksoy @ July 24 2002,20:29)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I'm sorry but you're all wrong. The easiest mission by far is the one in the resistance campaign where you have to wait for the bus.<span id='postcolor'> Yeah, okay. I admit it. That mission is the easiest. You just stand there until the bus arrives and then you get in. You watch the cutscene and in the end you have to walk about 150m.

When your playing online you can use a headset and talk to your fellow players. You don't really need the ingame "radio". So your gunner will get that firing order in time. Â But the radio problem is imho a major issue in Singleplayer. Those situations, when you are commanding a tank and the "radio-queue" is full, really freak me out. You lock on the target, and then you can't really do anything, until your tank gets either blown of the island, or the "radio-queue" has enough mercy to put you through to your gunner. Â

On the back of my OFP-Box, the MINIMUM requirements say: Windows 95 / 98 / ME / 2000 DirectX 8 Pentium II 400 CPU 64 MB Ram 16bit SoundCard with DirectSound support 3D-GraphicBoard with 16 MB Ram and Direct3D support 8x CD-Rom Drive 450MB free HDD

On the back of my OFP-Box, the MINIMUM requirements say: Windows 95 / 98 / ME / 2000 DirectX 8 Pentium II 400 CPU 64 MB Ram 16bit SoundCard with DirectSound support 3D-GraphicBoard with 16 MB Ram and Direct3D support 8x CD-Rom Drive 450MB free HDD

The top blue light on the police jeep actually flashes, when you turn on the lights. But I only saw this at night, never in bright daylight. The two blue front lights only seem to be decoration... And about civilian boats, I think an inofficial addon had civilian boats, but I just can't remember where I saw them. Â

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Albert Schweizer @ July 08 2002,23:57)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">In Germany we have a big budget problem! As you know we still have the obligatory military service (like Corea). This turns out to be a huge unflexible unefficient apparatus. So many investments are urgent but we have to choose only a few that we actually can afford. Â <span id='postcolor'> Yeah, this budget problem really strains the german military capacities to the limit.

Some info's about the german Leopard II. Army Technology - Leopard 2 - Main Battle Tank

I don't have tricks neither. But maybe i can give you some helpful tips. Â The Soviets are coming along the main road with their main tank assault. I ordered each one of my two tank groups to this road, one group to one side of the road respectively. (Maybe some two hundred meters south from the starting point. The street is somehow "Y"-shaped there.) I ordered the other two guys to man the empty BMP and drove to the other groups. Then we waited for the attack. And it was a massacre. The Soviets never stood a chance, despite their numerical superiority. They just kinda drove right into the cannon fire of my tanks. After the battle ended, all soviet tanks were destroyed, while I only lost two tanks. Afterwards I ordered all remaining tanks to take care of the advancing soviet Infantry groups. Needless to say, they didn't stand a chance against the remaining Resistance Tanks. Â

I don't have tricks neither. But maybe i can give you some helpful tips. Â The Soviets are coming along the main road with their main tank assault. I ordered each one of my two tank groups to this road, one group to one side of the road respectively. (Maybe some two hundred meters south from the starting point. The street is somehow "Y"-shaped there.) I ordered the other two guys to man the empty BMP and drove to the other groups. Then we waited for the attack. And it was a massacre. The Soviets never stood a chance, despite their numerical superiority. They just kinda drove right into the cannon fire of my tanks. After the battle ended, all soviet tanks were destroyed, while I only lost two tanks. Afterwards I ordered all remaining tanks to take care of the advancing soviet Infantry groups. Needless to say, they didn't stand a chance against the remaining Resistance Tanks. Â

I always had the feeling, that the G36 is a bit more acurate than the other assault rifles. (i.e. the M16 or the AK74) But maybe I just have this feeling, 'cause the G36's Scope is somehow "clearer" than those of the others. Â

I always had the feeling, that the G36 is a bit more acurate than the other assault rifles. (i.e. the M16 or the AK74) But maybe I just have this feeling, 'cause the G36's Scope is somehow "clearer" than those of the others. Â