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Can I have number 6? (Reasoning: when the boche kills my tank, and the turret flies off, and it lands upside down ... then y'all look and see Painless bought the farm!)

These are the details of the missions in the campaign. I doubt we will get to complete all 5 on a single Saturday session as you can see they are quite detailed. Mission Details Mission 1 October 9, 1941 16:30 hours 18th Tank Brigade Village of Budayevo 10 km southeast of Gzhatsk Order of the Day: The fascists are advancing eastward towards Mozhaisk, creeping slowly and brazenly in the direction of Moscow. In the nearby Vyazma pocket our surrounded comrades struggle to escape a torpid death, devoid of ammunition, supplies, and hope. Even more bad news plagues us - Gzhatsk has fallen to the German infantry SS-Regiment Deutschland. And they are not waiting for us to catch our breath. Further Waffen-SS troops have been sent to probe territory east of the city, towards our location. The 18th Tank Brigade is ordered with all haste to impede the continued German advance eastward by establishing a blocking position at Budayevo, southeast of Gzhatsk. Reports indicate that Hausser's SS-Regiment Der Führer comprised of infantry and light armor is heading in our direction on the road to Mozhaisk. Our ambush cannot fail. The farm houses in Budayevo will provide us cover and our unshakable union will provide us strength.Notes: Support from ”little forty-five” anti-tank guns .Mission success upon impeding enemy advance towards Mozhaisk. Mission 2 October 11, 1941 15:00 hours 18th Tank Brigade Mozhaisk Order of the Day: It seems the last mission have merely poked the lion, as now two regiments of the 2nd SS-Panzer-Division Das Reich and a detachment of the 10th Panzer Division are bearing down on our position. We should not fear this over-ambitious enemy. Instead, we should be courageous and assured, as Comrade General Zhukov has been transferred from Leningrad to assume command of our forces here in front of Moscow. He has already laid our path to victory by ordering a defensive line across which the fascists cannot and will not advance. Mozhaisk will be held by the 5th Army, Rokossovsky’s 16th Army will defend Volokolamsk, and the 43rd Army will guard Maloyaroslavec.Be strong comrades. Polkovnik Sergey Kalihovich’s 19th Tank Brigade has arrived by rail in Mozhaisk and is now moving toward our position as reinforcement. We must hold this point on the Mozhaisk Line with our very lives. Notes: Support from 19th Tank Brigade and anti-tank guns. Mission success upon stopping enemy advance towards Mozhaisk. Mission 3 October 17, 1941 08:00 hours Kalinin Tank Raid - part 1 21st Tank Brigade Group 2 Order of the Day: The fascists creep ever closer to Moscow, with giant pinchers forming to the north-west and south. You are to take part in an assault on German occupied territory along the front lines just outside of Moscow, centering on the city of Kalinin. Begin the assault in the staging area near Turginovo, infiltrating the occupied villages of Panigino, Pushkino, and Kvakshino as you move north along the Volokolamsk Highway. Cause as much destruction as possible to German vehicles and infrastructure en route to Kalinin. In order to confuse the enemy, the 21st Tank Brigade will advance upon Kalinin from three different points of origin in three groups. Group 1 will cross the front lines between Pushkino and Kvakshino and join your push north towards Kalinin. Group 3 will advance north along the road from Il’inskoe -Tsvetkovo, and later join you and Group 1 near the airfield directly south of Kalinin. All three groups will then push into Kalinin, escaping to friendly territory south of the river Volga along the highway towards Gorodnya and Zavidovo, if able. Notes: Follow the path of the red line. Expect anti-tank guns around villages. Rearm / refuel available near Pushkino. Join Group 1 after rearming. Mission success upon taking Kvakshino. The assault on Kalinin continues in the next mission. Mission 4 October 17, 1941 09:00 hours Kalinin Tank Raid - part 2 21st Tank Brigade Group 1 Order of the Day:The raid on Kalinin is well underway with Group 2 reaching Kvakshino, half the distance to Kalinin. You are to join with Group 2 in Kvakshino and advance north along the Volokolamsk Highway, taking the villages of Troyanovo and Naprudnoye along your route (in red). As you approach the airfield south of Kalinin and turn north-west towards the train depot, Senior Lieutenant Makovsky's Group 3 will advance on the airfield. Your primary task of this mission is to destroy the Kalinin train depot. Escape to friendly territory south of the river Volga along the highway towards Gorodnya and Zavidovo, if able. Notes: Follow the path of the red line. Expect anti-tank guns around villages.Mission success upon destruction of Kalinin train depot. Optional: participate alongside Group 3’s raid on airfield. Optional: escape Kalinin to friendly territory. Mission 5 December 6, 1941 08:15 hours 127th Tank Brigade 16th Army Order of the Day: The situation is grim. German Army Group Center is at the gates of Moscow. Panic has hit the streets, with people fearing we will soon meet our end, encircled by the enemy, like our starving comrades in the city of Leningrad. During the past few hours, however, our despair has suddenly given way to a unique form of courage that can only be born of desperation.Soviet 16th Army, commanded by Lieutenant-General Rokossovsky, is positioned west of Moscow with the task of defending the Volokolamsk Highway. Today you will help launch the Soviet counter-offensive to drive the fascists away from our capital city. You command a platoon of T-34's in the 127th Tank Brigade of the 16th Army, pushing west along the Volokolamsk Highway. You must punch a hole in the German front line, allowing our troops to liberate the villages of Nakhabino and Dedovsk. Notes: Punch through the enemy lines. Liberate Nakhabino and Dedovsk.Join Group 2 outside of Nakhabino. Mission success upon liberation of Dedovsk.

Great! Numero 2 please

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Number 3 please

I spent a lot of time setting up 2 installs of VoiceAttack and getting it to look in the right AppData folders. Got it working eventually. Viacom Pro is coming along well and when I understand what to say it works well. I also have done another cold start and circuit. Need to watch some more videos of how to make the HUD SOI etc.