Enforcer57

Interesting shot man. Love the old shots.

Yeah, that is pretty impressive. Film as well as site. Wish I had time to browse more.

Yeh, no need to feel guilty of anything. Usually, somebody gets a bit of an education on when, where, and why of some issues. I enjoyed posting my 2 cents worth while trying not to piss anyone off. BTW,

The full auto Browning isn't a malfunction. There have been some class 3 conversions by places like Hard Time Armory in Marrietta during the 80s.

For our Brit pals (whom I think VERY highly of, even that backshooter Painless guy), a little tale of an old rifle I once owned. During WW1, the Brits were short on rifles (and everything else), so Remmington manufactured a new rifle for them in .303 called the P-14 Enfield. When we entered the war, they were also produced in our calibre 30-06 (allied logistics were a bitch in both wars), to supplement our 1903 Springfields. They were GREAT rifles, very sturdy and reliable. I wound up with a 1918 mfg P-17 20 yrs ago in 30-06 that was in magnificent shape for an incredible price. I just wanted it, didn't need it, but it was a piece of history and a great weapon-had to have it. I couldn't figure why it had a it had a Brit proof mark and why the for-end of the stock was painted red though. I found out that it had was one of many such rifles sent to England during 1940-41 as England faced invasion. It seems that the home guard was having to guard ports and such with pitch forks etc, and the army was also short on arms. Churchill made a plea to our semi-commie pres (JP, you kill me) for firearms; even civilians were donating rifles to send to England. So these P-17s got shipped over, and looking identical to the .303 P-14s they were still using, had to have a quick ID feature so proper ammo could be issued. Mine was one shipped back post war. YOu guys take really good care of weapons btw. Just another of the countless unforeseen problems such gun control policies have caused over the decades. I know you are not facing invasion now, but it's just another outcome of such badly thought out policies. BTW, thanks for holding the line until we were forced into it, and for the HUGE casualties you guys suffered. I would have donated it if I'd been around then. Hell, I'd probably have sneaked thru the canadian border and joined RAF.

It's the same one in pic of Carla above. Custom satin nickel finish and millet sites I think. Parted with it after about 17 yrs. I had 4 extra mags and always carried at least two.

ONE MAJOR THING EVERYONE IS OVERLOOKING IN ALL THIS. Ditto on most of what DT said. Ted has for decades been heavily involved in the NRA (as me since I was 15 and saw my first Jane Fonda speech on Future America). The 'unlimited' bit should be taken in context. The hoods don't let the law stop them from toting and using weapons. History and the facts back up most of what he said and DT elaborated on, as armed citizens are far less dangerous than a govt that prohibits such, or the hoods that cause said need. Defending oneself is NOT a violation of due process, BUT his remark about Irate daddies shooting thier daughter's "molesters" illustrates an emotional view that is being exploited by state and federal legislators, passing ambiguous laws that are retro-actively enforced.

Yeah, ships AI is pretty unreliable and certainly illogical. They have always been a weekpoint in any cmpn or misn Ive made, so I usually try to limit it to just some turns and and adjustments to Brains and ROF. I really don't think this can be re-created with any regularity or reliability.

I think there was the WIdgeon, a small twin, and the Goose could probably carry that many, as it had a LARGE compartment for rescued crews in the pontoon. Remember that alot of civie planes were pressed into service at that time to, but it's probably a PBY.

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/23110283/m/3471032977 They are fairly well done, shutter and light angle etc. Very detailed some of them. I added a pair of mine taken in 1990 at Geneseo taken in the lousy weather, but it was still a great site.

Yknow, he may be onto something. Most heavily damaged ships withdraw from combat areas as quickly as they can, Though I think DTs first idea is pretty good to. (I know Ive not been in on this cmpn yet, but Ive got a bit of experience in the FMB, so.....). I copied a technique Dubbo (bless him in whatever universe he is in) used in his priceless "castaways" cmpn; I've made misns where I wanted the flyer to take off from a damaged base or one that is under attack and pass very near destroyed and burning planes, or have them explode before he gets to them. I place an enemy heavy AA (85,88,76) very near the selected static plane, pointed toward it so it won't engage anything else. It will fire and destroy said plane nearly the instant the misn starts, and is so close that explosion destroys it as well. I have to be careful not to allow friendly AA to have a chance to fire at it, or friendly fire will be going everywhere. I don't know how the static PTs or subs or small corvette like ships do,or but perhaps an experiment to see if they fire torps enough to damage said ship in a reasonable time before they are destroyed by the ships return fire etc. I just don't have time to experiment with this right now, but it might bear some interesting results. I don't even know if a static torp armed boat etc will fire the fish or not, so you might have to have it moving. AND PERHAPs a smaller vessel can be programmed to COLLIDE with the larger ship, as that usually causes some serious damage to the big ones and always results in small ones sinking. This would take a bit of experimentation to see which types would avoid sinking both, and to see if it works better with a friendly ship or an enemy one with gunfire adding to the effect. Maybe the little rusky subchaser types etc. Rig it where there would be a few seconds before any of the involved forces arrived. Im not sure what size the colliding ship would have to be, or even what damage it inflicts, but Ive seen ships sink after they collide. Im pretty sure I saw a Bismark collide with a small vessel and survive once, but Im not sure how much of the damage it had came from the collision. Dubbo referred to this as "set dressing".

From what Ive seen, the IL-2 mod for WW1 seems to coming along nicely. Some really nice ac. It seems kinda odd that there are a few categories of sims that are badly neglected these days; WW1 (there used to be several decent ones in the mid 90s). Armor, both modern and WW2 (I loved Panzer commander, despite its flaws). A more comprehensive naval sim, whether based on flying or not - I had hopes the mods could address this, but ships seem kinda problematic for it.

Yeah, and the film that survived from it is p4retty amazing.

Wow. It appeared taht the artillery was firing like howitzers, over the hill and hitting targets out of sight, unlike the line of sight restriction we have. Is this correct? Will artillery act more like artillery with arching fire, rather than like anti-tank guns with straight line of sight shooting?

Ditto man, as Im running my ass off trying to learn this damn CAD program and other classes in tech college which limits me to hardly any time at all on this thing.

And a snappy salute to a warrior. This guy was a Land, sea and air vet. Amazing.

I agree to a great extent Snacko, as drones are gonna be a major weapon, and already are. But the concept that they will replace most human pilots is gonna go the way as the "missles make dogfighting obsolete" theory after the first war that uses that concept. Only people can adapt and improvise to the situation, as Niel Armstrong did on Apollo 11 when the original landing spot was inadequate and he had take over and find one as the computers wanted to abort (see my post on Apollo 11 - this was pointed out). THey got down to 11 seconds of fuel. Drones will get the most dangerous misns, like air defence suppression and penetrating heavily defended targets, or aiding the fighters that are. The radio signals that the controller uses will always face compromise, and AI is a century from being reliable enough to accomplish this in the face of determined opposition - Commander Data is what would be needed.

I agree to a great extent Snacko, as drones are gonna be a major weapon, and already are. But the concept that they will replace most human pilots is gonna go the way as the "missles make dogfighting obsolete" theory after the first war that uses that concept. Only people can adapt and improvise to the situation, as Niel Armstrong did on Apollo 11 when the original landing spot was inadequate and he had take over and find one as the computers wanted to abort (see my post on Apollo 11 - this was pointed out). THey got down to 11 seconds of fuel. Drones will get the most dangerous misns, like air defence suppression and penetrating heavily defended targets, or aiding the fighters that are. The radio signals that the controller uses will always face compromise, and AI is a century from being reliable enough to accomplish this in the face of determined opposition - Commander Data is what would be needed.

Cool guys. THat's so neat, since it was one of hte events everyone remembers where they were when it happened. It was in the afternoon when Eagle landed, but the EVA took place much later at night. It got dark around 9pm EST around here (Ga, US), and I clearly remember it being a later night event, pretty late in fact. Ditto the point about humans doing this, as they were down to 15 seconds fuel. Petty gutsy. Test pilots man, test pilots. Armstrong had lots of time in the X-15.

Cool guys. THat's so neat, since it was one of hte events everyone remembers where they were when it happened. It was in the afternoon when Eagle landed, but the EVA took place much later at night. It got dark around 9pm EST around here (Ga, US), and I clearly remember it being a later night event, pretty late in fact. Ditto the point about humans doing this, as they were down to 15 seconds fuel. Petty gutsy. Test pilots man, test pilots. Armstrong had lots of time in the X-15.

For the ones old enough to remember such of course. I have been absorbed in this the last couple of days, as I clearly remember watching all this on BW TVs and being totally fascinated. I was from a family of two aviator parents, so of course I was totally absorbed in this stuff-hell, sometimes I got to stay home when the Gemini flights were launched, but back then the teachers would usually wheel a BW tv in the classrooms...even in South Alabama (Enterprise, a la Ft. Rucker). . I was 12 yrs old when Eagle landed on the sea of tranquility, and was in my Grandfathers(mom's side) new Lincoln Continental on the way back from a lame trip to my great grandparents house in South Carolina (which I think was a location used in the Movie Deliverance). I was wanting to get home ASAP so I could watch all this, so it was fortunate my grandpa was a leadfoot-he had been a pilot as well (piper J-5) and wanted to see it to. I was listening on the AM radio as the LEM was landing and hearing Armstrong say "Houston, tranquility base here, the Eagle has landed", and going ape wanting a TV. From the moment I got back to the Ga. location where both sets of grandparents lived (it was summer, and I spent much of my summers there) I was in front of

For the ones old enough to remember such of course. I have been absorbed in this the last couple of days, as I clearly remember watching all this on BW TVs and being totally fascinated. I was from a family of two aviator parents, so of course I was totally absorbed in this stuff-hell, sometimes I got to stay home when the Gemini flights were launched, but back then the teachers would usually wheel a BW tv in the classrooms...even in South Alabama (Enterprise, a la Ft. Rucker). . I was 12 yrs old when Eagle landed on the sea of tranquility, and was in my Grandfathers(mom's side) new Lincoln Continental on the way back from a lame trip to my great grandparents house in South Carolina (which I think was a location used in the Movie Deliverance). I was wanting to get home ASAP so I could watch all this, so it was fortunate my grandpa was a leadfoot-he had been a pilot as well (piper J-5) and wanted to see it to. I was listening on the AM radio as the LEM was landing and hearing Armstrong say "Houston, tranquility base here, the Eagle has landed", and going ape wanting a TV. From the moment I got back to the Ga. location where both sets of grandparents lived (it was summer, and I spent much of my summers there) I was in front of

That report had more info than the other one I commented on. I now understand how he was at Jutland. THis guy was in air, naval, and ground actions. Amazing.

That report had more info than the other one I commented on. I now understand how he was at Jutland. THis guy was in air, naval, and ground actions. Amazing.