Help
NZ Earthquake.
bishop 
- 09-04-10 05:38 - 1 comments
As we are blown away and flooded out here in South Australia and Victoria, our thoughts go to the people of Christ Church NZ as they clean up after the earthquake. Good that no one is dead. Hopefully no forum members are in the middle of it.
what is wrong with some people
piet
- 09-04-10 04:27 - 4 comments
http://www.liveleak....=398_1283279015
Bosnia Bugojno
Wanna kick this Girl/moron so hard in here ovaries so she never can put any children on this earth.
and what about here brother, he filmed it
piet
Bosnia Bugojno
Wanna kick this Girl/moron so hard in here ovaries so she never can put any children on this earth.
and what about here brother, he filmed it
piet
why do manufactures make kits in black styrene
charlieboy
- 09-04-10 01:39 - 11 comments
the kit i am just starting is made in black styrene not only is it hard on the eyes, to see part numbers it is also hard to see if you have cleaned up the parts properly
i wont get another one in black parts too much hassell anyone else feel this way?
i wont get another one in black parts too much hassell anyone else feel this way?
German Welding cylinders markings
bishop
- 09-03-10 22:09 - 2 comments
This may need to be moved, but I'll start it here. I'm wondering if anyone knows what sort of markings, if any, may have appeared on welding cyclinders used by the Germans?. I have one I've made for the BergePanther and want to add markings as required.
Commander's 101
Whiterook
- 09-03-10 20:51 - 1 comments
What do the Commander's have to say about it?
Frederick, the Great:
It is an ancient rule of war...if you separate your forces, you will be beaten in detail; if you want to give battle, assemble as many troops as you can; no better way is known to put them to better use
Oeuvres XXVIII: 36
Napoleon:
The art of war does not consist of dividing the troops.
Correspondance, no. 18512 (21 Feb. 1812). Picard, 22
General rule: When you want to fight a battle, assemble all your forces, do not neglect any; one battalion can sometimes decide the day.
Correspondance, 32: 210
I find these quotes from these two dynamic commanders very telling in wargaming. In my opinion, Frederick and Napoleon were similar in style in many ways; and in fact, Napoleon proclaimed Frederick as the Greatest Modern Commander, analyzing the Prussian king's art of war in great detail, and reeling against Frederick's critics during Napoleon's final exile on St. Helena (1815-21). On the subject of Keeping Forces Together, they shared a common view.
Let's look at this from a simple gaming example.....the game of RISK :
It has been my experience, both as a player and observer, that victory is more often won when forces are able to maintain a link to each other and present a unified front, even when spanning continents. The first ones out of the game are often those that find themselves with clusters of forces scattered apart from each other. A simple example yes, but no less true. If the enemy is able to 'corral' your forces in separate clusters, they can then exploit flanks and divisions, and open multiple mini-fronts that can eat away at your defenses through attrition. I personally try and keep a united front whenever possible to avoid just that, as in the Battlefront game just concluded in the Den as of this posting. I and the German commander in that game tried to maintain a unified front that was flexible, and could provide quick defense to weakened positions.
The enemy will always, ALWAYS try and exploit your chink in the armor....they will look for that weak spot and hit it hard, trying to break a hole in your defenses and break on through. Look at the Battle of the Bulge, and the boardgame of the same name by Avalon Hill...in that game, the bulge is the effort by German forces to create a breakthrough in the Allied lines where they least expected it and at a weak point in the unified line. As in the real engagement, if that bulge could have made it all the way to the Port of Antwerp, Allied forces would have been precariously split and thrust into dangerous waters (no pun intended).
Keep Your Forces Together.
A wise strategy in the Art of War, as attested to by two of the world's greatest commanders.
Frederick, the Great:
It is an ancient rule of war...if you separate your forces, you will be beaten in detail; if you want to give battle, assemble as many troops as you can; no better way is known to put them to better use
Oeuvres XXVIII: 36
Napoleon:
The art of war does not consist of dividing the troops.
Correspondance, no. 18512 (21 Feb. 1812). Picard, 22
General rule: When you want to fight a battle, assemble all your forces, do not neglect any; one battalion can sometimes decide the day.
Correspondance, 32: 210
I find these quotes from these two dynamic commanders very telling in wargaming. In my opinion, Frederick and Napoleon were similar in style in many ways; and in fact, Napoleon proclaimed Frederick as the Greatest Modern Commander, analyzing the Prussian king's art of war in great detail, and reeling against Frederick's critics during Napoleon's final exile on St. Helena (1815-21). On the subject of Keeping Forces Together, they shared a common view.
Let's look at this from a simple gaming example.....the game of RISK :
It has been my experience, both as a player and observer, that victory is more often won when forces are able to maintain a link to each other and present a unified front, even when spanning continents. The first ones out of the game are often those that find themselves with clusters of forces scattered apart from each other. A simple example yes, but no less true. If the enemy is able to 'corral' your forces in separate clusters, they can then exploit flanks and divisions, and open multiple mini-fronts that can eat away at your defenses through attrition. I personally try and keep a united front whenever possible to avoid just that, as in the Battlefront game just concluded in the Den as of this posting. I and the German commander in that game tried to maintain a unified front that was flexible, and could provide quick defense to weakened positions.
The enemy will always, ALWAYS try and exploit your chink in the armor....they will look for that weak spot and hit it hard, trying to break a hole in your defenses and break on through. Look at the Battle of the Bulge, and the boardgame of the same name by Avalon Hill...in that game, the bulge is the effort by German forces to create a breakthrough in the Allied lines where they least expected it and at a weak point in the unified line. As in the real engagement, if that bulge could have made it all the way to the Port of Antwerp, Allied forces would have been precariously split and thrust into dangerous waters (no pun intended).
Keep Your Forces Together.
A wise strategy in the Art of War, as attested to by two of the world's greatest commanders.
Site Navigation
Online Users
7 members, 45 visitors and 0 anonymous users
Google, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, MSN/Bing, gpetro, pwf6464, RAF Liberators, daskooka, piet, PatrickR, charlieboy
Random Gallery Image
September 2010
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
|
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
|
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
Latest Discussions
- NZ Earthquake. by bishop (Today, 05:38 AM)
Read: 2 Comments: 3114 - what is wrong with some people by piet (Today, 04:27 AM)
Read: 13 Comments: 2233 - why do manufactures make ki... by charlieboy (Today, 01:39 AM)
Read: 37 Comments: 2249 - German Welding cylinders ma... by bishop (Yesterday, 10:09 PM)
Read: 9 Comments: 3114 - Commander's 101 by Whiterook (Yesterday, 08:51 PM)
Read: 13 Comments: 10589 - New WWII book on Buckingham... by Buckingham (Yesterday, 02:52 PM)
Read: 24 Comments: 2 - Hello from Florida by way o... by Buckingham (Yesterday, 02:51 PM)
Read: 37 Comments: 2 - World's 'oldest bee... by Jim O (Yesterday, 11:38 AM)
Read: 37 Comments: 5168 - Lancaster Bomber Tribute Video by Doering (Yesterday, 11:09 AM)
Read: 22 Comments: 2 - 1/48 US PARATROOPERS by piet (Yesterday, 06:01 AM)
Read: 38 Comments: 2233 - tiger 1 div. GD weathering ... by stefanuccio (02 Sep 2010 09:34 PM)
Read: 30 Comments: 344 - Happy Birthday Geek by RAF Liberators (02 Sep 2010 06:05 PM)
Read: 79 Comments: 2043 - look what i found by piet (02 Sep 2010 09:21 AM)
Read: 68 Comments: 2233 - Looking for soldiers account by sniper1shot (01 Sep 2010 09:52 PM)
Read: 36 Comments: 294 - Good Luck to Those in Hurri... by Jim O (01 Sep 2010 09:42 PM)
Read: 91 Comments: 5168