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RE: War jitters - 11/16/2010 10:53:21 PM

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That would just be silly sending a man with a Liverpudlian accent behind JJs lines.

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RE: War jitters - 11/16/2010 10:59:50 PM

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As opposed to.....?

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 12:42:52 AM

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Our newest agent, Lt Col L�one Sextus Denys Oswolf Fraudati-filius Tollemache-Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet Tollemache-Tollemache, reports that Mandfalay is relatively lightly held. Op Buggritt is well on its way.

That sounds seriously gay. Are you sure he wouldn't be better off in Bangkok?

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 12:53:02 AM

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Our newest agent, Lt Col L�one Sextus Denys Oswolf Fraudati-filius Tollemache-Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet Tollemache-Tollemache, reports that Mandfalay is relatively lightly held. Op Buggritt is well on its way.

That sounds seriously gay. Are you sure he wouldn't be better off in Bangkok?

I'm sure he'll get there eventually.

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 1:20:07 AM

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Never know when they might get a life-threatening blood blister.

Are blisters a life threatening concern for Martians?

No. Only crabs. Pay attention!

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 1:22:28 AM

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Our newest agent, Lt Col L�one Sextus Denys Oswolf Fraudati-filius Tollemache-Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet Tollemache-Tollemache, reports that Mandfalay is relatively lightly held. Op Buggritt is well on its way.

That sounds seriously gay. Are you sure he wouldn't be better off in Bangkok?

Not as gay as Rong Irand. Or Rone Ranger.

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 1:47:52 AM

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Our newest agent, Lt Col L�one Sextus Denys Oswolf Fraudati-filius Tollemache-Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet Tollemache-Tollemache, reports that Mandfalay is relatively lightly held. Op Buggritt is well on its way.

I'll bet he's glad that Buggritt is finally underway. For all the blokes that were bent over a barrel planning this, it's good to see Tollemache-Tollemache get his justice in the end.

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 6:56:30 AM

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Our newest agent, Lt Col L�one Sextus Denys Oswolf Fraudati-filius Tollemache-Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet Tollemache-Tollemache, reports that Mandfalay is relatively lightly held. Op Buggritt is well on its way.

That sounds seriously gay. Are you sure he wouldn't be better off in Bangkok?

Not as gay as Rong Irand. Or Rone Ranger.

Gawd, I hope a new turn arrives soon so we all can move on into the virtual future!

And could we just change Sprior's title to "His Celestial Majesty (HCM)" to avoid offending him in the future?

It's hard to beat that title of aristocratic rank!

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 8:16:57 AM

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June 10th. Katherine holdds out for another day. I think 18th Div are trying to prove something after a brigade collapsed in 1 day of combat at Timor.

Ground combat at Katherine (76,128)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 50727 troops, 512 guns, 192 vehicles, Assault Value = 1715

Defending force 13468 troops, 392 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 510

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 746

Allied adjusted defense: 619

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), leaders(+), preparation(-)
Attacker: disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
1229 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 99 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Vehicles lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
161 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 55 (36 destroyed, 19 disabled)

Assaulting units:
38th Division
5th Division
40th Brigade
2nd Recon Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
6th Guards Division
14th Guards Regiment

Defending units:
2/8th Armoured Regiment
2/10th Armoured Regiment
18th British Division
I Australian Corps
NW Australia Base Force

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 8:19:47 AM

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No. Only crabs. Pay attention!

This kind?

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 12:44:59 PM

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18th Div is getting better and better every day, 3 experience points today!

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 12:46:24 PM

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And over at Cochin the troops ear-marked (a painful process I'm told) for Weasel embark for Perth. The warm one not the cold, damp one.

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 4:05:01 PM

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18th Div is getting better and better every day, 3 experience points today!

It's those 16 AEC Matadors. They are the envy of every unit within a 1000 mile radius.

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 4:09:47 PM

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The lovely Pininfirina styling. The aerodynamic design...and when you put the thing into a power drift it is an awesome sight.

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 4:15:30 PM

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Having 72 of these probably helps:

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 4:16:47 PM

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According to somebody on ARRSE who should know:

Yes - a very good, simple, rugged squaddy-proof gun..

It's only fault was it was rather heavy for it's capablities and could not be realistically slung, although they did produce a lightweight varient with no shield and a folding trail. The circular gun platform and box trail combination was easy to use, and allowed for rapid traverses with minimum effort (unlike the Pack How).

It could fire a vast range of ammuniton from AP to Mars Bars (I kid you not!) although the design of the round was 1920's vintage and not as efficient as the 105. The original pre-war design did not have a muzzle brake; this was added in the early years of the war to allow SuperCharge+ to be used with AP shot in the direct fire role against tanks (always a bit of a dodgy prospect IMHO!)

In service up to the late 70s at Larkhill where it was used to exploit the last of the wartime ammunition stockpile for training OPs - a complete battery was converted to "mils and meters" for this purpose..

Shell production stopped in the 50s although Blackburn and Chorley were knocking out fuzes well into the 60s.

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 4:25:22 PM

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More 25lb-er loveliness. Note the pongoes in the background showing off!

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 4:29:36 PM

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Oi! What's the one poor bloke doin' holding onto the metal brace at the back of the gun? Does he think he's going to stop the recoil or something? Looks like a great way to spike a unit's quadraceps contusion and / or bilaterally fractured femur numbers.

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 4:30:35 PM

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Also admiring the American jeeps in that image.

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 4:34:56 PM

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Let's get back to the bar on Oahu

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 4:49:15 PM

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The lovely Pininfirina styling. The aerodynamic design...and when you put the thing into a power drift it is an awesome sight.

Things have come full circle. Below is the FMTV, currently in the US Army repertoire.

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 4:50:15 PM

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Also admiring the American jeeps in that image.

Chickenboy, that was the first vehicle I every was licensed on. Damn, I've been in the army too long.

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 5:16:58 PM

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June 10th. Katherine holdds out for another day. I think 18th Div are trying to prove something after a brigade collapsed in 1 day of combat at Timor.
Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), leaders(+), preparation(-)
Attacker: disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
1229 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 99 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Vehicles lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
161 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 55 (36 destroyed, 19 disabled)

Assaulting units:
38th Division
5th Division
40th Brigade
2nd Recon Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
6th Guards Division
14th Guards Regiment

Defending units:
2/8th Armoured Regiment
2/10th Armoured Regiment
18th British Division
I Australian Corps
NW Australia Base Force

Evans is a strong CO. They are holding out against about 4 1/2 Jap division-equivalents. It is tempting to imagine what would happen if 32nd ID was up there too. Still, if Weasel is to work, the bulk of the Jap forces will have to get further down the track toward Alice or Queensland.

We should PRETEND to lose.

They will probably bring down the division at Darwin and begin air attacks on the ground troops.

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 5:20:20 PM

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What's going on with their OP mode combat modifier, Cap'n? Are they in a defensive arrangement or attempting movement orders?

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 5:40:12 PM

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What's going on with their OP mode combat modifier, Cap'n? Are they in a defensive arrangement or attempting movement orders?

Yes, probably some of the sorghum harvesters were trying to get out, but I'm not sure as that is Admiral Lord Sprior's command.

I had opined that we might have 2 days before another Jap attack and suggested it might be time to beat a retreat. Things tend to go badly when he listens to me. His timing instincts are superior to mine but I think he was trying to maintain Allied unity.

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 5:40:54 PM

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The HQ and base force were in move mode.

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 5:40:55 PM

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Oi! What's the one poor bloke doin' holding onto the metal brace at the back of the gun? Does he think he's going to stop the recoil or something? Looks like a great way to spike a unit's quadraceps contusion and / or bilaterally fractured femur numbers.

Getting ready to traverse the gun,I imagine.

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 6:23:14 PM

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Having 72 of these probably helps:

Yes it does. I think that is the full divisonal complement of 25 pdrs, which means the brigade that surrendered easily on Timor either did not have artillery or they have been replaced since.

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RE: War jitters - 11/17/2010 6:42:22 PM

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****************June 11, 1942**************

Oz: Horn Is. fell to the 77th Regt and 35th Brigade. Some of the defenders got out by air to Cairns. I think the cute girls got out too...including the blondes. Merauke Is fell as well and some of the unfortunate survivors of Lark Bn fell into captivity. The poor pastards had been chased out of Rabaul, spent months hoofing it across New Britain, then were picked up by Catalina, only to be attacked again.

SouPac: Jap carriers seen near Tanna. This seems not a very strong carriers force based on recon, perhaps one CV and one CVE. Something is odd about this. It would be quite dangerous to be poking about with such a small force without knowing where the Allied carriers are. This could be bait to temp us within range of the LBA of New Scotland or it could be a raid on Suva or it could be there are more carriers about and this is an offensive effort aiemd at Fiji or Tonga.

The AK's unloading at Suva will go into port and hope that the squadron of P-40B's can protect them.

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RE: War jitters - 11/18/2010 6:21:53 PM

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******************June 12, 1942*********************

Quite an interesting turn

South Pacific: A huge, unescorted raid of 33 Bettys, most likely from Noumea attacked the port at Suva. They were eventually interecepted by 18 P-40B's of 78th FS. They did achieve 5 bomb hits with 250 kg bombs, damaging the tragically named ammunition ship Pyro and 3 AK's, but they paid a high price, losing 12 Bettys and 11 damaged (with more likely to succumb on the flight home). That is the most Bettys I have ever seen in one raid and I am happy with the outcome because it is worth a couple of AK's to get rid of a couple of dozen of the nasty things.

The Kiwi Hudson squadron at Suva had two bowls of Wheaties for breakfast and attacked Jap carriers laying of Anatom. 3 Hudsons atacked (th rest were on search). Here is the interesting report:

CAP engaged:
Hiryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
Shokaku-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
Hiyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
12th Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead

They encountered the fighter datai from Hiyo, Shokaku and Hiryu as well as the 12th Ku S-1 which must either be a carrier capable IJA daitai or perhaps fighters operating from Tanna?

2 Hudsons were lost but the intel is invaluable. The whole thing is beginning to look like an offensive operation to reduce Fiji's defenses.

Oz: Bettys attacked the ground troops at Cairns. The airfield would be an obvious target but the attack on ground troops seems curious. Either it is an intentional misdirection or a Jap commander with too much espresso or a preparatory attack for a landing in Queensland.

No ground attack today at Katherine. The Allied carriers are steaming up the coast. Whether there will be anything to attack remains unclear. There is definitely a downside to letting the Japs know the position of some of our carriers if they are up to somethign near Fiji.

Allied subs were on the prowl. S-40 torpedoed a DMS near Darwin and S-39 fired 8 torps at CL Kashii near Horn Is., 2 of which exploded. That will probably sink her. Meanwhile the Dutch sub, O24 put two torps into an oiler near Makassar.

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