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ORIGINAL: Extraneous

We've had "Name that plane" so how about "Name this boat"

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

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ORIGINAL: Extraneous

We've had "Name that plane" so how about "Name this boat"

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Warspite1

I can't quite read her name on the side, my eyesight is not that good, but I will go for "Penelope".

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

No.3
1. I am a land unit that fought in World War II and I have my own counter - I am larger than a divisional unit
2. I am available at the start of the Global Campaign. I was not given the designation on my counter right at the start of the war, this happened during 1940.

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ORIGINAL: Beryl

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

No.3
1. I am a land unit that fought in World War II and I have my own counter - I am larger than a divisional unit
2. I am available at the start of the Global Campaign. I was not given the designation on my counter right at the start of the war, this happened during 1940.

WDF ? not available at set-up, but available in the force pool. I think the Western Desert Force designation was used only from 40.

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

No.4
1. I am a land unit that fought in World War II and I have my own counter - I am larger than a divisional unit
2. I am available at the start of the Global Campaign, as I was in real life - although if WIF was not a high level strategic game, I would probably disappear after about 2.5 years of war. Instead, I am available throughout the game.

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ORIGINAL: Beryl

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

No.4
1. I am a land unit that fought in World War II and I have my own counter - I am larger than a divisional unit
2. I am available at the start of the Global Campaign, as I was in real life - although if WIF was not a high level strategic game, I would probably disappear after about 2.5 years of war. Instead, I am available throughout the game.

I would guess it is a HQ unit, whom commander was dead, captured or forced to resign from military operation before mid 42. Difficult to say, as all sides had general assignated to very secondary command (Gort, Timoshenko), political or symbolic charge (Graziani, Wavell) around 42...
Edit : Not a commonwealth counter, let's say Timoshenko then

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

No.2
1. I am a land unit that fought in World War II and I have my own counter - I am larger than a divisional unit
2. I am not available at the start of the Global Campaign, but am ready about half way through. I am available in WIF a little earlier than was the case in reality.
3. I am a corps that usually consisted of three divisions - two of these divisions are very well known to WWII buffs - the third, perhaps less so.

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

No.1
1. I am a land unit that fought in World War II and I have my own counter - I am smaller than a Corps/Army unit
2. I am not represented in WIF in the way I existed in WWII (it can't really be so). However my inclusion in the game is right and ADG have done a good job.
3. In the real war I was used with a good deal of success early on, but my usefulness was less obvious as the war progressed....

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ORIGINAL: Beryl

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

No.2
1. I am a land unit that fought in World War II and I have my own counter - I am larger than a divisional unit
2. I am not available at the start of the Global Campaign, but am ready about half way through. I am available in WIF a little earlier than was the case in reality.
3. I am a corps that usually consisted of three divisions - two of these divisions are very well known to WWII buffs - the third, perhaps less so.

Must be the 101° + 82° US Abn. As the XL and XXXIV PARA are available in WIF early on, the answer should be the XVIII° US Airborne Corp, available in WIF in 42.

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ORIGINAL: Beryl

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

No.1
1. I am a land unit that fought in World War II and I have my own counter - I am smaller than a Corps/Army unit
2. I am not represented in WIF in the way I existed in WWII (it can't really be so). However my inclusion in the game is right and ADG have done a good job.
3. In the real war I was used with a good deal of success early on, but my usefulness was less obvious as the war progressed....

I guess it is an Art, AA or AT div. The 88 must be the most famous flak gun and was very successful early on, when used as anti-tank weapon by the Wehrmacht. I think its later failure is illustrated in the film 'The Bridge at Remagen'.

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

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ORIGINAL: Extraneous

We've had "Name that plane" so how about "Name this boat"

[image]local://upfiles/29440/BDC47EACCCBD4A2D9E4A68BD1B76D662.jpg[/image]

Warspite1

I can't quite read her name on the side, my eyesight is not that good, but I will go for "Penelope".

Warspite1

I will go for Landing Craft Assault (LCA) - but not confident.

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

No.4
1. I am a land unit that fought in World War II and I have my own counter - I am larger than a divisional unit
2. I am available at the start of the Global Campaign, as I was in real life - although if WIF was not a high level strategic game, I would probably disappear after about 2.5 years of war. Instead, I am available throughout the game.
3. Beryl was on the right track. I was not killed or injured in 1942, but I did exit the war during that year.
4. I am a German unit

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ORIGINAL: Centuur

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

No.4
1. I am a land unit that fought in World War II and I have my own counter - I am larger than a divisional unit
2. I am available at the start of the Global Campaign, as I was in real life - although if WIF was not a high level strategic game, I would probably disappear after about 2.5 years of war. Instead, I am available throughout the game.
3. Beryl was on the right track. I was not killed or injured in 1942, but I did exit the war during that year.
4. I am a German unit

Ritter von Leeb.

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ORIGINAL: Beryl

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

No.1
1. I am a land unit that fought in World War II and I have my own counter - I am smaller than a Corps/Army unit
2. I am not represented in WIF in the way I existed in WWII (it can't really be so). However my inclusion in the game is right and ADG have done a good job.
3. In the real war I was used with a good deal of success early on, but my usefulness was less obvious as the war progressed....

I guess it is an Art, AA or AT div. The 88 must be the most famous flak gun and was very successful early on, when used as anti-tank weapon by the Wehrmacht. I think its later failure is illustrated in the film 'The Bridge at Remagen'.

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

No.1
1. I am a land unit that fought in World War II and I have my own counter - I am smaller than a Corps/Army unit
2. I am not represented in WIF in the way I existed in WWII (it can't really be so). However my inclusion in the game is right and ADG have done a good job.
3. In the real war I was used with a good deal of success early on, but my usefulness was less obvious as the war progressed....
4. I am represented in WIF by 3 units - and a further two possibles (though these latter two have a different name ). Sorry - I should clarify that three of these counters are at corps/army level. The two that are the subject of this question are divisional units and I am looking for the "1st" of these.
5. Think Pacific War.

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ORIGINAL: brian brian

what does the film illustrate?

I have always found it interesting that in American combat memoirs, just about every explosion near the writer is blamed on "88s"

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ORIGINAL: Orm

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

No.1
1. I am a land unit that fought in World War II and I have my own counter - I am smaller than a Corps/Army unit
2. I am not represented in WIF in the way I existed in WWII (it can't really be so).
However my inclusion in the game is right and ADG have done a good job.
3. In the real war I was used with a good deal of success early on, but my usefulness was less obvious as the war progressed....
4. I am represented in WIF by 3 units - and a further two possibles (though these latter two have a different name ). Sorry - I should clarify that three of these counters are at corps/army level. The two that are the subject of this question are divisional units and I am looking for the "1st" of these.

5. Think Pacific War.

1st SNLF division?

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

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ORIGINAL: Orm

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

No.1
1. I am a land unit that fought in World War II and I have my own counter - I am smaller than a Corps/Army unit
2. I am not represented in WIF in the way I existed in WWII (it can't really be so).
However my inclusion in the game is right and ADG have done a good job.
3. In the real war I was used with a good deal of success early on, but my usefulness was less obvious as the war progressed....
4. I am represented in WIF by 3 units - and a further two possibles (though these latter two have a different name ). Sorry - I should clarify that three of these counters are at corps/army level. The two that are the subject of this question are divisional units and I am looking for the "1st" of these.

5. Think Pacific War.

1st SNLF division?

Warspite1

Is the correct answer [:)] The Special Naval Landing Forces were rarely used in anything more than battalion or (rarely) brigade-size strength and certainly not division and much less corps size. After Japanese expansion plans came to a halt, these units were largely used as island garrison troops, where many were wiped out.

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ORIGINAL: Extraneous

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

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ORIGINAL: Extraneous

We've had "Name that plane" so how about "Name this boat"

[image]local://upfiles/29440/BDC47EACCCBD4A2D9E4A68BD1B76D662.jpg[/image]

Warspite1

I can't quite read her name on the side, my eyesight is not that good, but I will go for "Penelope".

Warspite1

I will go for Landing Craft Assault (LCA) - but not confident.

It is similar Landing Craft Assault (LCA) but the difference is in the details.

The Landing Craft Assault (LCA) was controlled from behind the shield the starboard side.

Here is a good view from a paper model of a LCA


This landing craft has two .30-caliber machine guns and was controlled from behind the port machine gun position.

Just a FYI: The writing on the landing craft is PA1814.

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ORIGINAL: Extraneous

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

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ORIGINAL: Orm

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

No.1
1. I am a land unit that fought in World War II and I have my own counter - I am smaller than a Corps/Army unit
2. I am not represented in WIF in the way I existed in WWII (it can't really be so).
However my inclusion in the game is right and ADG have done a good job.
3. In the real war I was used with a good deal of success early on, but my usefulness was less obvious as the war progressed....
4. I am represented in WIF by 3 units - and a further two possibles (though these latter two have a different name ). Sorry - I should clarify that three of these counters are at corps/army level. The two that are the subject of this question are divisional units and I am looking for the "1st" of these.

5. Think Pacific War.

1st SNLF division?

Warspite1

Is the correct answer [:)] The Special Naval Landing Forces were rarely used in anything more than battalion or (rarely) brigade-size strength and certainly not division and much less corps size. After Japanese expansion plans came to a halt, these units were largely used as island garrison troops, where many were wiped out.

[:D] Don't forget in WiF divisions represent units of divisional size or smaller. [:D]


Some Japanese Special Landing Forces were as large as regiments


Japanese Special Landing Forces ~ my post #91

And then there are the 3,500 man strong Sea Landing Brigades.

Sea Landing Brigades ~

my post #101

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ORIGINAL: Orm

1. I do have a counter in WIF
2. I am included in the set up for Global War but I am not always set up in Global War games.