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Originally posted by Mark Shakespeare: Hi, I've just started playing the game, and I was hoping for a little advice! I have a problem getting infantry loaded into/onto vehicles during a game. Basically, if I want to move the vehicle into the same hex as the infantry in order to load up, I click on the vehicle, then try to click on the hex containing the infantry - but the game assumes I'm clicking on the infantry unit itself, so I can't move the vehicle! The same happens the other way round. Now, I presume that the requirement to have the infantry and the vehicle in the same hex was for the sake of realism - but it makes it difficult to reload infantry once they've disembarked. Does anyone have any advice as to how I can get round this? Secondly, is there a way for a vehicle to reverse without turning round? I frequently fight battles where, using Panthers against T-34s/Shermans/Cromwells, I want to retreat towards my heavier units, having deployed the lighter tanks as far forwards as possible in order to start shooting as early as possible. However, I really don't want to expose my rear armour when doing so! I know that reversing should be slow, say a quarter of maximum speed, but it could prove useful. Any way of doing this? (I know I could use smoke. The problem is that a unit which can see me past the smoke can still out a shell through my engine). Also, a question of a more theoretical nature. The game allows us to fight battles up to 1945, and if you do so, you get the appropriate units for the Americans, British and Russians. But the Germans and Japanese are stuck with what they had in 1945. Does anyone have any information on possible weapons developments for the Axis countries which might have gone into service after the respective countries were historically defeated? I know of plans for a Panther II mounting the 88mm L/71, and of course there's the Maus, but what about any others? Finally, just a quick query, more out of curiosity than anything else - since starting playing Steel Panthers World At War, how many of you have stopped playing the original Steel Panthers?? Thanks for taking the time! Mark Shakespeare