heinrich55
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Rick, Most excellent. The mini-map gave it away for me in a shot. The main map then made sense. This was one of my favorites. I look forward with great anticipation to your recreation of Hill 621. I share your fondness for SL and, of course, ASL. They finally reduced the battle to the scale I had been hoping for all along. Even Panzerblitz and Panzer Leader were not small enough in scale - I wanted squads, individual leaders, individual vehicles, etc. SL was pretty much a dream come true back then. Then computers came along and things got even more incredible. There are some really great memories with that one, Lt. Stahler and Sgt. Hamblen pulling back in the face of hordes of Soviet tanks, among them the terrifying SU-152 Zvierboi. Russian infantry over-running the rear guard posted to sacrifice themselves for their comrades. AT guns being rushed to hunting positions, a counterattack with Mark IV tanks into the flank of the enemy. Yep, I could go on and on about that one. Usually there was some desperate last-gasp stand on the heights, hand-to-hand infantry struggles and desperate morale checks before close-assaulting the Red armor. I remember you mentioning that you were working on this one a while back. The map looks pretty good. I always wondered what it would be like in 3D. This is really nice. Thanks for your efforts. Heinrich55
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