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Offline baz44331

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Comet?
« on: 02-05-2009, 21:05:55 »
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Re: Comet?
« Reply #1 on: 02-05-2009, 21:05:49 »
No comets were in action in Normandy.  Or even in France if I remember correctly.  And they were first delivered in december 44, while Normandy ended 4 months before.
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Re: Comet?
« Reply #2 on: 02-05-2009, 21:05:58 »
Comet didnt enter until the most latest stages of the war in europe, 1945. It was like the british equivalent to Pershing, meaning it was very rare and only saw a battle or two, if even that. It was too late for the Comet to have an effect on anything.
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Re: Comet?
« Reply #3 on: 02-05-2009, 21:05:02 »
Hmm.. but they where at the battle of the bulge, and went into action 1944. fact. seen it on documentarie about 30 min ago.
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Re: Comet?
« Reply #4 on: 02-05-2009, 21:05:15 »
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The 11th Armoured Division was the first to receive the new tanks in December 1944 and the only division to be completely refitted by the end of the war. Because of its late arrival, the Comet did not participate in any major battles though it did see combat against the Germans. The Comet was involved in the crossing of the Rhine and the later Berlin Victory Parade in July 1945. The Comet's maximum speed of 32 miles per hour was greatly exploited on the German Autobahns.

That's just what Wiki says.
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Re: Comet?
« Reply #5 on: 02-05-2009, 22:05:45 »
yeah just what the documentarie said enterd the war 1944. which was the same year of the invasion. so you would of seen a few of them in 1944. the documentarie said that the first months of that year this tank went into action.
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Re: Comet?
« Reply #6 on: 02-05-2009, 22:05:25 »
On this subject you can trust Wikipedia. It agrees with my encyclopedia about tanks.
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Re: Comet?
« Reply #7 on: 02-05-2009, 22:05:29 »
 :-X

btw, talking about the comet, will we see the Me 163 „Komet“ in the next release?

it did see combat service in summer 44. why waste it on fictional maps like "alpenfestung"?
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Re: Comet?
« Reply #8 on: 02-05-2009, 23:05:58 »
Quote from: hslan.Faust on 02-05-2009, 22:05:29
:-X

btw, talking about the comet, will we see the Me 163 „Komet“ in the next release?



EH.. you know the Answer....


Nope.
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Re: Comet?
« Reply #9 on: 02-05-2009, 23:05:18 »
Quote from: torenico on 02-05-2009, 23:05:58
Quote from: hslan.Faust on 02-05-2009, 22:05:29
:-X

btw, talking about the comet, will we see the Me 163 „Komet“ in the next release?



EH.. you know the Answer....


Nope.

sorry, but i am new and so glad to have found this place!
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Re: Comet?
« Reply #10 on: 02-05-2009, 23:05:50 »
Quote from: hslan.Faust on 02-05-2009, 23:05:18
Quote from: torenico on 02-05-2009, 23:05:58
Quote from: hslan.Faust on 02-05-2009, 22:05:29
:-X

btw, talking about the comet, will we see the Me 163 „Komet“ in the next release?



EH.. you know the Answer....


Nope.

sorry, but i am new and so glad to have found this place!


Well, the Comet had only 30 mins of flight and it saw little action, probably late 1944 untill march, i think the luftwaffe stopped using them.
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Re: Comet?
« Reply #11 on: 02-05-2009, 23:05:47 »
Quote from: baz44331 on 02-05-2009, 22:05:45
yeah just what the documentarie said enterd the war 1944. which was the same year of the invasion. so you would of seen a few of them in 1944. the documentarie said that the first months of that year this tank went into action.


The documentary is wrong, they often are.  That tank simply did not see action expect for the river crossing.
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Re: Comet?
« Reply #12 on: 02-05-2009, 23:05:33 »
Hmm.. I believe you guys ;), you think a documentarie would know what there talking about ::)
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Re: Comet?
« Reply #13 on: 02-05-2009, 23:05:34 »
Well Baz.. its a good suggestion after all.. atleast you didnt suggested the Comet, british jet hehe
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Re: Comet?
« Reply #14 on: 03-05-2009, 12:05:14 »
From what I can recall, the Comets that arrived in time for the offensive through the Ardennes did not see any (or very little) action. The crews were not properly trained to use the new vehicles and were reverted back to using their old Shermans/Cromwells.

At least this is what I can remember, but I may be getting confused with something else.
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