Re: Field Marshal Games Pieces Project Discussion thread

@Lozmoid:

Hey FMG,

How are things going with the last of the Italian units? What’s the current situation with the Strat Bomber piece? Are you guys working on a scult right now?

Thank you

Im on vacation until Monday…  but I am told I should expect an update from the factory at that time.

Isn’t a 15cm gun kind of big for anti-aircraft?

@allboxcars:

@FieldMarshalGames:

I wanted to use this for the NEW AA Gun re: Bofors 15CM .  It is the only weapon used by all Axis and Allied Nations in the Second World War.

Thoughts?

Bofors 15cm sounds fantastic.

@knp7765:

Isn’t a 15cm gun kind of big for anti-aircraft?

OK didn’t notice that but actually now that you mention it…. that’s HUGE!

Having one AA for all nations sounds great to me though.

#587

If this is it then its not that big?

It’s weird, but I’m more excited about the upcoming Italy set than I am about Europe 40… Now that’s gotta be saying something!  :-)

@Danger:

If this is it then its not that big?

OK there’s no way that that pic’s a 15cm gun.

And that would be the diameter of the barrel between lands (the ungrooved part)… so 150mm… almost 6 inches. Twice the width of a Sherman’s gun and WAY bigger than the dreaded 88.

#586

@allboxcars:

@Danger:

If this is it then its not that big?

OK there’s no way that that pic’s a 15cm gun.

And that would be the diameter of the barrel between lands (the ungrooved part)… so 150mm… almost 6 inches. Twice the width of a Sherman’s gun and WAY bigger than the dreaded 88.

#586

Is it bigger than the gun in your avatar?

@calvinhobbesliker:

Is it bigger than the gun in your avatar?

Yup. You won’t find a 150mm mounted on a MBT.

@allboxcars:

@calvinhobbesliker:

Is it bigger than the gun in your avatar?

Yup. You won’t find a 150mm mounted on a MBT.

What’s a MBT?

@calvinhobbesliker:

@allboxcars:

@calvinhobbesliker:

Is it bigger than the gun in your avatar?

Yup. You won’t find a 150mm mounted on a MBT.

What’s a MBT?

Sorry Main Battle Tank.

#592

I wonder if FMG was thinking 1.5"… wouldn’t that be (roughly) 37mm?

Now that would be a candidate for AA.

#599

Hi,

Im new to this forum, I just played my first game of A&A and just got hooked  :roll:

This is a big thread and i don’t know if somebody asked this question, but where is the Mechanized Infantry?

I know the cost would be much larger, just asking  :-)

@Lachris:

This is a big thread and i don’t know if somebody asked this question, but where is the Mechanized Infantry?

Hasn’t been made yet.  We are still waiting for that and the Submarine.

Ahhh, that explains why I see no pics

Did the Italians have Mechanised Infantry during WWII?

I think motorized is as far as they got…

Well if that’s true, then it’s an interesting situation for Italy because the Mech Inf playing piece is generic for all major powers in the game; not a technological improvement like it was in AA50. So - if that’s the case, then the upcoming AA Europe 40 will see the Italians as already having acquired that technology, won’t it?  :lol:

I suppose that the Infantry piece in the A&A game series is given as having a motorised compliment included within it… So I guess they will never make a dedicated Motorised Infantry piece (and that’s fair enough I think, due to the scale of the theatre/global games).

Will FMG therefore provide this gap in the market and produce Motorised Infantry?  :-)

@Lozmoid:

Will FMG therefore provide this gap in the market and produce Motorised Infantry?  :-)

Although I think that the mech inf piece is supposed to also represent motorized inf and any other type of inf not riding the “old black cadillacs” into combat (walking), if memory serves FMG’s sets will include trucks…

#611

hello im new here and i just wanted to ask if the Vought F4U Corsair was recommended for fighters. they were quite important in the pacific theater during the war. Here is a link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair#United_States_Navy_and_Marine_Corps

@ cminke:

Early models of both the Panzer III (Ausf. A/B/C/D) and Panzer IV (Ausf. A/B/C) were in service in 1939. The Panzer III ceased production in 1943 (last models were Ausf. M/N), while the Panzer IV remained in production until 1945 (simplified Ausf. J only - Ausf. H ceased production in 1944).

I would personally also like to see a Panzer IV as one of the two FMG models for Germany, although I would prefer to see a mid-war Ausf. F2/G/H model over the heavily simplified/cut down Ausf. J.

The second German tank model should indeed be a Tiger, Ausf. E, IMHO. I would agree to pass over another Panther model here. I don’t think that all OOB models should be replaced, but many of them should be replaced where reasonably feasible. Germany had many WWII tank designs which were both widely used and iconic/recognizable - I therefore believe that there are many reasonable alternative choices for FMG than the Panzer V/Panther.

Perhaps I’m getting off-topic though - I should probably post this in the FMG German pieces discussion…