Russian battle in the snow

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Russian battle in the snow

Post by nevermore » Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:51 am

Russian winter during WW2 large game on a 20 foot table rules are Rapid Fire 20mm
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cheers malc and keep on wargaming

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Post by obriendavid » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:32 am

Very atmospheric! makes you feel cold just looking at them.
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Post by Gunfreak » Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:32 pm

Thats the sort of game you can only play in the july heat, playing that one in the dark december eveing, would be too depressing.

Great looking game tho.
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Post by obriendavid » Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:40 am

Gunfreak wrote:Thats the sort of game you can only play in the july heat.
July heat :shock: :shock: :shock:
You obviously don't do any wargaming in Scotland :roll:
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Re: Russian battle in the snow

Post by EvilGinger » Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:50 am

You obviously don't do any wargaming in Scotland :roll:
or any where else in Cold Damp Land for that matter, the recent unseasonal warm spell which lasted two days mind being the exemption not the rule.

still very cool pictures

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Post by Gunfreak » Thu Oct 06, 2011 4:58 pm

obriendavid wrote:
Gunfreak wrote:Thats the sort of game you can only play in the july heat.
July heat :shock: :shock: :shock:
You obviously don't do any wargaming in Scotland :roll:
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Hey I live in Norway, you know the country were polar bears roam the streets looking for homeless people to eat.
The country that from mid October to april is dark 20 hours a day.
Yet we have July heat.
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Post by obriendavid » Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:08 pm

Gunfreak wrote: Hey I live in Norway, you know the country were polar bears roam the streets looking for homeless people to eat.
The country that from mid October to april is dark 20 hours a day.
Yet we have July heat.
Could you waft some of that heat across the North Sea please but your welcome to the polar bears.
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Re: Russian battle in the snow

Post by nevermore » Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:29 pm

You learn something everyday in Wargaming .. 20 dark hours in a day, thats why you need white snow to light everything up to see where you are going... just a theory
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Post by Gunfreak » Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:39 pm

It starts around october, you get light from Ten to Six, so 8 hours.

By the end of october, it's down from ten to five. By mid november it's down to eleven to 4. And by December it's down to eleven to three.

Thats when Norwegians start to drink heavely, if it wasn't for the fact that by this time it's Christmas and we get good food and drink and family, most norwegians would hang them self, and some still do.

People with depression actauly get prescribed natural light treatment during this time.
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Re: Russian battle in the snow

Post by Scruff » Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:35 pm

Poor gunfreak ...

its coming into summer here and we get light from around 4/4.30am til 10.30/11pm in december

nice long days here now :)

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Re: Russian battle in the snow

Post by Gunfreak » Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:23 pm

Well when it's summer here, we got daylight some 22 hours a day, only from midnight untill 2 am is there any noticebale darkness. And thats Oslo. A little more north the sun never sets, it's basicly daylight for 3 months.
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Re: Russian battle in the snow

Post by dashing blade » Sun Oct 09, 2011 4:36 am

I have never been to New Zealand or Norway,however there are certain dark satanic mill towns in my neck of the woods ,where you can only tell the seasons by looking at peoples window decorations,and feeling the tempreture of the rain :!:
Tinsel = Winter.............cold rain
Choc eggs = Spring...........cold rain
Condensation = Summer/Autumn ............. slightly less cold rain :shock:
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Post by CoffinDodger » Sun Oct 09, 2011 10:03 am

Broken = Visiting Yorkshire
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Re: Russian battle in the snow

Post by dashing blade » Sun Oct 09, 2011 8:30 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Mr Dodger ,you should win an award for that:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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