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Getting rid of mortars? That's just crazy! Our guys over here (in South Africa) used to go out with M79s, RPG-7s and at least one 60mm patrol mortar in a platoon (and  one or two MAGs per section).

I thought the British rifle platoon now had a manouevre support section with two GPMGs?

Isn't Allied Rapid Reaction Corps taking over ISAF next year? I presume things would be better run with a mainly British HQ in charge. (Not that I am saying the Brits are the be-all and end-all of soldiering!)

A good book about Anzio is Carlo D' Este's "Fatal Decision: Anzio and the Battle for Rome".

At least it wasn't Cobra- my new favourite beer

Steve McQueen- Hell Is For Heros- IMHO his best role, as Pte (former Master Sgt) John Reese

V40= Dutch mini-grenade?

http://members.tripod.com/~nigelef/index.htm Excellent site on British/Commonwealth artillery in WW2, also explains in detail the basic principles of gunnery, spotting, fire direction etc.

They also had big problems with engine fires in the Panther, especially the early models.

Thanks Wes. Another question- what is the scale of issue of MAGs in the Aus Army ie. are they at the platoon or company level or in a battalion MG platoon?. I ask this because I've seen a lot of pics of Ausie infantry but very few with MAGs.

What makes the M60 bipod better? Is it made of steel? Also, I have heard of Aussie MAGs being fitted with Bren bipods- is this true?

I'm sure it would but what's that got to do with World War 2?

Bloody good man... I think I must have read About Face six or seven times in the past 12 years- and I'll read it again.

I think you can download it from this site http://142.59.159.170

I know but it's just plain bizarre, like the man said a Pythonesque story. I suppose when Uncle Joe gave an order... Re the Nebelwerfer and Katyusha- I'm pretty sure they have nothing to do with each other, someone with more technical knowledge than me will have to explain why.

Now this is what I call a wheeled fire support vehicle www.army-technology.com/projects/rooikat

Is that thing for real? It's got to be the silliest vehicle ever designed!

Wasn't the Australian F1 SMG also based on the Sterling? Few more modifications though, such as the top-loading mag, similiar to the Owen gun of WW2 (which I've seen pictures of being used as late as Vietnam in 1966).

There is now a thermobaric version of the M72, somewhere on this site www.talleyds.com

VCs can be awarded for a series of actions. The famous pilot Group Captain Leonard Cheshire DSO** DFC was awarded the VC for sustained courage and leadership over four tours of operations with Bomber Command from 1940 to 1944, not for a single act. Capt. Charles Upham, who won his first VC on...