Being out in the open in any "Panzer" and seeing a flight of either "Typhoons", "Stormovicks", or "P-47s" wing over and head your way.
Rations count
Beef n Rocks
Ham n M-Fs
and those pies are something special. I believe you could bait a trap with them and catch nothing, not even ants.

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There's one way to find out if a man is honest-ask him. If he says "Yes", you know he's a crook. Groucho Marx

I hate the MG-42 when playing Close Combat Invasion Normandy as the Americans. I remember losing two squads of men in 15 seconds. Should have used a smoke grenade... [img]graemlins/no.gif[/img]

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"The victor will never be asked if he told the truth."
A.H.

Lets not forget the Russian artillery bombardments. I would not want to go through something like that. Also being dept charged inside a U-boat.

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American by birth, TEXAN by the grace of GOD!

I know, from various things, that in the Pacific at least, the Americans most feared the Japanese Mortar. I dont know the exact name or details, but i believe the shell was larger then any other mortar during the war, and they also had a giant-mortar (though it was almost as dangerous to those who fired it as it was to those on the recieving end). Theres a footage-clip i saw where you see a few soldiers including a stretcherbearer on Iwo Jima. Then you hear the screaming noise of the Mortarand they drop the stretcher and all dive for cover, shortly before the mortar explodes. Looked more like an Artillery-shell-explosion.

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I know, from various things, that in the Pacific at least, the Americans most feared the Japanese Mortar. I dont know the exact name or details, but i believe the shell was larger then any other mortar during the war, and they also had a giant-mortar (though it was almost as dangerous to those who fired it as it was to those on the recieving end). Theres a footage-clip i saw where you see a few soldiers including a stretcherbearer on Iwo Jima. Then you hear the screaming noise of the Mortarand they drop the stretcher and all dive for cover, shortly before the mortar explodes. Looked more like an Artillery-shell-explosion.

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Ah yes, referred to as the "the Screaming Jesus".
The 320mm Spigot Mortar.
Fired a 5 foot long (13 inch shell) from a 10 inch base. It fit down & over it, and was only good for 5 or 6 rounds.
A 675 lb shell could be hurled up to 1,440 yards.
American troops said you could see it go up, but you never knew where it was going to hit.
First encountered on Iwo Jima.
They also (the Japanese) had a 150mm mortar.

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There's one way to find out if a man is honest-ask him. If he says "Yes", you know he's a crook. Groucho Marx

I would hate to land on D-day, Dog Green and Dog Red sector.

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Dont shoot, let them burn.

Nebelwerfer, Katjusha.....

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White Phosphorus. Ouch.

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At least with a nebelwefer you knew that after a couple of volleys you had time to leg it for a hole in the ground or dig like a crazy man. With the Katyusha, considering the size of some of the batteries, the best you could hope for was a few seconds whilst another battery opened up.

On the other hand they took a fearsome time to reload, apparently the only reason they were kept on was because of the morale effect on friendly troops.

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What about being in Berlin when the Russians were just about to crush it. Also Memel, Konigsberg, etc.

Being in a Penal battalion, being sent to a gulag or becoming a prisoner of the Russians if you were German, or behind enemy lines (partisans and civilians.) Civillians were sent to gulags for not retreating from the enemy advance intime, or retreating to early (i think; also this was the same with Russian commanders?)

A sherman facing a German AT crew with Panzerfausts.

Speaking of nebelwerfers and katyushas... What about the Americans - they used rockets on LCIs and Pont du Hoc... Don't know the name,however, or if they were any good.

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what about jumping out of a perfectly good airplane...not knowing where the hell you were going to land?

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Artillery and snipers are the things that troops fear the most. Whether it is long guns or mortars, accurate artillery fire can be difficult to find shelter from, and foxholes are not a guaranteed protection. Long lasting bombardments can really get on nerves.

Snipers have the suspense of not knowing when you may be the next target. A good sniper is hard to find and flush. And they can bring operations to a halt until they are found.

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Lord, let me be the person my dog thinks I am.

Yes, sitting in a foxhole with buildings, trees, and people blowing up around me isnt exactly my idea of a 'fun' time.

That would really be horrible to experience.

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As an instrument of the Nazi war machine, Dr. Josef Mengele, the Angel of Death.

Being a soviet troop charging into the Mg 42

and also, if I ran out of Ammo :/

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Time is only enemy you'll never get rid of.

Most feared by the `Jerry' infantry - the POXIT fused shell. When bursting 30 ft above it gave everyone in range `a dose' !! Close-proximity fuse - invented by the British, passed to America for means of production. Patton's refusal to pass his POXIT shells to Monty for Market-Garden contributed to the late (non ?) arrival `in time' !!

Sad Eh !! Sadsac (new here).

I'd hate to be on the receiving end of a nebelwerfer "Screaming Meemie" barrage.

Flechette rounds,
be they in a 12 Guage, M79, 105 or 120 mm round.
I've heard from Nam vets that at times they found enemy soldiers
"pinned" to trees.
First dropped from aeroplanes in WW 1, and were said to be capable of piercing helmets.
WW 2 use is unclear, thought to violate the Geneva Convention.
Standard equipment of IDF.
The APDS is one as well, but not to the amount of 5,000 in a 105.

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There's one way to find out if a man is honest-ask him. If he says "Yes", you know he's a crook. Groucho Marx

I would probably have to say being a Japanese Soldier on say, Tarawa, not only do I have a mean SOB Marine coming for me, but he's got a flamethrower...I'm thinking I'm about to have a pretty bad day!!!

To use, I would have to say a Garand is a great weapon, but I'd really love to be equipped with a Thompson. However, a properly sighted and oiled K98 wouldn't be too shabby

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"GARRY OWEN"-Traditional war-cry of the US 7th Cavalry.
"CURRAHEE"-War-cry of the US 506th PIR.
"Everybody thinks that they are going to get the chance to punch some Nazi in the face at Normandy-and those days are over, they are long gone"-Lt Chris Burnett

Lets be honest here. The worst weapon to be killed by would be bayonet.

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"When we come to a minefield, our infantry attacks as if it were not there. The losses we get from personnel mines we consider equal to those we would have gotten from machine guns and artillery if the Germans had chosen to defend that particular area." - General Zukhov to Eisenhower

No, teeth!

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