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#21
FINNSS|Marder said:
I would rather have this:

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Watch out IS-2!:cool:
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ah the all beloved donkey faust! German secret weapon development.



Elysium said:
EvilHobo said:
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Ah yes I see my brilliant idea has captivated you I see.
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there have been fighting units on hourses, in 1939 with polish soldiers, russian partisans (so far i know!) and even russian units equiped with horses. But the game has neither one of them, and they never saw any "real" combat. Polish army used there horses again german tank units... but i do not konw with what succses, if any.

Hourses would make no real addition to the game.

But that donkey faust on the other hand ... would finally destroy the IS2 angle-advantage!
 
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Elysium said:
No it really happened. Polish horseman charged German tanks because they were told they were made of cardboard.
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No that is another BS WWII myth. Only a complete imbecile would believe the Germans would attack with cardboard tanks.

Perhaps the most vivid image to have emerged from the September Campaign is the picture of a squadron of courageously foolhardy Polish lancers charging a wave of steel Panzers. That such attack never occured does not sem to have diminished the popularity of these tales, even among serious historians. The tales originated in the first days of the campaign from the pens of Italian correspondents on the Pomeranian front. They were embesllished by German propagandists and became more fanciful with each new telling.
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http://info-poland.buffalo.edu/classroom/cinema/rzepinski.html
 
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#29
Recce said:
Please state your sources ;)
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i know it is just wikipedia, but other documentations i seen, say as well that horses have been used on polish side.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_cavalry#20th_century:_World_War_II

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Krojanty

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tuchola_Forest


at least its interesting that the polish army even considered a use of there cavalry against the modern (in comparison to polish army) german military machine. Though, propaganda might take a big part in here, but it seems that the polish army even sometimes had a good succsess.

Though i can not find anything "serious" about, if they have been ever used against tanks, probably not really. The article on wikipedia says mainly against german infantry and even sometimes with success.

but one information is interesting.

"The same day, German war correspondents were brought to the battlefield together with two journalists from Italy. They were shown the battlefield, the corpses of Polish cavalrymen and their horses, alongside German tanks that had arrived at the field of battle after the engagement. One of the Italian correspondents sent home an article[2], in which he described the bravery and heroism of Polish soldiers, who charged German tanks with their sabres and lances. Other possible source of the myth is a quote from Heinz Guderian's memoirs, in which he clearly stated that the Pomeranian Brigade had charged on German tanks with swords and lances"

I would be interesting to read about what Guderian realy meant about the "polish cavalry" and there charge against german tanks just with sabres and lances, which sounds very strange.
 
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#31
how easy... first the models, then the animations, then the noises, then modeling the moods of horses, when they spook, when you fall off, when the reins and or girth snap and you go kaploomey, when the get lame... I reccomend getting started.

If you want a mulefaust as opposed to the donkeyfaust, just look here:
http://olive-drab.com/idphoto/id_photos_m274.php3

i've been looking in to getting one myself... only $1500 or so plus restoration. They're neat little toys, really.
 
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#33
a well equiped and trained military against a army with tactics and weapons from the WW1 area.

Still it is interesting that a lot of polish charges lead to some good succses. What has defeat the polish army was a lack in more modern eqiupment and that germans had a very good close coordination between there different forces (from tanks, to infantry, aircraft, artilery etc.). Warsaw was first overtaken after extrem heavy bombing from aircraft, to give a example. I assume with a heavy urban fight, polish soldiers would never have abadon Warsaw, but they just had no aircraft to counter german units.
 
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Bong said:
Lol, and what happened to the polish side?
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They lost a war to a country that outnumbered it 2 to 1 in terms of population. Let's not mention that Poland was an agricultural nation compared to an industrialized power like Germany. And Poland was formed back together as a country a mere 20 years before. And for the amount of men they scrounged up they put up a helluva fight. Let's not forget they formed armies in France, England, Syria. They also defended England in her skies were a Polish Squadron the 303 got the highest kill count of any Allied fighter Squadron. What about the joint victory at Monte Cassino or the Closing of the Falaise Gap?
 
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#39
Zbojnik said:
Learn what your talking about before you make a statement like that. There is no quality proof that Polish units ever directly engaged German Panzer Troops with a head on attack.
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its maybe a myth, but as said i wold be interested to read in Guderians memoirs about it ... as he said they would have attacked. But well history is not a clear science like math. Some things maybe will never be proven corect or wrong.
 
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