Just musing to myself

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I would be up for some desert battle -although who knows ... I mean technically you can put anything at all in the background and still be a draft - noting that the backgrounds of this has dunes in it.

No idea about the uniforms -they sort of look out of place when considered next to the earlier war gear -especially the German. I doubt they used helmet netting in the desert ever, and well ... Australian involvement in North Africa is pretty near and dear to me now (as I imagine it would be for David as well, as anyone with family here at the time would have had someone there more than likely - and probably more than one.). I think in my own family there were at least 4 or 5 in various units and at various times ranging from Bardia in January 1941 through to El Alamein (plus I think probably iirc one was also in Syria in 1941 after having gotten out of Greece.).

Thing is though that the images represent such a broad range of period (even probably theater - since the helmet netting strike me as more Tunisia and probably Italian/Sicily than North Africa) ... but then there is that thing about the dunes and the Rolls Royce AC and the 2 pounder ... which basically say late 1940 early 1941 ... is there much of a game in Operation Compass? Maybe .... they definitely had an Indian unit there 0the 6th Australian replaced it when it was moved down to Ethiopia... South Africans? Not sure if they were involved in Compass .. I sort of tend to think they came by later on... also not sure about the Gurkhas - in fact off the top of my head I don't know where they were involved in NA -and they are definitely Gurkhas -not Kiwi's -the Kukri gives it away.

I think that ultimately when it comes to the Panzer Battles series as a whole, that its big strength will be in the diversity of situations that it will represent. Actually let me say this - since I got put on to doing other things I don't really have time for much gaming (or even adding to the SDC site) -so I might not even get to it then... but then again ...

Let's just say that this might be a western desert title (if not I imagine there would have to eventually be one on the drawing board anyway)... and far be if from me not to be cheeky when the opportunity is there.

David, you know if you go there you will have the expectations/anticipation of all Australia :no pressure, mate: ;) goodonya.