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Re: Werner Fareber

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From: Big MAd drongo
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 00:00
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Detonate wrote in message
>And of course, the side arm of choice would be the Colt .45 arf.
LOL

>"Do you filly lucky, punk?  Well, do you?"
<shakes head>

>>4 HW. two preloaded with HE, carrying IN, two preloaded with IN,
>>carrying HE.
>Hmmm, that sounds like overkill to me, two guys could carry 2xHE/IN
rounds
>each, in addition to one in chamber.  But I like it! <g>
Two times spare rounds plus a side arm plus grenade kit is alittle too
heavy I find, especially early in the game.
It gives a lot of flexibility on the battle field though.

>>I tend to split my squads, half clear the upper decks via the stairs,
>>and half go along the bottom, and they meet in the middle.
>I've mostly opted for clearing a deck at a time, working from the
lowest
>deck upwards.  Getting to upper decks using the stairs has usually
invited
>sniper fire almost immediately.
Send some good shooters right to the rear of the ship at the start,
these can snipe the snipers out and tend to be pretty well shielded.

Big MAd drongo

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Subject: Re: Werner Fareber
Date: 2000/03/30
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