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I can't believe somebody beat me to the punch of starting the 'official' thread on this subject -- well, considering how busy a poor webmaster such as myself is these days, it doesn't surprise me really. 
Enjoy, everyone. Thanks again, Firaxis!
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Dan; Apolyton CS
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These aren't ingame shots are they??
The phalanx looks like it will be, I can see the polygons, the others are highly rendered, so if the phalanx one is the ingame shot - WOW!
If not, I can see how detailed the game is going to be, because you guys would have been using the structure of those rendered units to make the units in the game look similiar to those ones.
bloody brilliant.....I love that phalanx, he looks like he has a bit of attitude, haha
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geezuz you're right, those blue colours are representing the civ, I didn't notice that, brilliant again!
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The Kaiser
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Stoke-on-Trent, England
Dec 1999
time: 05:12
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It's quite interesting that Firaxis have named one of the units the Panzer Tank because it's names specific to one country i.e. Germany.
It just could be that they are acknowledging the ones who were the first to take real advantage of the Tank in warfare, or maybe is it that the Technology around World War 2 is more represented in Civ3.
I've seen posts from Firaxis which have stated that Leader Unit's, and the ability to cut certain supplies to a Civ are featured in the game. All feature's suited to WW2 Style Warfare, especially Supply.
So are we perhap's going to see unit's such as Dive Bombers (Stukas), or Stormtroopers, U-boats, Flying Bombs or Suicide Pilot(Kamakazi)? All Units which hint at a particular country, but named in a way not to sound too specific to one particular Civ, but rather specific to a Facist or National Socialist Goverment type.
Will there be an advanced type of tank that comes available later in the game that replaces the Panzer Tank?
This is all speculation of course, but I think there's more to the Panzer Tank than meets the eye!
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Diablo, Bro. of Mephisto
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Salt Lake City, USA
Oct 2000
time: 05:12
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um, no one jump on me, or start an argument, cause thats not what I am trying to do here, but I just want to make a comment:
'Panzer' tanks could belong to any country, but the worrd 'panzer' is not a military unit in Germany, its word that means, "Tank" in the German language (so essentialy it is a german), so I dont know why they called it the 'panzer tank'. cause thats just like saying tank twice in a row, once in English, once in German. please, Firaxis, if its not too late, please change the name to something more realistic, something like, 'MBT', meaning: Main Battle Tank. or just something way simpler, like, Heavy Tank, or something. oh well, if you cant, thats alright, I wont complain about the very first thing we've gotten for civ3 from you.
[This message has been edited by Diablo, Bro. of Mephisto (edited December 20, 2000).]
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The way that phalanx is designed makes me think the interface(land) for civ3 is going to look a lot like warcraft 3's. whaddya think?
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The Kaiser
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Stoke-on-Trent, England
Dec 1999
time: 05:12
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Diablo,
I believe "Panzer" in German actually means "Armour" not "Tank". Although tanks in Germany are refered to as "Panzer's", it's only like how in the UK/USA a Division of tanks is refered to as a Armoured Division (German=Panzer Division). It's just that when it comes down to individual unit's we like to call them "Tank's".
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Diablo, Bro. of Mephisto
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Salt Lake City, USA
Oct 2000
time: 05:12
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The Kraizer:
first of all, please dont miss-understand this, I do NOT want to start an argument, I just want to verify your post. In English terms today, 'Armour', and 'Tank' are pretty much the same when it comes to military divisions. also, I am studying German right now, the word 'Panzer' does fit with both phrases, 'Armour' and 'Tank'. I was just saying that Panzer Tank would be like saying, "Armour Tank." (as you put it) or "Tank Tank." in English. but then again, I am not exactly sure, if there is a German guy here, please verify this.
sorry people, dont mean to start a conversation right in the middle of the favorite thread on the page at the moment.
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Tical_2000
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These graphics are unbelievable! All to all those crybabies that are upset over the riflemen: Get a friggin' life! These graphics are better than you could ever do so I don't see any reason to complain about them. My heartfelt thanks and congrats go out to the Civ3 team on this one! Absolutely beautiful!
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21-12-2000 01:18
It certainly looks like there will be a variety of tank types at last! WWII scenarios with different tank models for different sides will be so much more atmospheric. 
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