Festung Budapest hits the Red Dot

Festung Budapest was delivered to my office a couple weeks ago.  Man, talk
about heavy payload - the box nearly crashed through my desk.  With 46 pages
of rules, 4 maps, 17 scenarios and 9 counter sheets, the thing is bigger
than Valor Of The Guards and denser than depleted uranium.
 
My patient new bride was willing to allow me some time to admire my new toy,
but quarter-end has prevented me from sharing a few questions/thoughts until
now.
 
1.  Curious about the composition of Kampfgruppe Europa - what units were
part of this command?
2.  Bit disappointed at the use of the term "Wehrmacht" for Heer units in
the reinforcement tables
3.  Likewise sad to see the US M2 .50 cal MG silhouette on the Soviet DShK
1938 12.7mm MG
4.  The maps are gorgeous and a real credit to Bill Cirillo and Charlie
Kibler.  I made a Hungarian colleague in the office homesick when he saw
them.  He provided a testament to their accuracy when he pointed to a few
buildings around the Postal Palace and said, "our (company's) service center
is here, and I went to secondary school here."  He was also intrigued at
some of the imperial street names - apparently some of them names were not
restored after the Warsaw Pact era.  It would seem that not many Buda
residents remember Bela IV fondly...
 
Going to take a while to absorb everything here and get underway, but I'm
looking forward to several of these scenarios.  Excuse me while I strap on
my Furor Hungaricus.

Cheers!

 - G

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