SgtMuhammed

I want to know why the Elephants felt they had to get involved.

I'm not exactly sure why people regard this as some sort of accomplishment. Any country willing to spend the money can put a satellite in orbit, it's not like they have to invent anything, just build it. So good for Iran, they managed to do something only 52 years after the first time it was done.

Yeah, there is nothing like thinking you have everything set and then turning it on and staring at a blank screen.

I have seen tankers avoid large puddles because they didn't want to risk becoming mired. Yes tanks can bull their way through some fairly substantial obstructions but as a rule it is usually not worth it because of the risks noted by Dietrich and others. Here are a couple real world examples from my time with tracks. As OPFOR in Hohenfels we were using M113's as BMP's (I know they don't look anything alike but the Army has a lot of them not being used anywhere else and they don't look like most other BLUEFOR vehicles). The 113 is only about 13 tons soaking wet but that is still pretty hefty when compared to a typical young tree. Anyway, my Lt. asked me to clear a patch of sapplings, about 5 or 6, each about 2 inches thick, that was in front of one of our fighting positions. He didn't want us to get out and chop them down because we would have to get permission for that but running them over can always just be explained away as a training incident. So we ran them over center mass and they just flexed under the hull and popped back up behind us. I figured we needed to actually crush them to get them to stay down and so I told my driver to run one of the tracks directly over the trees. It worked but it damn near flipped the track! The sapplings lifted the side of the track up so high that my driver nearly panicked and I had to talk him through some fancy steering to settle back down. On another occasion I decided to see exactly how big a tree I could knock over with my 113. Not wanting to just zoom into one, I moved up to about an 8 inch thick 30 foot pine and began to push. The tree fell all right, right onto the top of my track! I had to tie the top to another tree to pull it off. So yes tracked vehicles can squash trees but it is often best to avoid doing so.

Crews are almost never big fans of the crate that replaces theirs. My uncle flew B52's in 'Nam and used to say, "B1?! That's not a bomber, it's a bingo number." I never got to play around with AC-130's. Lots of A10's and other fast movers but never the Spectre.

That one getting shot down reminded the airforce that the bird is still a big fat C130. There was a major stink around the SF community because the bird was missused by flying a daylight mission.

We told you guys that fighting with the Marines would be pretty different from fighting with the Army. AAV is not an IFV.

A big part of that decision depends on the general military philosophy. One school of though is more police like. You shoot one of ours and we will attempt a surgical strike to get those specifically responsible. The other mindset is that by responding with overwhelming force to even the smallest incident you can overawe your opponent and make them reluctant to act. Both have their good and bad points. One thing that terror organizations have learned is that even the most militaristic of Western type powers have nearly zero ability to sustain losses. States and NGOs without the Western regard, in many cases fanatical regard, for casualties know that they have the upper hand in any long term action as long as they can survive the initial hammer blows. It is only the West that is at all concerned about the loss of civilian lives in Gaza. For Hamas the civilian population is simply a goldmine of recruits and press releases.

Spam is big in Hawaii.

If I recall correctly, one of the layers of Chobham armor was a perforated plate. Can't remember where I saw that though.

It happened, they had to slingload an M88 from an OH58 to clean it up. Like TC said. You can airmoble pretty much anything, it just depends on how much you are willing to dedicate to it. Moving a company of M1s into western Iraq presented a significant force in that area. Against a 1st rate power, not so much.

They aren't really meant for the actual WAR part of a war but more for the police action that follows. If something is suspicious during major operations you just call in something that goes boom.

I always wanted to see if we could do a LAPES drop with a crewed hummer. Just throw that sucker in neutral and roll off the back ramp onto the runway. Rapid Deployment baby!

Well outside the scope of CMSF. The Stryker is strategically air moble, meaning that you can get it into theater by air in numbers that can actually be operationally significant. Oppose this to the M1, for instance, which can be flown in aircraft like the C5 or C17 but not in significant numbers. In any case they would not be tactically mobile, like Airborne or Air assault infantry, meaning that you can't insert them onto the front line by air.

(Cue the Vikings) Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam Spammitty Spam! Oh wonderful Spam!

The Spam, eggs, baked beans, and Spam ain't got much Spam in it.

Just look at the bright side; You have proviced your wife with YEARS of I told you so's. Now she is free to do something silly for about the next decade. "Honey, did you hit something with the car?" "It's just a scratch, and besides, at least I didn't melt the car to my hand." She'll appreciate it.

I loved Lewis, met my wife there, but most of my strange experiences were there. Like getting shot at by a burning tree stump. Beautiful post, soggy, but real pretty.

That is what it means. Your out of setup area spot is on the road so the AI is likely to think that you want your guys to all be on the road. It tries to guess exactly what you want your guys to do. Sometimes it even gets it right.

The pepper seeds tend to be more concentrated than the rest of the pepper. Sometimes this leads to just a very hot bit but it can also give you a bitter one as well. Plus you might be put off by the texture. There is a restaurant down the street where I get my Pad Thai. Or I get it from a can if I cook at home.

Ooh, ooh, I have one. We were setting up a range for a TOW live fire at Ft. Lewis in Washington. While driving around in our Hummer downrange a 105mm round dropped about 100 meters from our position. Before we could say, "what the f*** was that?" another one landed 50 meters away. Needless to say I floored the hummer and treated my passengers to a rather rough ride back to the range shack. All the while my Squad leader was on the net screaming at Range Control and rounds were continuing to land at random all around the range. Range Control asked who was firing and we heard some Washington National Guard unit reply that they were "just laying down some rounds." They were supposed to be targetting two ranges over from us. No casualties but it did get the old heart beating.

I think you will get that result if the actual FO is suppressed. I'll have to play around with it to be sure.

My grandfather left me one in his will. My sister got the house and the collection of Faberge eggs but I got the Bic. Nuff said.

I think this thread has served any useful purpose it may have had.

We're done with testing. The beta testers have been playing with the finished product for months now, we just feel it is too good to be released to the general public. Charles and Steve have taken a vow of poverty and don't want to feed the capitalist beast that has cause such worldwide chaos so recently.