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Arma3 for the win. We use RHSAFRF and RHSUSAF in our Antistasi server.

I've seen them referred to as the AFRF (Armed Forces of the Russian Federation)

Will this procedure work for later games? IE CMCW? I'm considering delving into scenario design after April and this is a handy tutorial, assuming there aren't major changes in the new iteration.

It's real

Is there a way to clear an obstacle with an engineer team or squad without moving into the minefield afterwards? That hush hush scenario you and I have been talking about is the first time I've had to mark minefields behind an obstacle. I didn't realize you had to move into the mines to discover them, so, this all new to me.

These are my friends recollections of the Sheridan " Thoughts on the Sheridan. First, you need a good crew. The armor will stop a .50, but anything bigger is going to go through the hull. It's a vehicle that must rely on speed & maneuverability. This is especially compounded by the caseless ammo for the main gun. The powder was kept in place by a wax paper shell, so any big spark & it all cooked off. We lost 3 soldiers to a misfire doing qualifications back in 93 because of that. The shillelagh wasn't too popular either, as we had to remain stationary, with the engine revved while it fired. The tracking system was an IR laser, & the strength of the beam was dependent upon the engine revs. I forget the exact RPM, as it's been near 30 years now. Another problem with the vehicle was the outdated electrics. We'd use the turret motors to get on target, but then always fine tune the shot with the manual T&E. The recoil would kill or seriously injured someone that didn't know what they were doing. Firing the main gun would lift the front half of the 551 off the ground. The plus on that one is that you didn't really have to worry about getting back into hull down after firing. The recoil did that job for you. They were fast as you like, though. My driver had been a NASCAR mechanic before enlisting. He fiddled with the engine, & we had an MP with a radar gun clock us at 53mph. The vehicle is 20ft long, 9ft wide. We consistently could outmaneuver any M1s we encountered during the FTXs against them. The thing was light. 12 tons empty, 20 combat loaded. We forded countless small rivers with a good running start. We never needed the flotation kit. I only used it once in training. In my time on them, we never got one stuck. Our losses were 1 burning in due to parachute malfunction, & the misfire I mentioned. We grew to love them because they were the bastard child of armor, but we could put the Abrams to shame with them. We held the consensus that, given a dense type terrain, such as forest, swamp, or urban, we could outmaneuver any armor we encountered. We all knew we'd be ****ed if we had to do a kursk style engagement, though. There's a quick overview. I hope it helps. If you have any other questions about my favorite tank, let me know. One other item: if I remember correctly, the thermal sights didn't come in until around the time of Panama. Before then the doctrine was: 1 tank uses its spotlight to illuminate targets for night fire while the others shoot. The vehicles would cycle through their turns, but the spotlight still made you a big target at night."

My buddy tells stories of being in the 82nd motor pool in the early 90s, hearing a loud metallic crack, and seeing a Sheridan track just break. Not from driving, just a Sheridan, no occupants, engine off, sitting on the line, and the track goes.

By Dawn's Early Light is a pretty good one I thought. No ground combat, but, an interesting film none the less. and who can forget "World War III", Soviet ground forces vs US National Guard troops in Alaska.

My good friend was in the 82nd in the early 90s, as a Cavalry Scout, and they were still using Sheridans.

The value of hours played to dollars spent for CM is off the charts. The only game I've purchased that equals the value of the CM family is ARMA2/3. The community is also fantastic. I met one of my best friends, @Joe Shaw through these forums back in 2002 or 2003.

After the obligatory BAOR and Bundeswehr modules, and my greatly desired Airborne module. I would think a Turkish module would be fun. Soviet marine, airborne, and air mobile operations supporting 2nd line divisions pushing for the Bosporus Strait would be quite interesting I think.

This is a good informative PDF from the 11th ACR Association. https://www.blackhorse.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fuldagap.pdf

I'm looking forward to an Airborne module. Both sides had a fascinating array of airborne troops and equipment.

I think there's a cresting or at least growing wave of interest in this subject. I pre ordered 2 redesigned board games coming out soon from Compass Games, "Nato" and "The Third World War". Both are, if you didn't know, table top games from the 80s. I owned and played them both back in the day. The hypothetical Warsaw Pact vs Nato conflict has a great intellectual attraction, for me at least, in that it would have been a "straight up" fight with general parity and it was the great struggle I grew up with (born in 1971).

Very happy to hear this.

Stuka was a gentleman. I met him for dinner in Qatar in 2006 while on R&R from my deployment to Iraq. He was kind, well spoken, and an all around good fellow. He will be sorely missed and I raise a toast to him. May the Gods grant him a gentle passage to his Afterlife.

Emrys, The leg is all healed. Thank you for asking.

Is the MBT still in existence?

Just wanted to pop in and wish all you wankers a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and a very Festive Yuletide. May you all find joy in this holiday season.

You ... sir? ( I hesitate to use the term....) have disturbed my post Beta Testing hangover. Not to mention the blizzard we are currently experiencing in the Midwest. Try again when my electrolyte levels are balanced, or at least the plows have been out. Alternatively, you could actually come up with a challenge worthy of the name in order to attract an actual opponent.....

I might challenge you to a game, but do you even play any of the CM family of games anymore?

I thought I smelled something more rancid than normal in here. Merry Christmas, Happy Yuletide, a very bloody bangin' New Year to you as well dalem

Hush, go prepare another lovely dinner for us to have together,

watcher I am literally speechless. I would never have imagined anyone entrusted with entry into the glorious House Rune betraying our trust and faith in such a scurrilous manner. I guess that spark I thought I saw in you was just the spark of methane gas igniting as an after effect of your natural state. I should have guessed, when you were unable to produce a simple Kanji or two in a simple challenge, that you would be unable to maintain the high standards of our storied house.. I hereby pronounce you ANATHEMA and HERETIC. You are banned from all House Rune events and activites, turn in your clay molding plastic spork and never darken our doorstep again.