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Wow. Somebody bumped this up after 28 months

I've heard that also. The turbine keeps the same RPM no matter how much horsepower is bein developed. During the 1st gulf war, on our 4 day offensive, my battalion maintained a steady 15 KPH speed the whole way. My Bradley stopped to refuel once, when we got down to a half tank of deisel. I recall stopping to let the tanks refuel at least 5 times, maybe as many as 7 times. It was a long time ago, I can't recall exactly.

I was under the impression that the M2HB fired an armor piercing round in it's application with the majority of US troops. Kinda like a mini sabot or some kinda hardened core. I'd think the sniper rifle wouldn't use that type of ammunition because it'd just blow straight through soft targets. If it doesn't hit anything vital, you might as well have missed. I'd do a little research and possibly adjust the penetration values of the sniper rifle's baseline stats. But then again, I haven't fired any of those weapons, so take my opinion as that of an un-informed nOOb.

I've thought about joinin the guard recently. They have a Cav troop about 45 minutes away from me. But now I'm old and fat... and WAY too hardcore for the weekend warriors

I looked over the to&e page pretty thoroughly (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/army/unit/toe/17376F100.htm)and I am pretty surprised by it. It's been a long time since I read real "military speak" from FM's, but it appears alot has changed. It appears that maintenence, supply trucks and recovery vehicles are now brigade level assets. I left the army in '92 and remember alot, but not specific #'s of different types of vehicles. The actual TOC vehicles are listed in that to&e, but from motorpool guard in Germany, I recall ALOT of HEMET's. Both fuel carriers and ammo/cargo carriers. Also all the mechanics were part of the HHC, divided into sections to support each of the line companies. They all had m113's, trucks with .50 cals, or M88 recovery vehicles to ride in. All of that, apparently, is no longer part of the HHC. Throw in the scouts ditchin Bradleys for HMMWV's and the mortars swapin four deuse for 120MM's, I hardly recognize it :/ I hate change.

I dig the canadian scenarios mostly because of all the support troops included, but i would much prefer the americans. Anybody happen to know what kind and how many support vehicles to expect supporting a us armor/mech battalion? I'd be curious for Marine OOB's as well.

I was with 3-35 Armor in Bamberg, Germany. Went and fought in the 1st gulf war, then my unit deactivated and i finished up back at knox with 5-15 Cav, right back where i started

I was :/ 89-92. Shoulda stayed in, but Oh well :/

Dude, your name is WAY too close to mine

I think what he's tryin to say, is if he has the OPFOR tanks thermal sight option checked, he wants ONLY those type tanks that actually do have them in real life to be equipped with them. Or possibly the opposite, if thermal sights is "off" the game only removes them from older tanks that do not actually have them in real life. Maybe. :confused:

I fought with VII Corps in the 1st Gulf War. When we were on the march, we traveled at a constant 15 kph so our tracks wouldn't outrun our supply trains. On contact, it was pretty much balls to the walls to manuever into position. I don't think the scale of tacops would warrant a march speed, as contact is always imminent once the troops are on map.

Anybody try this game or any of the other similar ones made by this Tiller guy? http://www.hpssims.com/Pages/products/FuldaGap/FuldaGap85.html It really looks like my cup of tea, as that was one of my teenage dreams to beat back the Warsaw Pact hordes with the 11th ACR in Fulda(Ya, I'm a little weird I guess ) There is no demo and the price is a little high for a non-mainstream game. Just wondering if anyone has tried it and would recommend it.

Back in the cold war, the Bundeswher had a pretty good divisional recon battalion. Good mix of tanks, Luchs scout cars, and Fuchs APC with infantry. I always wondered how it would do against a layered russian defensive belt. Also, I'm not sure of the current US heavy division Recon Squadron, but old school was 2 troops of 19 Bradleys each and 2 troops of air cav with AH-1's. [ January 17, 2003, 10:24 AM: Message edited by: DS CavScout ]

What would be a realistic # of supply points to be carried for a US army armor/mech inf battalion?

That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks Robert.