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    How to mod CMSF ?

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    Here are the programs I use to make a skin retexture

    1.RezPack, RezExplode and instructions how yo use them that come with CMSF

    2. Photoshop 5.5

    3. Sometimes to work with Alpha channels that Photoshop can't do I use program called GIMP

    4.Collection of high-res photos of the object you want to mod (ex. tank wheels)

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    Module ideas

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    Here are a couple of module ideas I have

    1. CM:Future Warrior

    Includes:

    Battalion Predator and Global Hawk UAVs support (can be called to either recon or attack an area)

    Company Raven UAV support

    Company SWORDS support

    Other gadgets

    2. CM:Engineers

    Includes:

    Mine rollers and plows for Abrams and Strykers.

    MICLICs

    Barbed/Concertina wires

    Ability to breach minefields

    Claymores for infantry

    Smoke artillery rounds

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    Playback in RT

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    No, not really. Two types of resources : Metal, Energy. Thats those green and orange bars in the upper corners. You do need to have enough of both to build enough units, but in order to do that you have to take over the territory where those resources are. But there are also other ways of getting both. Its complicated. Just try the demo

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    M1A2 TUSK

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    Will it be included in the Marine module???

    "Modifying M1-A2 Tanks to Improve Safety

    Army News Service | Pfc. April Campbell | February 19, 2008

    CAMP TAJI, Iraq - Technicians are modifying M1-A2 Abrams tanks here to make them more safer and more precision-effective in the dense, urban Baghdad environment.

    For Multi-National Division-Baghdad tankers with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division these equipment modifications are taking place in the form of the Tank Urban Survival Kit which is being added to their M1-A2 Abrams tanks.

    These TUSK additions include an increase to the Soldiers' safety and the tanks' effectiveness in operations in this area north of Baghdad. They are currently being installed in Abrams tanks throughout MND-B by General Dynamics, a government contractor responsible for fielding, issuing and the maintenance of these systems.

    The modifications include a new driver's safety seat, improved tank armor and vision enhancements, as well as an attached sniper rifle, said Shawn Safford, a senior tank systems technician in MND-B for General Dynamics.

    Sgt. 1st Class Sean Rinder, who serves as the platoon sergeant for 2nd Platoon, Company C, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd BCT, operated the Abrams during the unit's previous deployment in the more rural provinces of Diyala and Salah al-Din.

    "Last time I was here, I had to reload the .50-cal. machine gun while I was in contact," he said. "I had to expose myself from the waist up to do that."

    With the new cupola armor, Rinder said, he would not be as exposed if he were in the same situation.

    While he said he has always been confident in his equipment and crew, the modifications will add to that security blanket.

    The increased level of security is echoed outside the tank as well. Tankers are able to more precisely target an enemy with a decreased risk to the surroundings because a gunner's sniper rifle has been added to the tank.

    "We're still lethal at long ranges without destroying everything. The sniper rifle mitigates the collateral damage," said 2nd Lt. Frank Simmons, who serves as the platoon leader with 2nd Plt., Co. C, 1-68 AR.

    "The new visual aids will also help the Soldiers target enemies with more precision. These devices will assist the tankers in positively identifying enemies," said Sgt. Albert Arca, a tank gunner with 2nd Plt., Co. C, 1-68 AR. "The improved safety features mean greater piece of mind when conducting missions in sector and will allow us to focus more on the mission."

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    Lack of MRAPSs costs Marine lives

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    "Biden, Bond Seek Probe of MRAP Delay

    Associated Press | February 19, 2008

    WASHINGTON - Two senators are urging the Pentagon to investigate a Marine Corps report that bureaucrats refused an urgent request from battlefield commanders in 2005 for blast-resistant vehicles. "We need an official investigation to figure out why this happened and to make sure it never happens again," said Sen. Joseph Biden Jr., D-Del.

    Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been a longtime advocate of building and deploying more of the vehicles, called MRAPs.

    Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., said the government shouldn't have to "explain to the families of American troops that a cost effective solution capable of saving lives was not deployed because of bureaucratic delays or insufficient funds."

    The Associated Press first reported Friday that hundreds of U.S. Marines have been killed or injured by roadside bombs in Iraq because Marine Corps officials refused the request of the commanders. Both senators issued their statements Sunday.

    "This is a stark warning that the military brass back home is not acting on needs of our war fighters on the front lines," Biden said. "We must be as fast and flexible as the enemy. We need an official investigation to figure out why this happened and to make sure it never happens again."

    Bond said, "With our troops serving on the front lines in the war on terror, this gross mismanagement of our military's acquisition process is inexcusable. The military needs to take a hard look" at the report that details "the bureaucratic delays of lifesaving equipment to our troops in the field."

    "The enemy will continue to search for ways to kill our troops and it is vital that our acquisition process be flexible enough and fast enough to respond quickly to emerging threats," Bond added.

    The study, written by a civilian Marine Corps official, accuses the service of "gross mismanagement" that delayed deliveries of the mine-resistant, ambush-protected trucks for more than two years.

    Cost was a driving factor in the decision to turn down the request for the so-called MRAPs, according to the study. Stateside authorities saw the hulking vehicles, which can cost as much as a $1 million each, as a financial threat to programs aimed at developing lighter vehicles that were years from being fielded.

    After Defense Secretary Robert Gates declared the MRAP (pronounced M-rap) the Pentagon's No. 1 acquisition priority in May 2007, the trucks began to be shipped to Iraq in large quantities.

    The vehicles weigh as much as 40 tons and have been effective at protecting American forces from improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the weapon of choice for Iraqi insurgents. Only four U.S. troops have been killed by such bombs while riding in MRAPs; three of those deaths occurred in older versions of the vehicles. "

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