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Once upon a time there was mention by Steve of the desire to do an elite units pack for CMFI with units such as the First Special Service Force and 442 regiment. I know things change, but maybe this is still somewhere on his wish list?

So there will be a black Trans Am in the game then?

I would bet Kohlenklau's life Battlefront will never do a game where either side didn't have significant mechanized forces, unless an outside developer took it on as what happened with CM:Afghanistan. We'll probably never know if that game was profitable enough for Snowball.

Well I don't desire to try an bring in everything of the Cold War into this, including as British and German forces . Bobjack, you lost me as to what the Big 5 is. Also I'm unsure what you mean by Nixon escalating the War in Vietnam? He began the policy of Vietnamization to end US involvement by having South Vietnamese forces take on a bigger role. One could argue the policy failed as eventually the South fell, but other than remaining there forever I don't know if there was a winning strategy.

I've seen a lot of comments around the web about the Cold War low point for the US Army being the late '70s. I have a suspicion this point of view may be related to the feeling that the US was humiliated by the hostage taking in Iran, and the botched rescue attempt. Also, after that time, all US armed forces began a general expansion. By the end of the 80's, as we all know, the Iron Curtain fell, and the Soviet Union began to dissolve. I am of the opinion this late 70's nadir viewpoint is mistaken, or at least exaggerated. Here is my argument, and I'd be happy to read counter arguments. I won't try and make a post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy argument regarding the collapse of the Soviet Union here, though I think one could be made. That's not the issue. Rather I want to put forward, as it seems to me, the low point for US Forces in Europe would have been during the height of the Vietnam War, and immediately after. Though the size of US Forces naturally expanded during the War, obviously, a large part or the US Army, Marines and Airforce were in Vietnam at the time, and those forces had the priority in support in terms of new equipment and replacement parts. The Soviet Navy wasn't yet the contender it would become by the late '70s, but it's function would always be of secondary importance. After US involvement in Vietnam ended and the temporary peace ensued, there was naturally a decrease in the size of the US armed forces. Nixon soon resigned, but not before having improved relations with China, thereby opening up a "second front" for the Soviets to worry about. The Ford administration at first perused a policy of detente with the Soviets, also began under Nixon. Indeed, there were successes here such as the signing of the SALT I and II treaties. But the US Defense Department was (as proved correct) suspicious of the Soviets and lobbied for further military spending. Staring later in the Ford Administration, and continued under Carter, the US Armed forces began to grow again. As I recall, the US Army added at least two divisions then (The 5th Mech at Ft Polk and the 24th infantry at Ft Jackson). The first two Nimitz class carriers were commissioned, and a new generation of Aircraft (The F-14. F-15, F-16 and A-10) came into service, along with an expansion of the number of air squadrons. I've read drug use among troops was high at the time (no pun intended) but find it hard to imagine higher than during the Vietnam war, though I don't know the statistics. The US armed forces were moving to an All Volunteer force beginning in the mid '70s. There were some "change pains" then, but they were certainly less than the earlier recruitment of substandard (i.e. low IQ) troops by McNamara in the 1960s. Having a force with a large number of draftees has its own issues. I was in USAEUR in the late '70's to 1980, so perhaps I'm taking the criticisms of the period a bit personal. I have of course, anecdotal incidents to share from the time, but anecdotes make a poorly supported argument. Thanks.

Would I be right in assuming the complexity of the CMX2 engine code has far surpassed that of the CMX1 North Africa game?

Where in the heck did this notion of Charles being part time originate? Do they mean because of the time working the pro version this last year?

I've been looking into this and so far, here are all the aircraft types I've identified that the RAF could have had in North Germany for ground support. Of course, I'd be happy to be corrected. F4 Phantom Sepecat Jaguar Hawker Hunter Blackburn Buccaneer BAE Hawk Hawker Siddeley Harrier

His beloved Philadelphia Eagles are in the American Football Championship, the Superbowl today. If you don't want to see his full ire, don't make him come here today to have to moderate a thread.

Yes and everyone expected Ukraine to have capitulated by May about a year ago.

I thought of another. The much feared Finns with pinecones.

This is a bit trivial, but in my time in Germany in the late '70s, I recall US Officers were authorized to wear a green British Army pullover sweater over their OD shirts. Might make a good mix and match mod for US Officers uniforms. It was nice I assume when the weather was cooler, but perhaps not too cool for the field jacket.

Nice work, but lets hope we won't need a mod in the not too distant future.

Years ago, I recall a post from someone at Battlefront saying they would only add cars as flavor objects if they coded them to take damage. As far as I know, that never happened.

Yeah and without you, we'd likely never have gotten the Schwimwagen.

IIRC , the French Army went through a major reorganization in the time period as well. So, if an expert on the French Army would commit to doing the research, perhaps that would be the only way it could happen. Captain, are any of us young men anymore?

Apparently so.

Thanks again. And one last question (for now anyway ). I looked up the answer to my own question in a post upstream, and saw the Canadian Airforce contingent in Germany in the timeframe was CF-104s. Do I assume correctly their ground support capabilities were limited?

Thanks. And do I guess correctly Canadian formations were more stable in the timeframe?

So how many different British TO&Es might we see?

And do I recall correctly it was CF-104s for Canada?

As I recall, only the 3rd Cav at Ft Bliss still had Sheridan's in 1979. One could argue of course they would have been brought over eventually had WWIII started.

Not really strange, as USAEUR no longer has Sheridans in 1979, which is the beginning timeframe of the base game.