Sequoia
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@The_Capt, is the artillery usage chart for WWII Germans all fronts?
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22 minutes ago, LongLeftFlank said:Noted with thanks, we just ended up making fun of Americans anyway, as ya do.....
Well I knew the map wasn't legit as it didn't have Latveria and Sokovia.
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See, the Turks still love us Yanks deep down.
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Isn't Pentatomic an acapella recording group?
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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?
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So there will be a black Trans Am in the game then?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Would I be right in assuming the complexity of the CMX2 engine code has far surpassed that of the CMX1 North Africa game?
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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?
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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
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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.
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Yes and everyone expected Ukraine to have capitulated by May about a year ago.
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I thought of another. The much feared Finns with pinecones.
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On 3/31/2021 at 12:52 PM, Combatintman said:
A heap more than that ...
Cyprus, Dar Mutiny, Oman, Malaya, Borneo, South Arabia (Aden) are just a few that spring to mind with a bit of modding.
Obviously mate
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On 3/26/2021 at 3:58 AM, Cpl Steiner said:
The opportunities for this are endless. Foot patrols in South Armagh. Mercenaries in Africa. Falklands War. All doable if we have late 70s, early 80s British Commonwealth equipment.
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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.
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On 10/17/2022 at 5:49 AM, FuGaZi said:
Spent a bit of time day dream a BAOR expansion over the weekend - used a mix of assets from CMSF, CMA and CMBN. Sadly no idea how to take it further as a playable faction mod.
Nice work, but lets hope we won't need a mod in the not too distant future.
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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.
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Yeah and without you, we'd likely never have gotten the Schwimwagen.
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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?
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23 hours ago, The_Capt said:
I am very interested to see how the Canadians fair to be honest. The Leopards came aboard in 78 (although there were smaller number integrations earlier) and before that was the Centurion Mark 11. Game timeframe is set 1976-1982…so some good assumptions to be made there. As usual we aim to be as excruciatingly accurate as possible, particularly for the mainstream vehicles and weapon systems.
Apparently so.
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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?
How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?
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Just a thought. We're thinking Xi is going to make the best move for China. We saw a year ago a supposedly shrewd dictator make a disastrous move for his country, and have blamed it on Putin surrounding himself by yes men after many years of accumulating power. How certain are we Xi isn't prone to the same flaw?