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Correct. Light infantry TOE. I was artillery so we had vehicles ( at least after I graduated from FIST Chief to Fire Direction Officer back in the battery). An infantry company usually had the COs Jeep and the 1SG goat ( which was used mostly to haul supplies here and there ). 
 
Infantry squads are a little bigger in light infantry - no issues with stuffing them all in an APC. 
 
3infantry companies and a support company. (  81mm mortars  )

jumped with LAWs and Dragons  
also we didn’t do the cross attached company teams like mech did ( not enough armor to go around) We might get armor attached from 4-68th Armor battalion which was part of the 82d then. Back then those were Sheridans. 
 
9th infantry and 10th Mtn divisions had similar TOE. Probably more vehicles, but pretty similar. We just arrived in style 😀

The sandbox element just means that the game itself is not bound to a specific narrative. The campaigns share a common back story, but a lot of the scenarios have their own background. 
 
In reality, a Cold War gone hot war would have only lasted on the order of months, not years. Instead of limiting the scope of the game to, say, March-July 1979, it instead covers 79-82. But it does not assume a war would last that long. It allows the player to choose what year they want to set up a scenario in and go for it. Plus, it allows the player to compare how the same scenario changes when newer (or older) equipment is used instead. 

These are two of Kieme's outstanding buildings in HD.
I  hate Kieme so much I burnt and shot them up. :-)

What you get with these buildings in HD:
 
Scorched sides from internal fires
Windows above the ground floor have no glass (still function in game terms)
Lightly-smoked roofs x 2 – a Syrian delicacy – don't knock it if you haven't tried it
Pockmarking from bullet and shell hits
Other damage and battle crap
Pro government and jihadist slogans/iconography
A little easter egg

 
(Yes, I think that sh*t is authentic. They're madder than a barrel of frogs.)
Designer's Notes
You need Kieme's buildings 4 and 5 to make this work. I recommend all his buildings. Because of the limitations of the way the modular buildings work I suggest you only use it as 1, 2, or 3 storeys as the scorching will look a bit odd otherwise. However it still works with taller buildings, particularly if you add balconies.
The pair of buildings aren't too heavily bullet-scarred so they fit in with other structures around. Because of the way the modular buildings work there had to be compromises with the placing of the slogans and decals, but I feel they add a lot of character to the buildings.  PUT IN THE Z FOLDER AS USUAL.

 
You can add wrecked Aircon3 to your flavour objects for that extra bit of damage.
 

 
 
Links to download files:
Bldg 4a
http://www.mediafire.com/folder/jq5xx756povzz/4a
Bldg 5a
http://www.mediafire.com/folder/a63o9rlf3h78s/5a
Aircon3
http://www.mediafire.com/folder/2b89t2rv51e30/aircon3
Installation: put in the Z folder as usual. I've put them with the relevant Kieme building folders and that works just fine. 
 
Note, I forgot I was using my vanilla modding SF2, so I loaded up Darya Tank Raid which I was halfway through, the semi-finished buildings came up and they looked so good that I had to complete them to play the rest of the scenario.




 

In the assault period but the vast majority of engagements would not be represented by Mine roller led companies.  BFs philosophy has always been to spend the effort on the usual, not the edge.  Too many of our likes are wrapped up in the edge cases that would require more effort from BF that we then would likely not even use .  We want it like we want everything.  That being said... yeah I'd like it too.  My list of wants is no shorter than anyone else's  
Experimental detachments of PT-34 mine roller tanks were formed in May 1942, and saw action at Voronezh in August. The first Independent Engineer Tank Regiment with eighteen mine rollers was fielded in October 1943. At least five regiments were formed during the war.
So we are talking creating the effort to reproduce the effect, the model etc for essentially 90 tanks?  I think we tend to overestimate the actual use of an item that captures our imagination.

I think that's what they were. Thank you. IIRC they were firing rockets.  It's been a long time. I'm somewhat surprised they were in Germany but I suppose all sorts of observation aircraft were needed.

Excuse me Sembach Germany and I just found this:
 
P.S. Ninja'd somewhat by Sarge
 
 

And here they are:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/601st_Tactical_Control_Wing
Damn the internet rocks.....That would have taken weeks when I was a kid! 

By the late 70's Spads were gone, but you might have seen OV-10 Broncos.
They did light attack as well as observation.

Nationale Volksarmee-   The East German Army.

How about this one?
 
 

Nationale Volksarmee-   The East German Army.

Nationale Volksarmee-   The East German Army.

Nationale Volksarmee-   The East German Army.

How about this one?
 
 

How about this one?
 
 

Here's a document for a more realistic OOB for Berlin'85 based on my research that I made a couple of years ago, which will give you a broad strokes look at the Berlin forces.
 
stoss-revised.pdf

I think you can realistically expect to see one or both those uniforms within a month or two of release.....As mods.

For sure the two German armies as a first module makes the most sense. Probably the BFC team hasn't had a need to think that far ahead but a British/Canadian module would be popular and I think Steve has been wanting to do a modern French Army for a long time.  I don't think they wouldn't need a module with the USMC as as I recall no USMC units were slotted for Germany. One brigade of the 2nd Marine Division was to go to Norway and the others to where needed which I suppose could be Germany, but might be somewhere in Greece/Turkey or somewhere to secure Persian Gulf oil.

For sure the two German armies as a first module makes the most sense. Probably the BFC team hasn't had a need to think that far ahead but a British/Canadian module would be popular and I think Steve has been wanting to do a modern French Army for a long time.  I don't think they wouldn't need a module with the USMC as as I recall no USMC units were slotted for Germany. One brigade of the 2nd Marine Division was to go to Norway and the others to where needed which I suppose could be Germany, but might be somewhere in Greece/Turkey or somewhere to secure Persian Gulf oil.

Better than a LAW.  🙂
But seriously, a helpful hint. When your mech infantry dismounts to take up a position, they DON'T automatically take the dragon that may be in the M113 with them. First order of business is each scenario is to "Acquire" the dragon launcher, its missiles and then as many LAWs as each squad/team can carry from the M113s that have them loaded. Then when/if you dismount the infantry, they at least have some punch with them. And since the M113s are nothing like M2 Bradleys, if you want your infantry to fight tanks, you'll be dismounting and setting up AT firing positions, remounting your M113s that you left in nice protected positions, and moving to a new location. 
Dave

“Here, across death’s other river, the Tartar horsemen shake their spears.”
T.S. Eliot
 
This BETA game is being played against Warren (The_Capt), and we are very familiar with each other’s style, strengths and weaknesses as we’ve been playing CM against each other for close to 20 years now.
CM Cold War was our brainchild and has been on our wargame design table, off and on, for eight years now, but now it is a real thing.  You’re welcome.    With that said it is only fitting that Warren and I play in this BETA AAR.  We haven’t played in public since our original CMBN BETA AAR, Not your Father’s Combat Mission. 
I hope you enjoy the ride, and welcome to the COLD WAR!!

Sidebar!  I strictly use the Movie Mode when I play so all of my screenshots use that feature.  I don't mean it to insult anybody, but I just think the game looks better.
Meeting Engagement at Dolbach Heights, 1980
When Warren and I laid out the design for this game we wanted it to be primarily and ultimately a sandbox for experimentation and reflection.  A tool to test the tactical theories that were prevalent at that time.  Time… yes, we also wanted to be able to examine the different sides from different time perspectives, and this release, the base game in the CM Cold War series, contains the years 1979 to 1982.  We also only cover the months March to October, mainly so we didn’t have to generate winter textures and models which would have been one feature too many.
This particular scenario is one that Warren and I threw together that we thought would be fun to play and show off.  The map is from the US Campaign and when you play that you will see this map eventually.  I will start my METT-T analysis in my next post, but for now, sit back, enjoy the existence of this game, and don’t go away!
Bil

CONTENTS:
METT-T Analysis MISSION ENEMY TERRAIN TROOPS / TIME Tentative Plan The Action: First Three Minutes! Fourth Minute - First Contact! Fifth Minute - Return of the Blood Board! Sixth & Seventh Minutes Eighth Minute - One Meter Too Many Eighth Minute - BDA & Some Movements Ninth Minute Tenth Minute Eleventh & Twelfth Minutes - "...damn your eyes." Thirteenth Minute - The Board is Set Fourteenth Minute - Spoiling Attack Plan Fifteenth through Seventeenth Minutes Eighteenth Minute - Relearning Old Lessons Nineteenth & Twentieth Minutes Twenty-First & Twenty-Second Minutes - Beyond Here, There be Dragons Twenty-Third & Twenty-Fourth Minutes - Saga of Tank Section 1

Interesting revelation mate ... 😏

I was a field artillery FDC guy in Bamberg Germany from 1977 to 1980. It's quite a kick to see screenshots of guys in uniforms exactly like I wore.  Just thought I'd mention I remember the 2nd ACR battalion on our base upgraded from Sheridans to M60s in 1978.  
I know this is a long shot but what are the chances the game will include the Gamma Goat? You'll have trucks and jeeps certainly. How about something in between?
 

MAJOR FORMATIONS (NOT A COMPLETE LIST)
United States Infantry Formations
Infantry Battalion Infantry Battalion (Task Force) Infantry Battalion (Berlin) Air Defense Battalion Calvary Troop Combat Engineer Company Supply Section Air Controller Section Forward Observer Section Mech Infantry
Balanced Battalion (Task Force) Tank Battalion Mech Infantry Battalion (Task Force) Mech Infantry Battalion (Mixed) Mech Infantry Battalion (Mixed Task Force) Mech Infantry Battalion Armored Calvary Squadron (Divisional) Armored Calvary Squadron (Regimental) Air Defense Battalion Anti-tank Company Combat Engineer Company (Mech) Supply Section Air Controller Section Forward Observer Section