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Just like how the info would be up the week after they started the forum? I imagine it will be up by the time of the magazine article.

You should have heard all the jokes they had for that one in medic school. You can imagine, about Dick liking Bush more than Colin (pronouced Colon of course) Ah, those were the days...

Really I thought the guy with the finnish flags was the Afgani and the swarthy fellow was the Finn.

So those actually work? I had read some (german I believe) civilian from WW2 say that for all the work they did digging AT ditches she never saw a tank get stuck in one...

I can understand the goggles, keeps the crap out of your eyes. As someone who caught some freshly ejected (and very hot) 5.56 brass in the eye in basic I can tell you it was no fun.

So what is the deal with the modern Italian Army? I know nothing about them. I hope they have improved over the past 60 years. My guess is they have a really kick-ass Special Forces but a fairly so-so regular army. Its been my observation (to make a huge generalization) that they are very good at making nice flashy stuff but not so much at regular mundane things (think high fashion vs a working postal system)

So what do we know? This is the offcial annoncement: "The setting for CM:SF is 2007 Syria after a coup removes the current Assad government. I do not wish to go into the specifics of the backstory at this time, but the premise is that UN is called upon to remove the illegitimate regime. Support comes from all major nations and nearly all within the Middle East region. Leading this liberation is a coalition of mostly NATO states, with a strong contingent of Arab/Muslim states involved directly in the immediate and long term rebuilding of the nation. The player is in command of one of the more interesting missions - to slice through the center of the country and join up with other coalition forces around Damascus." Did I miss anything or is this all the info we have. People seem to be poo-poo the backstory saying it is either unrealistic or just US pigdog imperialism. Here is my guess: The coup is by a hard line islamasist group who gets caught with its pants down in some sort of major terrorist op. They catch a guy with a 1-way ticket from damascus, a syrian passport and a backpack nuke on staten island sort of thing. Just remember the support for going after the Taliban in 01. Even the Libians supported it. Another possibility is if they continue to pull some sort of bull**** in Lebanon. I think both of these would be much more realistic (not to mention less controversial) than the "Republicans decide they need a boost in the polls before the 08 election" scenario that people seem to be imagining. Any other ideas?

So what do we know? This is the offcial annoncement: "The setting for CM:SF is 2007 Syria after a coup removes the current Assad government. I do not wish to go into the specifics of the backstory at this time, but the premise is that UN is called upon to remove the illegitimate regime. Support comes from all major nations and nearly all within the Middle East region. Leading this liberation is a coalition of mostly NATO states, with a strong contingent of Arab/Muslim states involved directly in the immediate and long term rebuilding of the nation. The player is in command of one of the more interesting missions - to slice through the center of the country and join up with other coalition forces around Damascus." Did I miss anything or is this all the info we have. People seem to be poo-poo the backstory saying it is either unrealistic or just US pigdog imperialism. Here is my guess: The coup is by a hard line islamasist group who gets caught with its pants down in some sort of major terrorist op. They catch a guy with a 1-way ticket from damascus, a syrian passport and a backpack nuke on staten island sort of thing. Just remember the support for going after the Taliban in 01. Even the Libians supported it. Another possibility is if they continue to pull some sort of bull**** in Lebanon. I think both of these would be much more realistic (not to mention less controversial) than the "Republicans decide they need a boost in the polls before the 08 election" scenario that people seem to be imagining. Any other ideas?

So what do we know? This is the offcial annoncement: "The setting for CM:SF is 2007 Syria after a coup removes the current Assad government. I do not wish to go into the specifics of the backstory at this time, but the premise is that UN is called upon to remove the illegitimate regime. Support comes from all major nations and nearly all within the Middle East region. Leading this liberation is a coalition of mostly NATO states, with a strong contingent of Arab/Muslim states involved directly in the immediate and long term rebuilding of the nation. The player is in command of one of the more interesting missions - to slice through the center of the country and join up with other coalition forces around Damascus." Did I miss anything or is this all the info we have. People seem to be poo-poo the backstory saying it is either unrealistic or just US pigdog imperialism. Here is my guess: The coup is by a hard line islamasist group who gets caught with its pants down in some sort of major terrorist op. They catch a guy with a 1-way ticket from damascus, a syrian passport and a backpack nuke on staten island sort of thing. Just remember the support for going after the Taliban in 01. Even the Libians supported it. Another possibility is if they continue to pull some sort of bull**** in Lebanon. I think both of these would be much more realistic (not to mention less controversial) than the "Republicans decide they need a boost in the polls before the 08 election" scenario that people seem to be imagining. Any other ideas?

Not quite, BFC has stated they want civies, just they won't be in the first game.

Yeah, invading russsia is really never a hot idea... (No pun intended)

Somehow I kinda doubt syria will have air assets after the first day. Aren't the planes/airports usually the first thing we hit?

A wilco fan eh? In case everyone wasn't aware "Combat Mission 2" has already been released. At least thats what the box I bought in the store said.

Yeah, but what happens if the baddies get ahold of one IRL. I assume there are lots of safegaurds and codes and crap, but still...

Something I was wondering about this system. What if the bad guys manage to acess it? Seems like our guys would kinda be screwed.

Would it be a tiger tank?

Perhaps CM: Stryk Force?

I actually do kinda like that one. Perhaps: Combat Mission: No, Seriously

hmm, CM:LTNINWTWCJAAAB Has a nice ring to it.

<Shameless Bump So nobody has read this? /Shameless Bump>

I remember when they were making a big deal about the MOAB test one of my friends pointed out that the Moabites were a tribe from bible times similar to the philistines. Isn't "Philistine" a synonym for someone insensative of culture? So we threated so drop something big and insensative of culture on the Iraqis. I found it amusing at the time, but I had been drinking.

Damn, I forgot about MOABs. I really want one now. Guess they are the modern eqivalent of the 14 in naval guns from CMBO.

Has anyone read this book? Saw it at the bookstore last night. Seemed intriging, but I didn't want to buy it without knowing anything. Ended up with Keegan's _The Second World War_ It came to me that as intrested as I am there are still some rather large gaps in my understand of WW2. In any case the people at Amazon seem impressed. I hope the BFC guys have read it.

Aren't they all?

Guess we'll have to see. In any case it will definetly make an appearence in the USMC module as it is on the LAV-25.