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    Syrian Panzer IVs

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    Originally posted by Michael Emrys:

    Yeah, in the '73 war they lost a whole regiment of T-62s trying to cross the AT ditch.

    Michael

    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...
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    ’73 Arab Israelis War module?

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    Originally posted by Battlefront.com:

    Personally, I would love to simulate the modern Italian Army.

    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)

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    Backstory?

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    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?

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    Backstory?

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

    Posted

    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?

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    Backstory?

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

    Posted

    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?

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    No MOAB's, I'm sure, but what about...

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    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.

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    Tactics of the Crescent Moon

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    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. smile.gif

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