akd

Hell, if nothing else, maybe the devs will find it interesting for clearly demonstrating the effect of a TOW on an armored vehicle. Like 10-15 examples in the vid.

I just have to comment on this. Some statistics follows. Warning. The numbers are propably a bit off. And another warning. Its been a while since last time I did maths. But I am SURE somebody will correct my numbers and mathematics if they are wrong. Ok, there are about 150000 US soldiers in Iraq. Every month this year there has been 70 casualties per month. That means your risk of getting killed is 70/150000 per month and it is 12*70/150000 per year. That means your risk of getting killed is about 0.0056. To get injured seriously (not returned in action during 72h) is about 3 times that. So, your risk of getting injured is 1.5% per year and to get killed is about 0.5%. If you worked for 30 years with those risks your chances of surviving would be about 84%. And to get out without being injured or killed is about 50%. I don't really know what the risk are with firefighters and cops, but if they are that high I am suprised. I found a figure that says there have been 137 line-of-duty deaths this year in the USA. Now if being a cop is as risky as being a soldier in Iraq there would be about (137/11)/(70/150000) = 27000 officers in the USA. Ofcourse there are officers who are working in bad areas, and these are the ones Bigduke was talking about. And ofcourse he was talking about the overwhelming majority of the US soldiers. But if there have been about 7500 WIA and 2000 KIA during the war it would seem that if only a small portion of the forces had been taking the casualties, then everyone in that portion would be either KIA or WIA. And then ofcourse there is propably a big portion of the forces who are in almoust no risk jobs. But, 1) these are propably not the overwhelming majority and 2) every soldier who is in no risk will raise the risk for the ones "doing the job". Sources: Number of officers down Casualties in Iraq </font>

The conclusion of the Gulf War I experience was that the Iraqi Army's fatal error was attempting to engage the Coalition forces in open terrain warfare and that if they had a attempted a more "dissimilar" approach in the use of their armor, they might have had more success. The video is just visual statement about the utter worthlessness of armor in an environment where the U.S. can employ its air weapons and surveillance systems with impunity. AFVs are getting nailed deeply dug-in, well-camouflaged in dense cover, even under bridges, probably before ground forces have even made contact.

Why even try to hide? http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2184649266159259417&q=gunship%22

Okay Nidan, I'll agree that there is a universal tendency in media to focus on the negative, but this is institutional rather than political. In fact, this tendency probably does more good in a free society in the long run by acting as a balance of power. However, I'm surprised you can't see that the "facts" you don't understand the media not reporting on are in fact your political opinion, not to mention gross simplifications. It is fact that U.S. troops have a presence and make sacrifices in Iraqi neighborhoods. That this makes these neighborhoods safer is an opinion. It is a fact that the U.S. suppressed an insurgent stronghold in Fallujah. That this was the only course of action or the course of action that developed only because of Iraqi incompetence is an opinion. It is a fact that the U.S. is conducting security operations. That these operations lead to a net increase in people's feeling of security for their children is an opinion, and most importantly, a relative one. Do you really believe that Sunni Iraqis feel their children are safer since the U.S. intervened in Iraq? You want the media to report this as a fact? And the current administration can't have it both ways either. They are the most powerful institution in the world. They can make and break nations. If they so choose, they can take life on a massive scale with little threat of outside intervention. Do they really need the media to help them out?

some archived Stryker pics: http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image001.jpg http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image003.jpg http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image007.jpg http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image008.jpg http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image009.jpg http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image011.jpg http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image012.jpg http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image015.jpg http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image017.jpg http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image021.jpg http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image022.jpg http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image024.jpg

http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/uploads/large/OCPA-2005-11-23-081025.jpg

I smell poo, but they have jumped Western media on a few stories.

Fire support for the 172nd SBCT: http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/CSA-2005-11-22-095552.jpg http://www.defenselink.mil/photos/Nov2005/051110-F-4177H-087.jpg (same, different exposure) http://www.defendamerica.mil/images/photos/nov2005/index/Hi-Res/051110-F-4177H-087-c.jpg [ November 22, 2005, 08:29 PM: Message edited by: akd ]

The 'insurgent', that blows himself away, gets away from murder and life. He gets to have whatever sexual delights he/she wishes and can even smoke hashish with a butt-pipe. All scot-free in the afterlife(s). I would surge for that. Where to surge from? Iran? Syria? They must surge in from someplace. </font>

Reads like a game of BF2 doesn't it? Start on MG, go to Javelin, MG, Javelin, Sniper Rifle.... Guess sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. </font>

What videos and how do you know these videos are from the Fallujah battle?

Well, I highly doubt these terrorists were carrying an anti-tank guided missile. Probably an RPG with a HE/fragmentation warhead.

I don't mean to hijack this thread, but since you mentioned this, it reminded me of an insurgent sniper nicknamed Juba. Is there actually such an individual? </font>

I would think they would have to, if urban combat is going to be a focus of the game (how could it not be? lol). Buildings are the Syrians' tanks and deserve as much detail and complexity when it comes to their "military" function.

Tell Jizzmonkey that. I would be afraid to. For reference, his caption reads: "This is what a 50 cal armor piercing round will do to a wall." Here's one more: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/add.sized.jpg [ November 21, 2005, 11:19 PM: Message edited by: akd ]

http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/CSA-2005-11-21-100940.jpg Jizzmonkey put more picks from his Stryker unit up: Another Stryker squad: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/acz.jpg Styker, post-IED: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/adc.jpg Rooftop firefight: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/adi.jpg Ford Taurus/Arms Cache: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/adm.jpg Suicide bomber, failed: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/adr.jpg Iraqis are all proud members of the NRA: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/adn.sized.jpg http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/ado.sized.jpg http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/adp.sized.jpg reenlisting in view of the enemy: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/adt.sized.jpg riding shotgun on a Styker: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/adu.jpg sandstorm coming. M-240 won't stop that: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/adw.jpg .50 cal. AP meets wall, says hi: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/ady.jpg Cordon and search:' http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aea.jpg entry the nice way: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aeb.jpg local gunshow: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aed.jpg where are the fat rednecks? http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aeg.jpg the gunshows in Iraq end rather abruptly: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aem.jpg IED found: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aeh.jpg and dealt with: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aei.jpg more rooftop fun: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aej.jpg http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aek.jpg http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/ael.jpg unit marksmen: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aen.jpg working with an interpreter (who turned out to be AIF): http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/aeo.jpg sniper and his tools (was later killed by a sniper himself, RIP): http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/jizzmonkey/aer?full=1 OP: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/afh.jpg [ November 21, 2005, 11:21 PM: Message edited by: akd ]

LOL! Michael </font>

huh? no it wasn't. There was an Army armored or mechanized battalion attached to provide heavy support and the 1st Cav. Div. cordoned off areas outside the city, but the majority of forces clearing Fallujah were Marines, from all that I have read.

jizzmonkey put up some more "deuce-four" pics: patrol: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/acp.sized.jpg MSR overwatch: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/act.sized.jpg Stryker squad: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/acs.sized.jpg uhh...I have no idea: http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/jizzmonkey/acq.sized.jpg [ November 21, 2005, 08:49 AM: Message edited by: akd ]

Oh dear god, not you too. Leaving moral equivelance aside, how can you compare white phosphorous to a nerve agent or mustard gas on a chemical or physical basis alone. Tell me why white phosphorous is more similar to Sarin than, say, Pentolite. I want to hear the scientific explanation, not the emotional one. And please don't pull a Diane Rehm "it does, in fact, burn the skin." HE burns the skin, right before tearing through it and scattering it in little bits.

172nd SBCT stryker ambulance: http://www.strykernews.com/gallery/albums/4-14-CAV-THUNDERHORSE-MEDICS/Rawah_pix_048.jpg down the hatch: http://www.strykernews.com/gallery/albums/4-14-CAV-THUNDERHORSE-MEDICS/Rawah_pix_053.jpg forward aid station: http://www.strykernews.com/gallery/albums/4-14-CAV-THUNDERHORSE-MEDICS/100_0090.jpg armored turret? http://www.strykernews.com/gallery/albums/album145/SSG_Alvares_hamming_it_up.jpg http://www.strykernews.com/gallery/albums/album145/SSG_Graber_as_seen_from_SSG_Leal_s_perspective.jpg Engineer Co. Mk. 19 Stryker: http://www.strykernews.com/gallery/albums/album142/SFC_Wilson_with_the_boom_boom.jpg Engineer Co. Stryker with big-ass shovel/ram: http://www.strykernews.com/gallery/albums/2/1_032.jpg Stryker howitzer prototype: http://www.strykernews.com/gallery/albums/strykerhowitzer/fire1.jpg Vinny, the Stryker Brigade pug: http://www.strykernews.com/gallery/albums/A-Company-52nd-Infantry/Vinny1stLtInfantry4.jpg

That would almost be funny if it weren't hateful.

what a badass: http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/CSA-2005-09-29-090636.jpg my new desktop: http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/CSA-2005-04-14-084351.jpg

http://military.revenanteagle.org/albums/November-16th-2005/051019_F_4177H_121.sized.jpg http://military.revenanteagle.org/albums/November-16th-2005/051102_F_4177H_061.sized.jpg http://www.mnf-iraq.com/Photos/Nov/Hi-Res/07.jpg may have been linked already: http://www.mnf-iraq.com/Photos/Nov/Hi-Res/06.jpg 11th ACR security platoon (Sept. '05): http://www.tfblackhorse.org/yabbfiles/Attachments/Boyd.JPG http://www.tfblackhorse.org/yabbfiles/Attachments/Strykers.JPG http://www.tfblackhorse.org/yabbfiles/Attachments/Dismounted.JPG http://www.tfblackhorse.org/yabbfiles/Attachments/Workhorse.JPG backlogged images of interest: unorthodox entry: http://military.revenanteagle.org/albums/October-1st-2005/050928_F_2828D_013.sized.jpg night raid: http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/CSA-2005-11-07-091734.jpg Stryker rear security: http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/CSA-2005-10-05-080851.jpg Stryker in the snow: http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/OCPA-2005-09-15-095800.jpg Border patrol: http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/CSA-2005-08-29-093246.jpg All-around security: http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/CSA-2005-08-30-082729.jpg 120mm mortar Stryker: http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/OCPA-2005-08-12-160502.jpg Commander's interface system: http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/OCPA-2005-08-12-160548.jpg detail of gun mount: http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/CSA-2005-05-09-100436.jpg commander with M4 close at hand: http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/CSA-2005-04-27-095642.jpg supplemental armor, supplemental firepower: http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/CSA-2005-04-11-095523.jpg Eotech, Elcan and lipstick?: http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/CSA-2005-03-31-103424.jpg ambush dismount: http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/CSA-2005-03-25-095946.jpg OP: http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/050208A_0O6ALab2005-02-16.jpg what a craphole: http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/0NTYLab2005-02-07.jpg fireteam: http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/StrykerCache024.JPG