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    Humvees

    in CMSF Strategy and Tactics Forum

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    When you Air Assault an IBCT to seize and hold an OBJ in the ENYs rear area, the HMMWVs will be AASLTed with them. With out the AT company, a light infantry company will have a hard time against any kind of motorized/mechanized counter attack.

    So yeah, this game is set in Syria. You have to figure that in a full scale invasion of Syria we would deploy some Air Assault assets. So yes, the HMMWVs are being used the way they were intended. That's my two cents, YMMV.

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    Maps? Map Editor?

    in Theatre of War 2

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    Do the editors work on Vista 64?

    I too would like an answer to this. I was pretty pissed when I purchased TOW1 and got hosed on the editors. I really want to get TOW2 but my bank card is staying in the relative comfort of my wallet until I get the final word on Vista x64 comparability.

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    In-game difference between M4 and M16?

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    * Anyone have any idea why they changed the labelling from "M4A1" to simply "M4" when the Army currently uses mostly the M4A1 (rather than other variants)? After all, in game the M16 is labelled "M16A4" rather than just "M16". (Isn't it?)

    Because the M4 = Semi and 3 rnd burst while the M4A1 = Semi and Full Auto, I know this was not the most eloquent way of putting it, but my meds are wearing off ;) The "big" Army uses the M4 while the Rangers and SF use the M4A1, well I guess it should say used because they will be going to the SCAR soon as far as I know...

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    Mil-std-2525b?

    in CMSF Scenario and Mod Design Forum

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    Well, this is my first time messing with any of the mods. First of all, it took me a bit to find the Data\Z folder :P. Once I figured that out I copied the NATO icons folder in.

    It's a step in the right direction. However, the icons are still circular. If anyone has an idea on how to make friendlies (US) blue rectangles and OPFOR red diamonds, I'm all ears.

    I am pretty sure you could make the icons rectangular by editing the alpha channels. I will give it a shot sometime in the next few days. I kept the icons circular because I was trying to replicate the FBCB2 icons. Thanks for down loading them.

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    The British Jackal

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    Regarding the uproar about Humvees being suboptimally armored and thus more vulnerable to IEDs, I've wondered (and I know my musing is that of a relatively ignorant fanboi) that if troops had their boots on the ground more instead of zooming around in vehicles all the time, they might have more of a chance to spot IEDs before driving to within lethal range of them. Of course, moving dismounted means being exposed to small-arms fire, and the relatively few troops have to travel such distances on patrol that not using their vehicles most of the time is just plain impractical.

    I don't agree with this statement. I have stood on top of an EFP, I nor a single member of my squad saw the EFP. I think that if dismounts spot an IED, they will either be right on top of it, or have gotten extremely lucky. This may not always be the case, but IMO, more often than not, it is. That being said, dismounted and mounted operations both have their advantages, it should not be a black and white argument about "we shouldn't do this because it is intimidating/destroys local infrastructure" or "we should do this because it will put us into direct contact with local nationals and allow them to easily engage us with their concerns/issues". We more or less need to stay in the gray area of doing combined mounted/dismounted patrols. That gives us the flexibility to interact with the locals (SWEAT-T) and easily transition into door kicking and face shooting. Basically, we mix it up and try to avoid patterns. This all made sense in my head, I hope it came out the right way. Sorry for steering off-topic.

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    Helmets on British Troops pics

    in Combat Mission Shock Force 1

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    Apparently British troops are being issued with dynamic ear protection that allows quiet sounds to pass but blocks loud ones. Be interesting to see if it works out in combat.

    We were issued Peltor Comtac II's prior to deployment. They worked well, active noise reduction is a must for those of us that are trying to preserve what little hearing we have left. The only issue I encountered was that when I had radio traffic the ambient mics cut off. The effect was, I could not carry on a conversation with a local national, or anyone for that matter, while receiving radio traffic. Other than that they were awesome.

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