Apocalypse 31

Bloodbath or what? Its the mission that takes place in a series of hedgelines with several objectives. also has two large buildings overlooking the entire battlefield. I tried to be somewhat conservative in my approach. Having my scouts develop the situation. This map turned into a bloodbath though. Lost a Stryker or two to ATGM's, then lost one or two more to mines. I put 4 Javelins into one of the buildings on the hill, but still took fire from it. What gives? I ended up losing 22 men of this. Pretty brutal mission.

AH. Sorry guys. I was confusing the SF HQ with the first objective...I think the Airport control building. Yeah. That SF HQ is packed full of bad guys. I just continually call Apache support on it.

Does anyone have all the individual Scenario missions saved? I'd like to re-play some of the individual missions without re-doing the whole scenario. Thank you

Will this also be for US Forces? Will I see my US guys jumping over walls and not doing the Gumby thing?

Even easier! Just drop a few Mk.84's on it and have a some Privates scrounge through the rubble for body parts. No commander in his right mind would even send his Soldiers into that. In all seriousness though, yeah you guys are right.

Negative. Economy of Force. My platoon, in Baghdad, had cleared 8 story buildings by itself, and much larger area's. Six stories isnt much. We had to clear these buildings ( http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cd/High_residential_rising_buildings_in_Haifa_street.jpg ) on Haifa Street. THAT was a Troop level operation. But six stories isnt bad. Thats definitely a platoon level-op. It just takes a while. BTW. Thats my favorite mission. I play it over and over.

I thought you 'light' guys didnt need vehicles ;-)

Correct, and technically the M2HB 50cal isnt authorized to be used on personnel but it is. Whomever makes these rules has obviously never been in a combat zone.

I'm not FA, but I can tell you that counter battery can easily be done through crater analysis. In fact, I had to do crater analysis on a 60mm mortar during my time as a platoon leader in Iraq. Its pretty easy. All you need is a metal rod and a compass and you can generally tell where the round came from.

Yeah...neither is hezbolla or Al Quida . whats your point?

I dont think counter-battery is something this game really needs. We dont have static bases that require force protection. If anything, US should be able to detec WHERE the indirect fire is coming from (with a slight delay)

I'd rather get the HK416, especially since the design is the same as the M4 and can support attachments with its piccatinny rail system. To be honest, I'd rather get the M468 or something of a 6.5 or 6.8 caliber.

I know what a slat cage is :-) There are things, that I cannot discuss, that would really limit reactive armor from happening.

Any way to play individual campaign missions? M2 (i think), where you have to take an airport was GREAT. I'd like to replay it.

I still dont see how this will work. I dont want to be a nay sayer, but there are already other issues with the vehicle that have been obvious show stoppers in some cases.

I think it goes without saying.

Looking good, man. I'm trying to make a map of my old stomping grounds on Haifa Street.

Google maps is GREAT for this. http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=46.851504,-121.785851&spn=0.071143,0.205135&t=p&z=13

I know that 3-2 SBCT (the first SBCT) actually used the FUCHS (Fox) vehicle for testing. StrykerPSG prob knows about that :-)

Yup. I've met one in EVERY crowd. Fort Bragg? You guys are probably in HMMMV's. And you call the Stryker a death trap? Thats as far as I'll go with that argument. I've been there before with dudes in light units. Once they've been on the Stryker they've all come back to me and said ''well damn sir, you were right. Thats a great vehicle".

You're absolutely right. I've worked with foreign officers before. The command structure in other armies (especially middle east) remains heavily based on their officers. The Officer will do the planning, and most of the work. NCO's just manage the Soldiers and report to the officers. It's a completely different mindset here in the American Army (thank god. anyone ever see an officer try to change a Stryker tire?). Officers plan it, NCO's run it, Soldiers do it.

Thank you. This Brigade, specifically is built on NCO's that know their ****. Guys with Stryker experience, who have done a tour or two and know the vehicle and its capabilities.

Weapons Teams. They're not actually Squads. Each platoon has 2x M240 teams.

US Squads still have AT-4's

I was just playing the scenario Just Another Day (which was GREAT, btw!) One of my Strykers had gotten stuck in a ditch and became 'immobilized'. Now, Is there any way to pull another stryker up to him, hook up, and pull him out of that ditch? We do it in real life all the time, it takes somewhere around 5 minutes to do, and we dont lose any vehicles.