lrrprecon

When i became the armorer for my troop. Before we deployed to Iraq. We sent 6 of our SCOUTS to Sniper school for a 2 week crash course. When they came back from the school. I issued each individual, the M24 Sniper Weapon system. And each sniper team (3) was issued: The M82 Barret Sniper Rifle weapon system. The sniper teams were also issued M4's. But in-game i noticed they used M16's. And in INF squads "Sharpshooters" use the M16 with scope. I know in Iraq i had a ACOG on my M4 with M203. The M4 is a versatile weapon with many interchangable mounts. But Caliber lacks any knockdown power at all. I saw a Iraqi take 6 shots to his back and he kept on running. Really sad the US hasn't come up with a better standard issue weapon, with some kind of knockdown power. We still are going off of a OLD mind set back from the Vietnam days. Considering this is a new age and all. [ September 20, 2007, 11:26 AM: Message edited by: lrrprecon ]

Dude your a deusch bag, its for CMAK.....

Bird i have seen no tactical advantage with being hull down in game. It really depends on your Gunners accuracy and Bonuses. I'm not sure of the specifics in calculation and what not. I remember on the first map of the Campaign, i was behind the Berm and shooting through the Berm resulting in kills on the hull-down T-54/55 MBT's. But i really haven't used much of hull down at all, i use buildings as a barrier and creep my Strykers out a bit just to get shots on INF in the open. Thats the closest i ever get to being hull down. Granted its not really being "Hull Down" a M1A2 SEP hull down would be devistating though!

Morbid conclusion: neither roof nor building collapsed. A toned-down Javelin would significantly impact gameplay! Best regards, Thomm </font>

Jesus christ, just throw the patch on 2 pieces of bread with cheese, some mustard, pickles and lettuce. And a whole lot of loving! and throw in the occasional Guinness and bring on the patch already. The retard who keeps saying the patch should be out, your killing me. I see you as a evil "Paul Revere" running around the forums saying, "THE PATCH IS COMMING, THE PATCH IS COMMING.".....

Where the hell is that patch for the love of allah! I feel a PTSD fit comming on!

And a Cinnabon! and Burger King. Granted the lettuce was nasty wet, but they sure weren't bad on a long patrol. We would go to BIAP and buy like 30 Whoppers at a time! It was crazy!

Yeah those things are really awesome, when i was bored i would watch the KBR convoy's a distance off. Then after i got shot at by the KBR convoy PSD. It wasn't fun anymore. hehe good times!

Well thats great, thanks for your opinion. You guys stop patrols considering your countdown? We did patrols and right seat rides up to our 5th day before we packed up to head home. Well i stayed to load up the HET's and then a month in kuwait at Camp Arifjan to load the VEH's on the boat. What unit you with? </font>

Hell if i know man, i never saw a actual javeline missle in Iraq, just the CLU. Now when i went to the Javelin class i saw everything that deals with the Javeline missle system. **** i just remembered we actually did use 1 CLU in my armory. We had it out at CP22A on MSR Tampa. We used it for CP (Check Point) security at night. It has white hot vision, and you can see farther out, it has a very nice view distance. Amazing how i can't remember little details until people talk about this stuff. I think i have alzheimers....

Well thats great, thanks for your opinion. You guys stop patrols considering your countdown? We did patrols and right seat rides up to our 5th day before we packed up to head home. Well i stayed to load up the HET's and then a month in kuwait at Camp Arifjan to load the VEH's on the boat. What unit you with?

Well i guess if the VEH has no Weapon platform and uses a LRAS, its main job is for RECON for a larger force. But in all reality from what i have seen from my tour in Iraq, my troop utilized our Scouts, but in Iraq we are not utilizing RECON Doctrine. We go from house to house on searches and raids, bounce faces off the blacklist for our AO, ask questions and track down who is hiding weapons and explosives, find the cache's, dig em up and blow them up. Or we drive around till we get blown up, while on our patrols. I kinda felt like a cop on his beat, just going around and keeping the peace and what not.

Hehe this made me laugh and i remember before i went to the MIT team, i was the armorer for my troop. We had 6 CLU's in my armorer's room. And i never had any Javelin missles. They sat in my armory room the whole time i was in Iraq and never moved from the spot i had them in.

Personally i would like to know how many of you who actually post here ever been in a M113 or Stryker. I know i have been in a M113 and i have driven one also. When it comes to a Stryker, i have been in the ones that went boom and now reside at the Stryker bone yard at Kuwait docks. Some of you armchair warriors only know what you read or see on CNN. If you really want a experience go down to your local recruiter, raise your right hand and give away some of your freedom for a couple years. Then your perspective of how these vehicles operate will be more clear. Personnaly i would pick a M113 over the Stryker, reason being i know how it works and operates. If you know how to drive a M1 then you should have no prob driving a M113. And another thing, a Stryker can not PIVOT steer, and in combat, i would rather want to PIVOT steer then back up. M113 is a versatile track vehicle, the army uses it for practically everything. So you could say its a very used workhorse. I also saw a Stryker break from its chains on a HET at CP22A on MSR Tampa, in Iraq and IMMEDIATLY catch fire and burn, i brought home a solidified disc from the armor that melted off the stryker. You can have that piece of c-r-a-p, i'll stick with my M113. [ August 29, 2007, 06:36 AM: Message edited by: lrrprecon ]

Yeah, i was watching Discovery channel and they were showing the new MOUT site with all the pyrotechnics. It was pretty sweet, kinda wanted to go through that scenario. But my days of doing that are over, i'm going through my 2nd knee surgery and i am getting a P3 profile and MEB. So i am getting out of the Army, and personnally thats fine with me. I am currently one of the poor bastards that got sent to 3ID, after our Regiment moved to Fort Hood, Texas.

Sorry let me rephrase that. They are building a new URBAN MOUNT site with pyrotechnics and all the nice speacial effects and what not. I know what MOUNT site you are talking about bro, cause we had training there before i deployed to Iraq.

OMG dont get me started about Bradleys...talk about like being in a grinder! And yes when i got done riding around in the back when i got out i basically took two steps and i fell down liek a drunken old man. I got to drive one too, talk about waiting when you hit the gas.....3-6 sec delay on movement...but anyway yeah Bradleys are a real treat to ride in...

No man i was with Thunder Squadron, South of Baghdad at FOB Falcon, right on ASR Jackson N of MSR Tampa.

I have Javelin training, but i have never seen one used at all in Iraq. They issued us AT4's for our M1114 Uparmored HUMMVS. But it is a very nice weapon, kills tanks dead, and very accurate.

MEFBRAVO, in real combat, Urban warfare is unforgiving. Nowday's claymore mines are placed above door frames and are triggered once the door is breached. I lost a good friend of mine up in Talafar to a claymore above the door trick the haji's like to use. I think they made the game right on target when it comes to building to building fighting or CQB (Close Quarters Battle). A way to do it in game is use your MBT's, Bradleys or Strykers to suppress the enemy squad dug in and assault using your INF. But like i said Urban warfare is unforgiving, your always going to have allot of casualties. Right now they are building a MOUNT site in Fort Carson to train soldiers more effectivly on Urban warfare which most soldiers these days are only trained on open warfare. I know there is a MOUNT site built in Kentucky at the Armor Training School i went to, but it was completed after i graduated there and deployed to Iraq and got a real taste of Urban combat. So i guess in the future we will see how the US Urban warfare doctrine fares in time.

True considering in my MOS 19K (M1 Tank Crew Member), in PC terms would be: "Heavy Machinery Technician or Operator" or something in that general aspect....crazy how Civ's come up with those terms. Granted i guess you wouldn't want to be called a "Janitor" if you did that in real life, now they got new PC job titles for every profession....Its funny actually...anyways i will shut up now.

Thunder Squadron ( 3/3 ) Lightning Troop South Baghdad FOB Falcon

Well i wasn't trying to be PC about the comment, cause thats what Combat MOS personnel call 'em Mercs, Mercenary, Hired Killers...etc. Why hide behind a PC "Private Security Contractor" anyways.. in my opinion. I met some Blackwater employee's in BIOP, i think it was FOB Victory or FOB Stryker, good bunch of guys though.

I'm going to throw in my opinion here, considerin gi have been to the Stryker Bone yard in Kuwait, when i was redeploying back to the states, but had to stay a extra month to help load Tanks and Bradley's, on the ship to send them back to the states. Strykers are a OK wheeled VEH with the RPG rails on, they are quiet and perfect for night OP's. But personnally i dont like them, the GUN system is nice, just like the M1114 Uparmored HWMMV's (Some) have over there now. Less casualties from gunners being shot by snipers. The US government just spent 3.2 or 2.3 billion dollars on the MWRP the vehicles that Blackwater (Mercenaries organization) uses there now. They are trying to replace the M1114 with the new MWRP, as it can stand a AT mine hit directly. I have seen this with my own eyes and it is very amazing! Anyways rant off, i just wanted to give my opinion .

Hey Jarhead, go read man. Almost like reading Stars and Stripes! I miss reading those when i was in Iraq, i use to write for a gamer paper too and i know how long it takes to write a good article about a good strategy game. Take er easy man.