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    LUCASWILLEN05 got a reaction from BigDog944 in TRADOC Threat Handbook: 2011 World Equipment Guide, 3 Vols   
    This is a fine information source directly relevant to CMBS and the equipment currentlt porttryed or whichich might be included in the future. Thanks for shasring it with us John
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    LUCASWILLEN05 reacted to LukeFF in TRADOC Threat Handbook: 2011 World Equipment Guide, 3 Vols   
    John, there's this great forum below called "General Discussion." Please do make use of it.
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    LUCASWILLEN05 reacted to John Kettler in TRADOC Threat Handbook: 2011 World Equipment Guide, 3 Vols   
    LukeFF,
     
    A 2011 three volume set of TRADOC OPFOR volumes isn't CMBS appropriate?!  What, then, is? I strongly suspect many here will be happy to have this information. Since you're being polite for once, please leave me in peace.
     
    Regards,
     
    John Kettler
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    LUCASWILLEN05 reacted to John Kettler in TRADOC Threat Handbook: 2011 World Equipment Guide, 3 Vols   
    Any resulting sanity loss from TRADOC's World Equipment Guide 2011. Despite all the goodies modeled in the game, I believe you'll be blown away by what else is out there on the OPFOR side of the house. Threats are conveniently ranked by tier, too.
     
    Ground Systems
     
    WEG 2011 Vol 1 Ground Systems - APAN Community ...
     
    Update for Vol 1. Please understand these are change pages and new ones only, not a revised book.
     
    http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll11/id/2089
     
    Air and Air Defense Threats
     
    WEG 2011 Vol 2 Airspace and Air Defense Systems - APAN 
     
    Naval Threats
     
    http://www.soldf.com/download/freebooks/WEG%202011%20Vol%203%20Naval%20and%20Littoral%20Systems.pdf
     
    Regards,
     
    John Kettler
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    LUCASWILLEN05 reacted to panzersaurkrautwerfer in Question...I thought the TOW missile could engage targets other than armor.   
    In practice the only thing the TOW is supposed to be used on is tanks, and tank-like targets.  Anything less than a tank is something the 25 MM will eat up.  You see them get shot at buildings a fair bit in Iraq, but that was more of a lack of any other use for TOWs and availability of platform and munition than a standard use. 
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    LUCASWILLEN05 reacted to panzersaurkrautwerfer in US delivers armor to baltics   
    I think Russia leaving treaties would mean more if they followed them in the first place.
     
    Anyway.  Nice to see some signs of military commitment in eastern europe.
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    LUCASWILLEN05 reacted to Krasnoarmeyets in Apparently, Stratfor got their copy of CMBS   
    Looks like they did not get a very good score for the campaign - they missed the secret mission where the 1st Belorussian front takes Berlin again.
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    LUCASWILLEN05 reacted to John Kettler in US delivers armor to baltics   
    CommC,
     
    Nice footage! Abrams, Hercules and a Gavin (absolutely couldn't resist saying that last). A certain European leader is going to need incontinence garments when watching this at his PDB. In the interests of standardization if nothing else, why don't the Marines operate the same type of Abrams as the Army? The notion of voluntarily choosing not to have a CITV strikes me as insane. Or worse.
     
    That crystal clear footage you provided was, of course, on the heels of some rather interesting Estonian military parade participants. Putin should look on the bright side, though. Why? At least this force hasn't engaged in weeks of gigantic military exercises on his doorstep!  Unfortunately for him, they brought along lots of friends. It's good to have friends!
     
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3AA8grJ9wo
     
    Regards,
     
    John Kettler
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    LUCASWILLEN05 reacted to sburke in Role of the Baltic States   
    I smell a locked thread coming, we can either be more civil, go back to the original subject or find this thread closed proving ourselves incapable of a civil conversation. Our choice
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    LUCASWILLEN05 reacted to kaburke61 in Role of the Baltic States   
    What is really tiresome from the Putin-bots, is the notion that this is somehow a US-caused problem.
     
    Gee...whose tanks are in Ukraine right now? Funny, I don't see any M1A2s (or American troops), deployed currently, I certainly see a few Russian units.....
     
    And, how was Ukraine wanting to pursue agreements with EUROPE, America's fault.
     
    Typical "It's all America's fault" parroting from the propaganda-brainwashed Putin-bots. After all, NOTHING Russia ever does is it's fault, it's ALWAYS somebody else fault..the poor Russians, they just want peace so badly!
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    LUCASWILLEN05 reacted to sburke in Role of the Baltic States   
    Ukraine has a right to self determination.  Russia's defense of it's annexation of Crimea as reflecting their exercising their rights seems to completely contradict Russia's position vis a vis Kiev.   The apologists for Russian aggression can say whatever they want about these old notions of "sphere's of influence".  Ukraine however is not obligated to live by Russian perceptions.
     
    Kiev did not cause the destabilization, Russian continued intervention in Ukraine's internal affairs and the corruption it contributed to created a need for Ukraine to look to the west for societal reforms, so chicken before the egg or whatever, Russia does not get to decide Ukraine's future and Russian disregard for the agreements it supposedly is a party to is inherently at fault for the current situation.
     
    As to the comment about folks ending up in a ditch.  First off I don't think that is likely.  There would have been no separatists movement without Russia and it's proxies. Assuming for the moment though that there were, Ukraine would not get into the EU nor get western support by committing war crimes and that is not an action anyone here should even consider being justified.  I am not saying that was the intent of that post, but it comes across like it.  if Northern Ireland can find peace, so can Ukraine without continued sectarian murder.
     
    Does the West live at times by the same double standard- sure.  US relations with Cuba being probably the classic example.  However that doesn't justify Russia's behavior.  One can comfortably condemn both.  For standards to have a value, they need to be consistently and objectively applied.
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    LUCASWILLEN05 reacted to kuri in Role of the Baltic States   
    Shouldn't it be up to every country to decide for themselves what they want though? The Ukrainian people have clearly demonstrated what THEY want for their country at the Maidan and afterwards. What gives Russia the right to bar them from it? Spheres of influence be damned, Russian agression in Ukraine is completely unjustifiable.
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    LUCASWILLEN05 reacted to Melchior in Role of the Baltic States   
    Not that it's undeserving, merely that we should not be the ones dolling it out. 
     
    Personally, I am not Russian, and i'm not living in Russia. So my ability to limit or influence Russian affairs is minimal. I don't really concern myself with what Putin is up to because it is far more remote than what my own leaders are up to right now. NATO, the UN, etc have given me and us very good cause to watch them closely and carefully. 
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    LUCASWILLEN05 reacted to Baneman in Role of the Baltic States   
    You have a very strange way of participating in a discussion.
     
    I assumed you'd have read his post and my statement was to the effect that I would have made those arguments/points myself except he had already done so ( quite possibly even more lucidly that I would have ).
    Would it help if I cut and pasted his comments into my response to you ?
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    LUCASWILLEN05 reacted to sburke in Role of the Baltic States   
    If not us, who? Putin is the one aggressively de-stabilizing Europe in a country with nuclear weapons. Isolationism is never a good strategy. Wasn't it you who brought up the west's behavior regarding Hitler, is somehow that strategy now okay when applied to Putin?
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    LUCASWILLEN05 reacted to sburke in Role of the Baltic States   
    Anti semitism in general has been around a long time in the west and in Russia. It isn't anything new any more than racism is and it isn't going to magically disappear. As to the western view of Russia, there is no question the west viewed communist Russia as a threat. The declaration of the communist movement was that they were engaged in international class warfare In the 1920s there was civil war in the streets of Germany and naval ships were shelling towns as part of it. The Russian revolution was a huge event and in the political context of the time presented a worst case scenario to capitalism as to what the future might hold. That the entire concept was flawed from the start and the world was in a process of political change that would alter the basis of that class war was not evident at the time. So yes the west intervened immediately and continued to view Russia as a threat at the same time Russia viewed itself as the vanguard of a new world. No sooner however was that state founded than it became something completely different than what it espoused. The "communist" state was no different fundamentally than the fascist state, the exception being the fascist state was founded in collusion within the capitalist class. Both models have been rejected in the years following world war 2. The difference is the majority in the west do not look back longingly on fascism whereas what is being reported and espoused here is Russians look back longingly on the communist state. Personally I very much doubt that. I suspect rather the Russian people simply want what most people want. Stability and a sense that they have some control over their future. Their experience so far in a non authoritarian form of gov't is limited and based in periods of instability. The transition to a more democratic form of government is not going to be easy, but real stability is going to require they go through the process of founding a political and economic society that is free. Falling back on some form of crony capitalism or fascist/communist model is simply stalling and is inherently unstable. The west for all it's flaws is a far better social model than anything Russia has to offer. The weakness in the west is something that we in fact do own control over, the extent to which the populace involves themselves in the political process and fights for humanitarian ideals determines what kind of future we hold. When we fall back on stupid catch phrases, simplistic answers and cave into our fears of others we end up with knuckleheads like George Bush jr whose understanding of the world and how to function in the international community is infantile at best. However the political institutions are there and we do have a relatively free press if we make the effort to stop just listening to those who tell us what we feel comfortable hearing. Russians have that to a far more limited degree and only as far as the authoritarian state allows it.


    Your attitude towards a lot of us on this forum about our perception of the west versus Russia is simply way off base. It seems you feel Russia is simply undeserving of the criticism it has earned from the nature of it's activities. There is a difference between having corruption and being fundamentally corrupt to the core. There is plenty of corruption in the west, any time you put people into authority and access to sources of political or financial power it is almost inevitable. However the difference in the west is there are mechanisms that however flawed at times allow us to pursue and punish those who cross the line. In Russia the highest political authority is itself corrupt and there is no legal mechanism to pursue or punish those individuals short of a major political upheaval.
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    LUCASWILLEN05 reacted to Wasicun in How difficult is the US campaign?   
    ty mate. i think i'll buy the game
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    LUCASWILLEN05 reacted to Sublime in Role of the Baltic States   
    Hawkeye minding its own business like the finnish war, non aggression pact with germany gobbling up.half of.poland and katyn? Or the lublin government? Do tell. The fact is the west did a lot of bad ****. So did the soviets. However scale wise one could safely say the soviets were more.exploitave, ruthless, repressive, and did do things the west did not do. America never landed troops and tanks in the capitals of 3-5 Nato signatories to keep the pro US govt in power. Yes we backed questionable people in other places. In retrospect vietnam.could completely been avoided had the US in the early cold war realized communism wasmt a single borg.like entity, i.e soviet chinese rift. Vietnam, yugoslavia, etc. Ho chi minh actually read parts of the us declaraction.of.independence when vietnam.claimed independence at the end of ww2. Oss officers were present, the viet minh.actually was helping retrieve.downed us air crews. However uncle ho.s communist past made him suspect in us eyes post 45 and his overtures to the us were ignored. So he turned.to stalin.
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    LUCASWILLEN05 reacted to kuri in Role of the Baltic States   
    Lol. That video made me chuckle. Yes obviously Russia is the good guy, damn i must be blind to have missed all the "good" they brought to my country, but hey i just live here, what do i know?
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    LUCASWILLEN05 reacted to Capt. Toleran in Please NO Marines or NATO forces module !   
    Getting to this discussion late -- I think sometimes people forget that Battlefront is a business, and at the end of the day, they need to sell games to make more of them.
     
    Let's think about the audience for the game -- while we have plenty of international players (welcome!), there is still a significant amount, I would assume the majority, that are American.  This means you do Marines, because the Marines are almost a religion unto themselves here, revered (rightfully so) as some of the best of our best.  If you want to sell games to Americans, you make it about Americans.  Battlefront themselves said that one of the big problems with CMBB was that the effort vs. ROI tradeoff was very poor vs. CMBO because there were no Americans in that part of the war.  It was a great game for a specific niche of hobbyists, and Russians didn't bite on the game (or maybe they couldn't really sell it there anyways vs. pirating), so it was kind of a waste.
     
    All of these other countries I have seen listed -- France, Britain, Poland, etc. -- they will have to be "in addition to Marines."  Nothing against those countries, but until the UK and France, Germany, etc. start buying the game wholesale (if you want to help Battlefront, spread the word!), they are going to focus on things that make Americans buy games, and there are a lot more of us who care more about US Marines vs. any other country's force that is supposed to be on the "allied" side.  This is just economic reality, but I am eager to hear any counter-arguments that might contradict this, including if there were any major demographic changes in the Battlefront audience since CMBO.  If so, I stand corrected.
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    LUCASWILLEN05 got a reaction from Wicky in Role of the Baltic States   
    On the other had what was the alternative. By he late 1980s the old Soviet system was dying on its' feet and was locked into the Cold War which, on several occasions threatened to become a very real hot war that in turn might jhave become a civilzation endng nuclear exchange. Since Brezhnev the Soviet Union had a succession ofgeriatricleaders (Andropov, Chernenko) Clearly that siuation could not continue. As wee see it in the West Gorbachev took a series of measures through the glasnost and perestroika policies. 
     
    He probably realised that the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact were likely to collapse soon and tried to mange the declne to give he softest landing possible. In many ways he was successful. Just consider what could have happened in the late 1980s. A Third World War beaking out as the Warsaw Pact collapsed. Or a Second Russian Civil War following the August 1991 coup. With military units in Moscow there might easiy have been a situation where Red Army troops supporting the two different sides began firing on each other - and that could havebeen the first battle of a Second Russian Civil War. It is fortunate that events in August 1991 turned out in the way that they did
     
    Maybe there are thngs that could have been done bwetter under Gorbachev and Yeltsin. However, like Britain and many other European nations after WW2 Russia in 1991 had to accept the end of empire. I don;t think Russians have managed to accept tha even now. Much like Germans after 1918 failed to accept the end of their Second Reich. The result of that was Hitler, the 3rd Reich and World War 2 in which Russia herself suffered terribly. I think Russians would do well to accept that they won't be a Superpower gain. But they can remain a Great Power among equals and be respected for making positive contributions on the international stage.
     
    Peter the Great wanted his "Window on the West" o learn from the rest of Europe and for Russia to become more like Western European nations. Obviously the road hs been longer and harder than your great Tsar could have ever imagined. But, if Russia chooses the right path, that of peaceful diplomacy respecting the rights of neighbours and of trade Russia can still do very well for herswelf. She has an abundance of natural resources and an educated population for a start so she can be a prosperous and well respected counry. The route that Russia is going down now under Ptin can only end in disaster.
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    LUCASWILLEN05 got a reaction from gunnersman in Can you tell what knocked out your UAV?   
    Whgen you check your air assets you find out!
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    LUCASWILLEN05 reacted to AttorneyAtWar in Poland - List of probable things (wall of text edition)   
    Excellent write up, I would love to see Poland added in an expansion!
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    LUCASWILLEN05 reacted to Mr0Buggy in Poland - List of probable things (wall of text edition)   
    Hello there, I'm a new user here. Before I get on with the topic, here's a short introduction: I'm a long time gamer, and I started the Combat Mission series with the first initial games, mainly the Beyond Overlord, which I loved. After all these years, I came to learn that there are far more Combat Mission games, and that they have also gone for more modern settings (Cold War Afghanistan and Modern Syria) for few of their latest games. I have tried the demo of the two games, and I have fallen in love again. Then I heard of the latest upcoming iteration - the Black Sea - and here I am. I wished to get it done before the release, but school got in the way.   Given the setting, as well as some rumors flying wildly about a possible future Module, I have decided to make the list you can see below. Please, by no means take it as me begging/pleading/ordering the Battlefront crew to include Poland in the game/future module. It's merely meant as a very general guide/refence, and to perhaps bring some interest of fellow tacticians to this country's armed forces, which usually are rather unheard of on the global scene.    The list may not be accurate, it's a rough prediction of what might be around for Poland in 2017. It's based on plans (which have been outlined up to 2020), as well as news from the military industry around the globe, as the situation is dynamically changing day to day. Any mistakes are not an ill will, merely a mistake or a document being interpreted the wrong way. Please keep that in mind. Also it's not really meant as a proper reference, and please don't use it as such. Hence, I won't link any of my sources (majority which are in Polish anyway) as this list was made rather hastily. Should you require proper references  (*wink wink, nudge nudge*), I will happily oblige as soon as I can (I have finals atm). Also, I cannot buy the Black Sea for the time being, but I hope to do so in the coming months.   Now onto the goodies:   Weapons and vehicles that are not (yet or otherwise) in service of Polish Armed forces, have names written in cursive.   Infantry Weapons:   Assault Rifles: Kbs wz. 1996 Beryl - 5,56 mm NATO
      Kbk wz. 1996 Mini-Beryl - 5,56 mm NATO (beside frontline service, also used by vehicle crews)
      Kbk AKM - 7.62x39 mm WP
      Kbk AKMS - 7.62x39 mm WP
      MSBS - 5,56 mm NATO and 7,62 mm NATO variants, should start entering service 2015/2016
      LMG:   RPK - in use in Airborne Force (limited)
      PK - various variants
      UKM-2000 - various variants, UKM-2000M to enter service in 2015, used by infantry as well as vehicle mounts
      Rheinmetall MG 3 - used on former Bundeswehr vehicles (Leopard 2A4/2A5 and respective ARV's)
      LMG variant of MSBS - 7,62 mm NATO, possibly to enter service in 2015 (image not available)
      HMG: WKM-B - Polish variant of the NSV MG, adapted to use .50 BMG NATO
      NSW - Polish variant of the NSV MG, still using the original 12,7 mm WP ammunition. In the process of being replaced by WKM-B
    Both used on variety of vehicles or standalone   Sniper/Marksman rifles:   SWD/SWD-M - Polish designation for SVD Dragunow. SWD-M is a Polish upgrade. 7.62x54 mmR WP
      Sako TRG (TRG-21 and TRG-22) - 7,62mm NATO Sniper Rifle
      Bor - Polish made, 7,62 mm NATO Sniper Rifle
      Tor - Polish made .50 BMG Sniper Rifle
      Granade Launchers:   Underslung:   wz. 74 Pallad/GPBO-40 - 40mm Granade launcher for Kbs wz. 1996 Beryl
      Standalone:   Mk. 19 - on vehicles and tripod
      wz. 83 Pallad-D/GSBO-40 - single shot 40mm launchers
      RGP-40 - six shot revolver mag launcher. On order, should enter service in 2015
      GA-40 - may enter service before 2017
      AT Weapons Unguided:   Carl Gustav M3 - (Airborne and Spec Ops forces only)
      AT4 - (Airborne and Spec Ops forces only)
      RPG-7 - in service, unknown which warheads are in service in the Polish Armed forces
      RPG-76 Komar (in storage, requested and used by forces in Afghanistan for smaller targets upon which RPG-7 (or other weapons) would be a waste)
      Guided:   Spike-LR - Stationary launchers as well as launchers based upon HMMWV and ROSOMAK vehicles. 4km range, Fire & Forget, Fire Observe & Update, Lock-On After Launch - what more do you need ?
      9K115 Metys - limited use by airborne forces
      MANPAD:   GROM - reportedly a "copy" and vast improvement upon the Soviet designed 9K38 Igla. Several new versions made since then. Also used on variety of vehicles
      PIORUN - improved version of the GROM, should start entering service in 2015/2016 (launcher is reportedly the same, it's the missile that will be vastly improved)   VEHICLES:   MBT:   T-72M1 - no major/significant changes since the Warsaw Pact times, it's an export variant of the T-72A produced in Poland under license (chances are if you are seeing one of those anywhere near a frontline, then you are within a stone's throw from the Warsaw), reportedly Polish made T-72M1 were of higher quality and make than average among the Warsaw Pact countries (mentioned in passing in a book or two).
      PT-91 Twardy variants:   PT-91 - Polish Modernization of the T-72M1
      PT-91M
      PT-91MA1 - Same as above, majority of modifications is internal, such as better Radios and better electronics.     Leopard 2A4 - nothing much to say, not much different since the days of them watching over the Fulda Gap. They however have access to better ammo since those days.
      Leopard 2A5 - Unchanged since they rolled off the assembly line. They do have access to more modern ammunition though.
      Leopard 2PL - Poland has expressed interest to modernize our Leopard 2 fleet to 2A7+ like standard. First would go the 2A4's, then 2A5's. There are several proposals, but it's a bit of a mess right now (to say the least), hence it's doubtful it will be  ready or deployed in a significant capacity within Polish Armed Forces before 2017.   APC/IFV:   BWP-1 - BMP-1D variant "Good" old BMP-1D. Not much to be said. (We used to have BMP-2 and BMP-2D but our idiot paper pushers sold them). A program to develop new tracked vehicle to replace BWP-1 has been initiated, but extremely unlikely to produce anything of substance before 2017.
      KTO ROSOMAK variants: ROSOMAK is a family of variants developed upon AMV PATRIA family.   Rosomak - first initial variant, features Oto Melara Hitfist-30P turret, armed with 30mm autocannon ATK Mk 44 along with a coax 7,62mm UKM-2000C MG. Also equipped with Obra laser warning receiver connected to smoke granade launchers and an amphibious vehicle capable of swim.
      Rosomak-M1 – Modification for the needs of Chad and Afghanistan deployments. Changes include: additionf of Pilar "Fire direction detection" system, new and improved comm. systems, additional radio, two additional cameras on hull sides, connected to screen in infantry compartment. Water propellers have been removed, and the Vehicle was up-armored with Israeli Rafael Armor Package, bringing the vehicle to all around STANAG IV protection levels.
      Rosomak-M1M – further development of the version for Afghanistan Deployment. Changes from previous variant includes addition of American Qinetiq RPGNet, cabling and sockets to mount Duke IED countermeasure system and of Blue Force Tracking system (those systems are not integral part of this variant and were on loan from the US military). Infantry compartment went from 8 to 6 soldiers. This version has been up-armored by default by the original manufacturer, giving it the same STANAG IV protection levels as M1.
      Rosomak-M3 – version armored anologically to Rosomak M1. It's turret is armored up to STANAG III standard. The turret can carry WKM-B 12,7mm HMG or 7,62mm UKM-2000C MG or Mk. 19 40mm grenade launcher. Those vehicles usually carry either two of the above, one on the turret, second within the hull near the turret, allowing them to be swapped "on the go".
      Rosomak-S - unoficially called "Spajkowóz" (Spikewagon) – infantry carrier variant of the base version (ergo still capable of swim), equipped to carry 2 Spike LR launchers, a load of spare missiles, along their respective weapon teams. Otherwise unarmed.
      KTO Rosomak - Hitfist-30P turret with Spike LR variant and KTO Rosomak - Unmanned ZSSW-30 turret with Spike LR variant The former is no different than the Base Rosomak (aside from integration of the Spike ATGM with the turret) and has already been developed, built and tested, however the latter has been designated as next step in the Rosomak development hence the former most likely won't enter service. However (at the time of the writing) there only exists a first iteration of the ZSSW-30 turret, which is being tested, but is not integrated with the Spike ATGM yet, afaik only a mockup of the double launcher can be seen on the right side of the turret.  As both vehicles, for all intents and purpouses, will serve the same role and function within the game, either could be added.
      KWWO Wilk - Kołowy Wóz Wsparcia Ogniowego (Wheeled fire support vehicle) (105/120mm) Prototypes exist but appears extremely unlikely at this point to enter service.
      Recon: BWR-1D and BWR-1S  (BRM-1K and BPzV "Svatava" respectively) Basically a BMP-1 without ATGM, having somewhat better NVG's and optionally carrying a recon squad.
      BRDM-2M-97 "Żbik-B" Polish modification/modernization of the BRDM-2 vehicle. New turret, Obra laser warning receiver and smoke grenade launcher, new NVG's. Armed with WKM-B and a UKM-2000 as coax.
      Rosomak-R1 and Rosomak-R2 – Recon variants based upon the base Rosomak (hence still amphibious capable). Armed analogically to normal Rosomak, with 30mm AC and 7,62mm coax. No infantry carrying capacity. Crew compartment instead has been remodeled to house operators of additional equipment. Upon extendable 4 meter mast a FLIR System video camera, Thermal camera and laser rangefinder/target designation system were mounted, allowing for recon at the distance of up to 20 km. R1 variant has been additionally equipped with Turkish Aselsan ACAR Ground Surveillance Radar. Reportedly allowing detection of an infantry man from 12 km away, and vehicle group from 40 km away. Radar has been mounted on a mast behind the turret.  Both has been equipped with additional camera with directional microphone.
      Tank Destroyers:   BRDM-2 KONKURS
      Tumak-5 (M1045A2 HMMWV) with Spike-LR ATGM
      ROSOMAK with unmanned Spike Launcher Turret - there exists an existing presentation model with combined GROM launcher on top. The military has stated desire for such/similiar variant to replace aging BRDM-2 based Tank destroyers, however there haven't been much word on it since.
      Car transports: Tumak-2 (M1043A2 HMMWV) Tumak-3 (M1025A2 HMMWV) both come with Shielded/unshielded manned turret with UKM-2000, WKM-B or NSW, or mk. 19/GA-40
      Tumak-4 (M1097A2 HMMWV), transports up to 11 people depending on the exact setup, unarmed
      Skorpion-3 - light multi purpouse vehicle, 7,62 MG on the roof turret. 1+4 crew
      Star 266M - Working horse of the Polish army. Unarmed truck. Up-armored driver cabin variant may also enter service "soon" (see Hibernyt-3 below)
      AA Assets:   ZSU-23-4W1 Szyłka (ZSU-23-4V1) - no known changes since the Warsaw Pact times (possibly just some minor changes to make it compatible with modern AA Command and Control systems of the Polish Army). In the process of being upgraded to ZSU-23-4MP Biała standard.
      ZSU-23-4MP Biała - Polish upgrade, removal of the radar with mounting of completely passive opto-electronic detection and fire control systems, new ammo with slightly longer range (approx 3,5 km), and 4 GROM missiles for additional firepower (GROMs might be changed for PIORUN's in the future as they become available), all weather capability as well as Thermals and new AP rounds.
      Żubr-P - carrier of the POPRAD System using the GROM missiles (may use PIORUN as those become available). POPRAD is basically a passive detection suite, four GROM launchers and some spare missiles.
      9K35M Strzała-10M - About unchanged since the Warsaw Pact days (as far as I can tell)
      Osa-AKM-P1 "Żądło" - Polish upgraded OSA-AKM, not sure if it fits CM scale however.
      Hibernyt-3 - uparmored Star 266M truck carrying ZUR-23-2KG system. ZUR-23-2KG upgrades since the good old ZU-23-2 includes: CP-1 night-and-day sight with laser rangefinder, electromechanic gun turn system and twin launcher for "Grom" missiles. The truck carries additional ammo and spare missiles.
      Off Map Support:   AHS Krab - (aka THE MOST embarrassing project of the modern Polish Military industry) a division (at least) planned before 2017
      AHS Kryl (possible to enter limited service before 2017)
    Both are 155mm NATO compatible Self Propelled Howitzers   Armatohaubica wz. 1977 DANA-T - 152mm Self Propelled Howitzer
      2S1T Goździk - Polish upgrade of venerable 2S1 Gvozdika
      SMK-120 RAK - 120 mm self propelled mortar system based upon ROSOMAK chassis - on order 80 vehicles to enter service in 2015
      2B11 mortar - 120mm Mortar
      M-98 Rodon mortar - 98mm mortar
      LM-60 mortar - 60mm mortar
      Air Support Helo:   Mi-24W (Polish designation for the Mi-24V)- Reportedly the Kokon ATGM are long past expiration date and they have only unguided ordinance now at it's disposal (!! REPORTEDLY !!). So either they won't have any or we assume we borrowed some Kokons from the Ukrainian stocks.
        Planes:   F-16 Block 52+ I have made this informative info-graphic about what kind of stuff it can carry. Not sure which of those fit scale of CM:BS, but that's everything we have for them or have planned for them at the time of writing.
      Su-22M4 - as much as it would be even a bigger of a suicide than flying A-10 into a modern ADN, a number of Polish Su-22M4 can carry a pair of Kh-29T's - TV guided Anti Tank missiles. Beside that, it can carry to up to 8 dumb bombs - FAB-500 max or ZK-300 Polish made cluster bomb (anti personnel).   MiG-29 (9.12A) - it can drop some dumb bombs, either FABs or ZK-300's   UAV:   Boeing ScanEagle Aeronautics Defense Orbiter WB Electronics FlyEye   I imagine that would be all. If there are any questions or anything else that might fit the CM scale, please feel free to ask questions and I shall do answer them best to my abilities/knowledge.   Apologies if I posted this in a wrong place.   Thank you for reading !   EDIT: Formatting was gone for some reason. Should be all good now.
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    LUCASWILLEN05 reacted to sburke in Role of the Baltic States   
    Look we can spend this whole thread trashing the west and blaming Russia's woes on them, but sorry Russia entirely owns it's own dismal state.  NATO and the EU had actually expressed little interest in the Ukraine because it was such an abysmal corrupt mess.  The attempt by Ukraine to fix it's endemic corruption, which necessarily meant leaning to the West as Russia is if anything even more corrupt than Ukraine sparked Russia's response.
     
    Russia is the one assassinating it's own political dissidents
    Russia is the one flexing it's muscle globally and making threats about Nuclear retaliation and first strike capability
    Russia is the one threatening civilian safety by flying it's fighters without transponders near civilian aircraft.
     
    I am perfectly willing to accept the blame for the things my country has done wrong, and they have been/are many.  However Russia's mess is not one you can leave at our doorstep.  Russian owns it's own corrupt, dictatorial state and all the baggage that goes with it.
     
    The time when the EU and US are no longer leading world powers may come, but that day has already come for Russia.  They just haven't faced up to it yet.
     
    Ask the peoples of Eastern Europe what they think of the fall of the Soviet Union.  If Russians are looking back longingly for the pre Gorbachev days, it shows how clearly disconnected they are from the mindset of those nations who suffered under that regime and goes a long way towards explaining why folks are more worried about Russia than NATO.  NATO didn't build a wall to prevent people from leaving at such a rate that the East German state was facing collapse. That was all Russia.
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