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DreDay

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  1. Hello fellow wargamers, I am a new user to this forum, so I hate for my first post to be a negative one. I very much appreciate the effort that has been made by BattleFront to put out the realistic and challenging wargames and I want to support this company in any way that I can. That being said, I have to be honest and to state that I am quite disappointed with my recent purchase of the CMA. I have studied the Soviet military and the Afghan conflict for a long time and I was really looking forward to recreating some of those battles using the excellent engine that the BattleFront has created. Unfortunately, after playing around with this game for a bit, I came to a conclusion that the developers (probably Snowball) have not done a very good job of researching the subject matter. Here are just some of the glaring errors that have jumped at me: The mixed bag of AKMs/AK-74 at squad level - at the beginning of the invasion (1979) Soviet airborne units (VDV) were armed with AK-74s while the motor-rifle units had AKMs. By the early 80s pretty much all of Soviet infantry was armed with AK-74/AK-74S rifles. It is extremely unrealistic to have the squads equipped with both due to the fact that this would have created a logistical nightmare in real life, much like it does in a game... The IFVs of the VDV - initially Soviet airborne units had entered Afghanistan in BMD-1s. However, by the early to mid 80s all of them were reequipped with BTRs/BMP-2s due to the fact that the BMDs were too vulnerable to the enemy fire and their suspensions were too fragile for the mountain terrain. From what I can tell, BMD-2s were never deployed to the Afghanistan... even if they were, there is plenty of evidence that BMP-2s and BTRs were the main stay of the Soviet airborne and air assault forces there by the mid 80s. The late Soviet motor-rifle squad size - from what I can tell, the late Soviet motor-rifle squads have just 4 men in them. Yet, I am pretty sure that the proper OOB for those squads was 7 men, as always. It is true that a lot of Soviet units in Afghanistan were undermanned due to the illness, battle depletion, and turnover... However, those factors have to be handled by the proper variables within the game and not be defaulted. The over-reliance on RPGs in Soviet squads. It is true that regular Soviet infantry squads had and RPG gunner and assistant per squad... However, most of the time there were not enough targets for the RPGs in Afganistan and RPGs were left at the base or in the IFV/APC, while their gunners carried regular assault rifles. Those are just some of the errors that have jumped at me right away. Again, I hate to criticize BattleFront... However, I do feel a need to voice my concern as a customer that has purchased the game with an expectation of a certain level of realism and has found it very difficult to enjoy the game due to those expectations not being met. Peace, DreDay
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