Skeptible
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I just ran into this one. Actually it was more like half a scout platoon in open desert, daytime. I stick one of the recon Hummers up on a high point and have him take a look around. He sees nothing. He starts getting plinked by a machine-gun. He still sees nothing. I found out that the MG will get a lucky shot before the guy up top sees anything. A couple of RPGs were also launched from somewhere.
There are acres of ground where the defenders might be and no artillery on call. Even assuming I had pulled back the Hummer as soon as rounds started bouncing off it, how the heck do you proceed?
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Unless you are a journalist, Putin is the most gentle, nationally gregarious, and peaceful man on the planet so I don't see any reason why he would want to launch an attack on the US just because Palin was elected (I doubt she will run anyway). Incidentally treaties aren't voted on in the House. Treaties are only voted on in the Senate.
I think he was thinking the other way around, at least that was how I read it.
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Been toying around with the Shilka in the editor. Found this video on youtube. Nice look at the Shilka. Thought I'd share it.
There is a lot of firepower there. I'd hate to be on the business end of that.
Anyone know why some of the ricochets (like around the 35 second mark) jump up in the air at such a sharp angle? It may be that they are hitting the side of a hill or something but it looks like at least some rounds are hitting flat ground at a shallow angle and then bouncing way up in the air. I would have expected them to skip along the ground more, ricocheting at around the same angle as they hit.
Or maybe the rounds are fragmenting on impact and I am seeing the times when the tracer fragment went up?
Scout platoon w/ no targets
in CMSF Strategy and Tactics Forum
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This scenario is in the campaign. The map is long and narrow and wide open. My forces are two Hummers with the optics on the roof, 1 Hummer w/M2 a HQ unit and a Bradly initially. A Striker platoon shows up shortly.
My problem was that in the previous scenario the Hummers with the optics were spotting stuff that nobody else was, so I thought that maybe they were good for something. I think maybe the difference was that the first time it was dark and the Hummers could scoot around without being spotted, this time it is broad daylight they can't get far enough away for their optics to be an advantage.