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9 minutes ago, exsonic01 said:

at least BMP-3M variant's rarity point should be increased.

It is BMP-3M with modern sight "SODEMA" (thermal). KMZ is producing them right now.

 

 

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I'm sure if and when the developers feel the need to add  in second echelon forces

There is one problem - if Russia want to attack, russian army will be able to do it from own position. If US want to defend UA, they will have to place their forces in East Europe. You can see, that american units in Poland (M1A2, Stryker and Bredly) haven't ERA. And it is first echelon. It is not duel, when both rivals use their best equipment at once. One side has advantages at the beginning, another side has its at the end.

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5 hours ago, IanL said:

Can you, or anyone else, provide sources for the capabilities that these rounds should have?

I'll try to do it.

Firstly, soviet\russian army have been using the different models of RPO for last 30 years. We begin to use it from 1970s, it was PRO Rys, then RPO Shmell was designed, these toys were used in Afghanistan, so we have wide experience of using such equipment  In 1980s old models of RPO were replaced by RPO-A. We used RPO in Chechny and many other wars. In 1990s Russian army got modern RPO-M. Briefly, our army likes man-portable thermobaric rockets

To my mind, there is not something strange, that the most sources about RPO in russian. But i've tried to finde some sources in english:

http://gunrf.ru/rg_granatomet_rpo-a_eng.html

The effect of the warhead is comparable to that of a 152 mm high-explosive/fragmentation artillery round.

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/rpo-a-shmel-thermobaric-rocket-launcher.456338/

http://modernfirearms.net/grenade/rus/rpo-m-shmel-m-e.html

The blast effect of the RPO-M warhead is said to be comparable with that of the 155mm / 6" HE artillery shell.

 

I don't state that RPO is comparable with 152-mm artillery round, i just want RPO to be a serious thing, it cannot be less dangerous against infantry than AT-4 or Javelin or RPG.

5 hours ago, IanL said:

Sure why not. They add it when the feel they need it.

 

Yes, some parts are equipped by ERA, but we can see (Syria and Afghanistan) american IFV, tanks and other units without ERA. So, they don't use it always.

 

6 hours ago, IanL said:

On the other hand they wanted to only include equipment that was already deployed with real units or were very close to being deployed and might actually make it into action in 2017.

Oh, i say about units that are used in Russian\Ukrainian Ground Forces:

RU

RPG-30 - since 2013

MANPANDS VERBA - since 2014

RPO-PDM-A - since 2012

KAMAZ-5350 - since 2003 (really, how often do you see URAL-375?)

URAL-63095 - since 2015

KAMAZ-63968 - since 2015

Tigr KORNET-D1 - test part (about 10-15 units) since 2016. Some amount were bought by Algeria

Tigr ARBALET-DM - since 2017

UA

T-64B1 - since 2014

BTR-3 - since 2001

HMMWV with DSHKM - since 2016

DSHKM - since 1938(2015)

BMP-1U - 2006

P.S. Some thoughts about 'RU is underpowered' - A few hours ago i've destroyed american company in night fight  (Sorrow_Knight played the US)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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20 hours ago, Douglas Mac said:

US vehicles seem to spot faster, react quicker and their APS systems seem to work nearly every time. Its getting to a point where I can always win when I play the US and always loose when I play as the Russians. 

 

Hm, i often play the Russian (becouse of i'm russian ) and i can't say that Russia is underpowered. Yes, i have some objections about russian equipment and weapon, but i often play Russian Ground Forces versus US\UA. Sometimes i win the US, sometimes my company tactical group (we usually play the company-level of the game) is broken. If you play the Russian, you can't use the same methods and tactic as if you play the US, Russian Army has its own means, tactic and weapon. And usually i use only real russian units - T-72B3 (sometimes T-90A), BTR-82A and BMP-3\BMP-3M, and i use them without APS. The only thing, what i do i use the same level of experiense and motivation for russian and our rivals, but i use different leadership(-1 for russian and from -2 till +1 for UA and +2 for US). And i use APC for my rivals, yes, i like when my foes have advantages.

Now, i want to tell about what i consider as wrongs in the game, and that is really strange:

First. RPO is useless. I'm wondering that RPO, special equipment, is completely worthless as anti-infantry weapon. American AT4 or soviet RPG, let alone Javelin are much more useable against infantry rather than RPO. It's crazy and i count it as great mistake. It must be fixed.

Second. All american armor units have ERA. Really? Are you seriuosly? I want to have a choise - Abrams, Bradly and Stryker have ERA or don't have it. Futher, i don't understand why american units are not devided according to their models. Abrams, that we have in the game is not M1A2 SEP v3. Now, it is something similar, but not enough. It would be great, if we could chose between M1A2 SEP v2 or SEP v3, to have TUSK or not to have it, and etc.

Third. Modern (modern, i mean units that are in service) russian and ukrainian weapon and equipment are not added in the game - russian RPG-30 (special RPG against APS, some amount are in service in the parts of SMD), MANPANDS VERBA, modern models of RPO, modern russian KAMAZ-5350 and URAL-63095, Tigr with KORNET and ARBALET-DM, new russian UAV; ukrainian T-64B1 (thar were intended for Kongo), BTR-3, HMMWV with DSHKM, DSHKM as support team, BMP-1U, ukrainians models of KrAZ, ukrainian UAV.

Fourth. Why russian and ukrainian forces haven't company tactical groups? As i wrote, i usually play a company versus a company, and in real life russian and ukrainian use it formations (HQ squad, 3 rifle platoons, one tank platoon, mortar platoon, grenade launcher platoon, sapper platoon, air defence squad with MANPAD and air defence squad with SPAAG, artillery battery). And the best thing would be if we could chose the structure of military formations. I want to add a recon platoon in my company directly, for example.

Fifth. BT have to do something with tanks rounds, that penetrate two standing near tanks by one shell. Sometimes i lose two tanks due to one round of Abrams or T-90A.

Yes, i speak english very bad, i know, so thanks for your reading.

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, Erwin said:

Any data how the above compare with a Humvee?  If good, I wonder if they have a civilian version.  Looks cool.

Tigr has civilian version - http://www.amz.ru/produktsiya/grazhdanskiy-tigr/

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What about Tigr-M with Arbalet-DM? it entered service.They were added to the units of Southern Military District (first photo). To my mind, it's sad, that we haven't russian serial equipment in the game, for instanse MANPADS Verba or RPG-30 (small-serial in SMD), and what with KAMAZ-5350 and URAL-63095? They all are in service. And i want to watch old russian vehicle and equipment in the game, such as T-80U, GP-30. 

Why it can not be added in the game? I don't talk about future, AGS-40 or RPK-16 and etc., i agree with that we needn't introduce units, that are not in service.