Bearstronaut
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On 4/29/2018 at 6:10 PM, Warts 'n' all said:
Paddy :- "Ah, Field Marshall, wills yerse listen to thes 'ere idjut going on about "Brit recce units". It was me and the boys from County Meath who found Model's stash of John Martin's Guinness, was it not?"
Monty:- "Yes it was, but how is that going to help get my staff car out of the mud?"
You Brits have an odd sense of humor... and I damn well appreciate it.
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I've come across references to a Fredrocker CM:FI campaign called "The Boyz of FGM". Unfortunately the link on his blog is dead. I was wondering if anyone had this one.
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I understand that the vehicle was historical and therefore included in the game. I also try and use them for recon purposes only when I am commanding a combined arms unit. The problem usually comes up in some of the smaller scenarios where you are in command of only a recce unit.
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The Stuart Recce seems pointless. Every time I have one the crew just gets killed using the M2. Why did the British take the turrets off of these vehicles?
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Do most H2H scenarios contain some basic AI? Like if I wanted to play as the US attacking the German AI in a H2H tagged scenario, would it be worth it?
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1 hour ago, MOS:96B2P said:
Good to see you here my friend. +1 There are several of us on the forum that were MI.
96B was intelligence analyst. I worked in the G2 SCIF on base and was part of the Tactical Operations Center (TOC) when deployed. I think the MOS was reclassified to 35F at some point after my ETS.
I didn't interact much with you guys. I was tucked away in the SIGINT shop at the SCIF in Korea for 3 years.
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On 4/10/2018 at 10:14 AM, MOS:96B2P said:
If you don't mind me asking, what unit were you in? I was 313th MI Bn. / 82 Airborne back in the 1980's. (My avatar is the crest of the 313th.)
Ah another MI guy! What kind of analyst is 96B? I was in from 2010 to 2015 and was a 35P. I believe my MOS used to be known as 96G.
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Any update on this?
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On 3/21/2018 at 9:31 PM, Sgt.Squarehead said:
I think the way it worked was that the commander of a T-34 with binoculars (& a radio) would watch the T-70s from a safe distance.....When the first one explodes, the recon is deemed accomplished and the attack may proceed!
That's pretty much how I use them.
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16 minutes ago, DerKommissar said:
There'll /have/ to be a Chosin campaign. I'd also want an Operation Killer campaign. It is a forgotten war, though. I guess that is because it's one of those status-quo wars. I'd think a lot of media would try to avoid the controversy. It's /too/ relevant. Was Type-95 used by the ROKA? Or any other Japanese tanks at the museum?
Yeah, the Korean War would probably be more memorable in the west if it hadn't ended with pretty much the same borders as before the war. Blame MacArthur and his idiotic race to the Yalu for that. As to the Type-95, I don't recall any Japanese armor at the museum. I very much doubt that the ROKA had any old Japanese tanks. The ROKA had pretty much no armor and very little artillery before June 25th. KMAG didn't want President Rhee to use such material to invade North Korea.
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1 minute ago, DerKommissar said:
I even heard that they cast some veterans in it. Highly recommend that miniseries.
Rudy Reyes played himself in "Generation Kill."
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1 hour ago, Badger73 said:
A problem with realistic WW2 casting is that most of the private soldiers were very young men; 18-20 years old. Company grade NCO's and officers might run as old as 25 or so. Veteran actors are a decade older. War fighting is a younger man's venue. The Iraq War series "Generation Kill" captured that pretty well.
NatGeo's recent mini-series "The Long Road Home" cast actors of a believable age to play the soldiers of 2-5 Cav.
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On 3/19/2018 at 11:51 AM, Machor said:
It would be interesting to compare how South Korea, Sweden, and post-war Italy and Japan developed their defense industries - those being cases I could think of where exports were marginal or non-existent. I do recall reading that Japanese tanks are the most expensive in the world.
I can't speak to Sweden, Italy, or Japan but I know a bit about Korea. South Korea used old US equipment until the 1980s. After the Miracle on the Han rebuilding of the South Korean economy (particularly heavy industries) the ROK was capable of producing their own weapons systems but didn't until Nixon and Carter reduced the US presence on the peninsula. President Park Chung Hee decided that the ROK needed their own domestic weapons industry in case the US decided to pull out in the future. They have their own domestically produced small arms, tanks, and even fighter planes.
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20 hours ago, DerKommissar said:
Aye, first 8 months would be a good tight window. Lots of unique factions, too. Not just NK and US, but also PLA, GB, Canada, Australia, etc. Lots of room for DLC. Maybe winter stuff for 1951?
I would love to play a scenario about the ROKA 6th ID defending Chuncheon. Or a campaign about the KPA 105th Armored Division against the US 24th ID at Taejon. Or a campaign about the Marines trying to escape destruction at Chosin. The Korean War is a fascinating conflict. It really is a forgotten war in western countries. I spent hours exploring the Korean War museum in Seoul when I was stationed in Korea. Probably one of the best museums I have ever been to.
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2 hours ago, DerKommissar said:
Combat Mission: Korean War could be fun -- like a proper Theatre of War 3 (remember /that/?).
A Korean War Combat Mission would be great. Mountainous terrain like CM:FI and US WW2 TO&E and doctrine vs. Soviet TO&E and doctrine. Of course, it would be best if it only covered the first 8 months of the war before it degenerated into a stalemate.
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On 3/15/2018 at 2:06 PM, sigop22 said:
My friends wife is from the Philippines. She said once that even a few generations later they still have a hatred for the Japanese
Oh yeah, the countries occupied by Imperial Japan have long memories. I served in USFK earlier this decade and the hatred my ROK Army friends had for Japan was palpable.
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On 2/27/2018 at 8:37 PM, Badger73 said:
"On your second matter, WW2 Americans profoundly hated Imperial Japan..."
My great-grandfather was in the US Navy and lost his ship at Guadalcanal. He hated the Japanese till the day he died.
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Hey dragonwynn, I'm a new poster and I don't even have Black Sea but having served recently as a language analyst in USFK I thought I might give you some feedback. Having looked over the TO&E of Black Sea you would be better served using the Ukrainians as the basis for the KPA in your mod. The most modern KPA equipment is late 80s Soviet or early 90s Russian gear. They simply don't have the modern equipment that the Russians in Black Sea do. Also, ROK army forces use mostly Korean developed weapon systems so any conversion of the US to ROK will be a bit weird. As for the terrain don't forget that the Korean peninsula is mostly mountainous. There is some flat(ish) farmland in the eastern and southern parts of the country but it is all surrounded by hills. Good luck with the mod. I really enjoyed your CMBN and CMRT campaigns.
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On 2/12/2018 at 9:29 PM, MOS:96B2P said:
Okay. I didn't understand it was just the Eastern front.
Hmmmmm, makes me wonder what game titles they will produce down the road? It takes awhile to get game titles out the door but after the Western front is done and CMSF2 is out the door........... They will have some modules/packs for CMBS & CMFB for awhile. But the only new titles would seem to be Eastern front going backwards in time. I wonder what else they would want to create to pay the bills and all? Maybe North Africa but I don't remember them ever even hinting at that..............
I'm a little concerned that if they don't produce titles in new areas they will have to start over again. Probably with a new engine, similar to CM1 going to CM2. Next it could be CM3 and back to the beaches and hedgerows of Normandy? I like the potential that a new engine would bring but I'm not sure how I feel about going back to Normandy again. Maybe CM3 North Africa? That would be cool but then what? Battlefront seems very cautious about straying to far away from historical WWII.
I guess as some of these current titles wrap up in the next two years we'll find out................
I know that BF has indicated that they aren't interested in doing a Korean War game but I think that it would be a great idea. The mountainous terrain can be done well as we have seen in CMFI. The US and South Korean TO&E is essentially the same as late WW2. North Korean and Chinese TO&E is similar to to the Soviets in CMRT. The last couple of years of the Korean War degenerated into static fighting along the current DMZ but the first six months were incredibly fluid. Imagine a campaign as the KPA 105th Armored Division vs. the US 24th ID at the Battle of Taejon. Or the ROKA 6th ID during the Battle of Chuncheon. It would be an incredible game.
Antony Beevor's view on War Films
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To be fair, Game of Thrones is an adaptation of a book series. They couldn't just end it in the middle of the series. Although, I will say that the quality of the show decreased sharply after they outpaced George R. R. Martin's writing.