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chuckdyke

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  1. In the meantime, working on tactics in BS, scouting 21st century. Starting the US Campaign, stopped the Russian Campaign shooting Ukrainians is not much fun. Last of the Russian scout vehicles in that zone. Incredible, they seem to be as silly as in real life. Can't play campaigns against a human player.
  2. Using nukes in Europe is like settling a domestic with hand grenades. Look at Chernobyl, it was a nuclear implosion and it affected all of Europe and it triggered the collapse of the Soviet Union. Nuclear will be between the US and Russia and neither side wants it. Time to call putins bluff.
  3. A tu quoque response to an accusation can never refute the accusation. In plain English. The pot calling the kettle black doesn't win an argument.
  4. Technology will catch up. Civilians do feral animal hunting with thermal sights. I just try to imagine what the military will come up with to spot camouflaged enemy units.
  5. No argument when the range is below 300 yards. I was raised by a dad who suffered a wound from a subcaliber round. Ten years later, he was still spitting blood. After being hit he woke up a day later in the hospital ward. The bullet hit the button of his tunic and ended in the lung. I think it is mostly academic that a wound is more effective from a military point of view. It takes more resources away from the enemy and the enemy soldier is out of circulation for a long time.
  6. Do you try to download the game on your phone? I think it is either Mac or Windows only.
  7. Jeff Cooper the father of practical shooting came up with a formula. He was a Marine Colonel. The formula was bullet weight in grains multiplied times the velocity in feet per second. I admit it was biased towards the .45 ACP The .45 ACP score 230 grains times 800ft/sec. 184 as the sum is divided by a 1000. Enter the 5.56 mm NATO in shock value 60X 3000ft/sec comes to 180. It has a better ballistic coefficient but up to 50 meters comparable. At 300 meters it is equal to the 9mm. Enter the AK47 150 grain at 2000 ft/sec comes to 300. It was far more efficient in jungle where pointing shooting rules the SLR and M14 nudge close to the 400 in shock value. The M16 rounds tended to deflect in the scrub the heavier slower bullets didn't. The 5.56mm NATO relies on the sock effect of its velocity to be efficient. Automatic fire needs to be controlled to 3 round bursts at the time higher is a waste of ammo. Body armor will signal the end of the NATO round in my view. In the game most troops get killed by HE and anything else which says bang. Happy gaming some jokers put an aimpoint on their 1911s that was in 1987's it took the fun out of pistol shooting competition.
  8. Australian Infantry in Vietnam SLR read (FN FAL) vs AK47 NVA. They never felt at a disadvantage, they preferred the SLR above the M16 which was just introduced. With all respect I think your opinion is subjective.
  9. In CM1 Barbarossa to Berlin we had a battle for Sevastopol. USSR marines were hard to get rid of.
  10. Armistice and a generation from now they will finish it. Like WW1 the cause Europe imploded history repeats always.
  11. Looks like a modern military to protect the interest of the old Hanseatic league. Tell putin Novgorod belonged to it too.
  12. I found this interesting video this morning. It offers some insight of a Russian BTG.
  13. Thank you much appreciated. *SPOILER* In "Knock them all down BZ" It was possible to knock out one of the pillboxes with the 155mm. I try those things out with games I already played.
  14. The bigger they are. He needs some explanation, second best against three Shermans.
  15. Interesting video about the role of satelites in this war. Ukraine: The New Satellite War - Digital Eye - YouTube
  16. I would like to see a test of what is required to set off mines and IEDs with artillery.
  17. I think it may very well be done on purpose. More like a FOW I can't see much difference between a light or heavy fire mission. The type of mission is more important than judging the animation.
  18. Not really there is space for a fourth. An additional space is available in the chassis as a command post or for a drone operator or wingman pilot. Rheinmetall unveils new tank design: KF51 Panther - Breaking Defense
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