MikeyD Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 The cheesy 1984 movie 'Red Dawn' did such a good job creating erstaz T72s that the Pentagon sent people to the movie set to look the vehicles over. Looking over this film clip 37 years later I've got to admit they did a creditable job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Los Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Would make a good scenario...its been done in Steelbeasts and was a real nail biter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankryt Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Not much to look at, just a staff map. The title "Location of troops in the Western theater of war on D + 18" Staff Map A map from the early 1980s. In this scenario, NATO troops are doing quite well. Weapons of mass destruction are in use. In 1980 I was 7 years old, there is a blue mushroom in the place where I lived with the description 150 kt - airburst 8.10 am 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Los Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Interesting, If the Soviets seriously thought they could pop off that many nukes on essentially their own warsaw pact border without cooking off Armageddon...well lots of delusion going on there. Los 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Los Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 More Royal Engineers: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amedeo Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Soviet "equivalents" of Rambo: First Blood part II... ... and The hunt for Red October. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawomi Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 NVA propaganda for 30th anniversary of GDR (1979) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marais Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 I particularly enjoy the drone of multiengine bombers that the sound editor laid under the footage of helicopters, at 28:15. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 On the US side, the movie 'Stripes' was made in 1981. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_MonkeyKing Posted April 12, 2021 Author Share Posted April 12, 2021 haha, British had MCLOS AA-missiles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 1 hour ago, The_MonkeyKing said: haha, British had MCLOS AA-missiles. On the other hand, it's not going to be duped by flares. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawomi Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 (edited) Combat Groups of the Working Class (GDR ruling party paramilitary). Post Cold War German-TV docu. The Wehrmacht soldier with MP40 is pretty misplaced in the title picture though. Edited April 12, 2021 by sawomi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z1812 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 On 2/20/2021 at 9:43 PM, A co said: If you can find it- a great film to get in the mood for this game is the documentary 'Manoeuvre' by Wiseman. It follows a US armored unit through a NATO exercise in Germany in about 1979. Sadly I can't turn it up on the web at the moment. Quite a good portrait of the Army and the officers and men of the era, I think, tho it was a few years earlier than my service. It can be watched here. https://www.kanopy.com/product/manoeuvre You must have a Library Card or University Login to watch it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amedeo Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Another Soviet movie, V zone osobogo vnimaniia, released in 1978: В зоне особого внимания (боевик, реж. Андрей Малюков, 1977 г.) - YouTube and its sequel Otvetnyi Khod (1981): Ответный ход (боевик, реж. Михаил Туманишвили, 1981 г.) - YouTube Basically it's VDV (and naval infantry) galore! I'm amazed at the amount of details one can gather in some scenes of these movies, considering the typical level of "discretion" in the USSR about military equipment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ng cavscout Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Makes me feel old 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 (edited) Makes one think... ...2021 is now twice as far from 2007 (CM2) as 2007 is from 1999 (CM1). Edited April 19, 2021 by Erwin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Der Zeitgeist Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 (edited) Another great video of 1980s Cold War porn to put you guys in the mood. Edited April 24, 2021 by Der Zeitgeist 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marais Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 (edited) The 2001 series Red Cap follows RMP investigators stationed in Germany. The setting is right for CMCW, even if the time period is closer to CMSF. (There's also a 1960s series of the same name, starring John Thaw, well before his days as Morse, but I've never been able to find episodes.) Edited to add: I think the series is terrible, but even terrible television has its place. Edited April 24, 2021 by marais 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combatintman Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 @marais I recall hanging around at Forward Mounting Centre at South Cerney many years ago and read something about the Red Cap team doing filming/research there for the series. The comment was that Tamzin Outhwaite could never play an RMP character convincingly because "she was attractive, intelligent and welcome in the unit." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerpanic Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 (edited) Maybe for a future west vs east Germany expansion ! Also, a little bit related: Edited April 26, 2021 by Panzerpanic 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marais Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 On 4/26/2021 at 6:02 AM, Combatintman said: @marais I recall hanging around at Forward Mounting Centre at South Cerney many years ago and read something about the Red Cap team doing filming/research there for the series. The comment was that Tamzin Outhwaite could never play an RMP character convincingly because "she was attractive, intelligent and welcome in the unit." Hah! RMP not thought of favorably, I take it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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