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Yes, thank you.
I liked Black effect but would have been happier if it just followed one or two units. Basically I lost track of who was who, but then I read in bed and fall asleep.
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15 hours ago, Koen said:
"2017: war with Russia"
May or may not be interesting.
$20 for the kindle edition, sounds good, maybe
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Merkava, Thank you!!
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in Ground Zero
9 hours ago, Marko said:Did some reserch on the subject.
Seemingly the whole crew is not in the BMD just the driver and gunner.
The rest parachute and find there ride via a radio signal
couldn't find out how long it takes then to make the vehicle ready to proceed to the objective after the drop.
seemingly the VDV regard the process as relatively safe .
I have no idea of how the Russians drop vehicles, but from my observations:
You can easily need four large parachutes on a vehicle, these need to be detached (hopefully in good enough condition to be repacked).
Then there is cushioning material between the platform and the vehicle, this needs to be dragged out. ( I once saw two air dispatchers unsuccessfully try to drive a dozer, for at least twenty minutes, off a platform that still had some cushioning material left)
And of course all the strapping that holds the vehicle to the platform, and the parachutes to the platform, most of that is just cut. But it's a combination of a lot of little stuff and some very strong stuff.'
Then there are parts of the vehicle tapped down and in some cases detached. There was a detailed manual for each vehicle type certified to be dropped, I believe.
So I guess maybe half an hour to retrieve the vehicle, if your lucky
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in Ground Zero
1 hour ago, Marko said:Did not believe me eyes when I first saw them do it either.
But when you think about it if your dropping in to a hot LZ you may be better off.
Apparently not, the US did discontinue the jeep and crew idea, they tried.
Without getting too technical, you just can't drive away a vehicle that has been dropped. Someone has to disconnect everything.
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A big thank you for the templates!
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in Ground Zero
On 22/04/2016 at 9:56 AM, Marko said:Lucky the US Airborne troops don't follow the Russian VDV policy of air dropping BMD's with dismounts in the vehicles. LoL
That maybe because the US had already tried it jeeps; I remember seeing a training vid that was probably from the early sixties.
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On 14/04/2016 at 1:38 AM, Grenny said:
Well, I have to say I was a bit disappointed by the AUS-english version. Was expecting the fire command beeing more like: "Hit it mate..."
I can't tell the difference between The US and the Aussie.
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1 hour ago, Grenny said:
yes...options, language. there's a list.
Loverly!
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Must try the English!
Is there an Australian voice pack, by any chance?
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Having something to play for about 15 mins would be great.
You might be surprised how often I need amusement for short periods!
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It's utterly pointless trying to discuss specific methods to address the issue at hand. This isn't a topic for this forum, neither I nor dejawolf are the programmers, nor does anyone in this thread actually have a full overview of the situation. And I am utterly disinclined to describe the full situation at length.
All that needs to be said about the question, has been. The team will look into the matter, and circumstances permitting, will address it. Once that it has been fixed, we shall announce it - whether that's going to be a special news bulletin or a line in the release notes, we shall see.
:clap:
:thumbup:
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Thank you,
That looks interesting and would be affordable, just to try at that price. Not sure about the bio-metric fascial recognition though; My Beloved can't get thumb print to work consistently on her iPhone.
And ocular rift is supposedly going to be around $200 sometime this quarter.
:cool3:
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Another hopefully welcome feature of practical value will be "force templates", allowing you to configure the equipment of each mech infantry team so you can have, say, multiple variations of infantry platoons for the same nation but different tables of organization and equipment across decades of doctrinal changes. You'll be able to save company and even battalion force templates, which you can then share with the community so you can create your scenarios much faster without having to put together everything from scratch, every time.
Wonderful!!
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If you enjoy modern warfare then absolutely. I'm weary of the stock missions though. the maps are too small, and modern weaponry has such range that it makes any kind of maneuver nearly impossible. However, the random mission generator is great - especially when you can customize every vehicle in your formation.
One day I wish for SB to have infantry as capable as CM for purposes of commanding and movement.
Well, I will remain loyal to Steel Beasts, after all I came here because of a support issue with my copy of Shock Force.
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I wonder how the pride of the Indian army compares with the Pakistani MBT
The AL Khalid. Bit of a unknown entity cant find much info on the AL Khalid.
I know it was part designed by the Chinese but Build in Pakistan
Does this help:
http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/detail.asp?armor_id=181
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Many vehicles today have Halon or the newer replacement that is better for the environment (I forgot its advanced name...)
Once the system engages you are supposed to exit the vehicles damn fast. So be sure to not be unconscious or stuck in your gear vs belt.
If you are dead you do not have to obey the exit command.
/KT
Yeah, it was the speed that 'got me'.
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"The K1 is also equipped with a Halon fire extinguishing system, which thanks to its internal infrared sensors, will automatically extinguish a fire in the crew compartment within 0.025 of a second!"
And the crew can still breathe?
Halon systems, in buildings, usually give occupants a short time to exit.
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Ssnake: Thanks for thinking of us that play as single player/offline. We appreciate it.
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Yep might.
"According to remarks by a senior U.S. Department of Defense official, the United States would not oppose Indian purchases of advanced U.S. aircraft carrier technology."
Similar things were said about us getting the F22.
Never under estimate politics.
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3.025 runs fine for me on my laptop with Windows 10 (Intel i3 2.4GHz, 8GB RAM, Intel HD Graphics 4000). I played a single player mission and everything works just fine :-) I haven't tried multiplayer with it.
Great news!
I was wondering.
I was going to wait a couple of months, but things seem to be going well apart from Microsoft's authentication servers running hot.
I heard it would be continually updated, so may not be a service pack.
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Has to be Merkava 1 / 2 / 3 /4 !!
My number one choice!
Then there are the heavy infantry variants.
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Tonight I received an invitation for a free update to Windows 10, when it is released. I assume most people did, my second thought was how will Steelbeasts run on it.
The reviews make it look good, just wondering if anyone has tried one of the prereleases. And any ideas on how Steelbeasts might run.
Speculation is that release will be in late July.
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The F-16, F/A-18, F-22 are all primarily fighters, with bomb dropping as a secondary option.
The F-35 is primarily a VTOL design with everything else a secondary option. The Harrier has the same problem
I do like that summary!
We seem to have lost sight of something, maybe the lessons from WW2 and Korea?
The Harrier seemed to be effective against Mirages, but that was a while ago.
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Never been in Armour, but I agree there needs to be sufficient soldiers to provide security, particularly at night.
That would need to be organized, do you have company resources loaned to the platoons over night? Maybe just pair an IFV with each tank? Or each tank has two complete crews?