BF Evo, future weapons
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The Old Soldier
Mongoose
I was sitting on a nearby ridge watching a battle between to companies of my battalion in a rock fight. My over eager sgt. decided it was too fun to sit and watch so he got a little closer to the combat, to join in. Just as he got near the fight, a errant rock bounce up and caught him full in the teeth. Broke his front teeth off, and didn;t do his face much good either.
Good news, was I had to take him to base so he could get them capped. So I got some time off, while he was taken care of. Spent the rest of the maneuvers just kickin back in the sun, with some cold beers.
Good news, was I had to take him to base so he could get them capped. So I got some time off, while he was taken care of. Spent the rest of the maneuvers just kickin back in the sun, with some cold beers.
LOL, last time I went on manoeuvres with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers my truck was ambushed just as we entered the exercise area and I was "killed" - spent the next 3 days guarding the field kitchen and being occasionally tasked to act as "enemy", so I had agreat time (as well as the opportunity to watch a parachute drop by 2 Para who landed on the exercise area alongside the ruined house i which we were hunkered down)
Another guy.... yeah, one of the perks of gaming near a military base is most of the contractors and civilians are ex-military.... was telling me about how his CO was running his unit ragged...and this was doing OPFOR. Now, I'm sure TOS knows exactly how much fun being OPFOR is supposed to be, right? For those non-US military, OPFOR units tend to kick back and party...you know, BBQ, Beer, lax in regulations. Well, this guy's CO decides this is an excellent time to run drills while they're in between scenarios. And it's NBC drills, in South Carolina, during the middle of Summer.
Basically, the class-clown of the unit decided that was enough. At chow he's there in nothing but boots and gasmask. The rest of the unit was surprised, and this was a mixed formation, so you have men and women. The CO was shocked.
And that's when the laughing stared. All that stress and frustration came out in laughter...
Basically, the class-clown of the unit decided that was enough. At chow he's there in nothing but boots and gasmask. The rest of the unit was surprised, and this was a mixed formation, so you have men and women. The CO was shocked.
And that's when the laughing stared. All that stress and frustration came out in laughter...
The Old Soldier
Mongoose
OPFOR best gig in the Army. My S2 use to send me out along with the gang, to sort out many a camp. :lol: Nothing more fun than having the weekend warriors running in all directions. Tossing in some smoke and watching them fall all over themselves getting out just to be toasted by AK fire is fun too. :lol:
Then it's get back to the vehicles, run back to base and tilt back some cold ones and tell war stories. 8)
Then it's get back to the vehicles, run back to base and tilt back some cold ones and tell war stories. 8)
Sgt. Brassones
Mongoose
Here's some really cool stuff to get this topic back on topic. Unfortunetly it's a .PDF so I can only provide a link: www.armada.ch/03-1/complete_03-1.pdf
Well, it's not quite midnight where I am, so this is still "hot off the press". It looks alot like the U.S. Navy's CIWS Phalanx. In thinking of how this would fit into BFE, I can think of a conversation like-
"OK, I'm firing my AT-14 at your Shadow."
"OK, then my C-RAM follows the special fast reaction on its card and gets to intercept the AT-14 round on anything but a 1. Oh look, I rolled a 2."
(next Action)
"Alright, my AT-14 Gunner is moving 5" into CC range and is going to use the empty AT-14 tube to beat the C-RAM into a useless pile of scrap metal in order that next turn he can reload the launcher and fire without something shooting it down before I even have a chance to roll the darn dice."
"OK, before your AT-14 Gunner can close to CC range the C-RAM uses its rotary gun to disassemble your Gunner into tiny mixed pieces of metal and flesh."
"OK, after this can we play Starship Troopers Miniatures? At least with that game I have a chance to kill your CHAS."
"OK, I'm firing my AT-14 at your Shadow."
"OK, then my C-RAM follows the special fast reaction on its card and gets to intercept the AT-14 round on anything but a 1. Oh look, I rolled a 2."
(next Action)
"Alright, my AT-14 Gunner is moving 5" into CC range and is going to use the empty AT-14 tube to beat the C-RAM into a useless pile of scrap metal in order that next turn he can reload the launcher and fire without something shooting it down before I even have a chance to roll the darn dice."
"OK, before your AT-14 Gunner can close to CC range the C-RAM uses its rotary gun to disassemble your Gunner into tiny mixed pieces of metal and flesh."
"OK, after this can we play Starship Troopers Miniatures? At least with that game I have a chance to kill your CHAS."
Not really - Germans are deploying a very similar system (called Skyshield), they will get the first set in 2009... The age of Hammer's Slammers is here - an anti-artillery system for the land forces has arrived... Now all we have to wait for is a heavily armored GEV (even better oxymoron than military intelligence) called "Combat Car"cordas said:
britneyfan97
Mongoose
I've seen that system up close in Iraq. Nowhere close to portable by any means... Got to be a fixed position, well protected and with plenty of space for all the radar stuff and computer stuff. Oh yeah, and Air Conditioned.
And it was manned by Navy folks.
And it was manned by Navy folks.
Gibbs said:
It was dry humor and not a complaint regarding the game :wink:. A good counter to it in BFE could be to go into the future and grab some tunneling Arachnids and turn them loose on the humans that have the C-RAM. Now that I think about it, that must have been what happened to explain how the Arachnids got to Earth... :lol:
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