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#1 commando8535
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Well a mechenized crewman is infantry, only difference is that we arrive to the battlfeild in the Bradley APC rather then on foor so there was not much of a switch. I dont know of much inner service riverly in the US army becuase every one knows the Infantry are the hot shots becuase they see the most action. I know there is riverly between the army infanty and the marine corp infantry though. lol Yeah thats one thing I dont miss. training all weekend and getting no sleep lol I was partying in Canda a few years back and came across a female in the infantry. I thought that was interesting being we dont allow women to serve in the US Army Infantry.



That's cool, a two for one deal. Up here a Mech Crewman is a Mech Crewman although if they want to switch to Infantry it really isn't that hard.

Waking up at 5 A.M. to do PT isn't my idea of a relaxing weekend lol. Right now I'm Sleep f*****

Up here the army is an "equal" employer, so women in the Infantry Regiments would have to go through the same training as there male counter-parts however the only different is, women in the Infantry Role are most likely to be the Regimental Clerk, Finance Chief, Weaps Tech, Vehicle Tech etc. basically support line roles.

In the Reserves it's the same thing, except that within the Engineers women would work side by side with there male counter-parts, letting them into combat is another thing; There's actually a Sergeant in my Regiment, she just came back from a tour in Afghanistan.


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#2 commando8535
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Well I was an 11M due to the fact I was a crewman on a Bradley Fighting Vechical. But a few years ago they changed all 11C 11M and 11H to 11B being we where all basicly infantry and we now all muti-task. (on my tours I was in a hmmvvv crew, bradley crew, and also did air assault operations).
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Wish you said something other than Infantry lol, I'm not sure how bad it is down there but up here it's Inner service rivalry lol. Basically every trade thinks there the best. It got so bad in basic that all the guys from one regiment sat and ate together talking to no one but themselves lol.

Question is they switched your MOS?, From crewman to Mech?

Same up here all Infantry guys are trained in a multitude of tasks, guess that's the new "army" for all of us.

It's interesting to know a guy whose served in Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan.

To tell you the truth I'm actually thinking of remustering as an MP or Armoured Recce (Cav Scout) Something about driving a 16 ton beast and doing a recon through enemy lines seems appealing, although alot of engineers are trying to "convert" me back.

I got a weekend training thing going on tommorow, so I probably won't be on for Friday, Saturday until I get back home Sunday evening.


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#3 commando8535
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[QUOTE="commando8535"]m1rock, CHIMO!; I'm your "brother" to the north. I'm with 32 CER.

m1rock


Ah excellent, commando! Canada, that land of hot women, strong beer, and expensive cigarettes. lol Yeah I served in the Minnesota's US 34th Infantry Division. We trained under canadian officers before deployments in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan.



Let me guess 11B?

Unfortunately, I wouldn't know much about the beer lol; Don't drink, Hopefully next year I get the chance to go down to Knox or Ft. Drum to train with you boys while were down there. 

Hopefully a slot opens up so I can go over to Afghanistan within the next two years.
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I've already played a game that does this called WWII Fighters, it turned out really great. I'm for it.caseywokos


I have that game, but you see that's about Japanese Aviators not soldiers. It would be ok to create a game about the Japanese Navy or Air Force because well no one knows anything about them, but the Army and all it's past history....
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I can agree why the Pershing performed well in Korea, but it was meant to battle a Tiger, and it failed at that.

caseywokos


I don't know, It's combat effectiveness was never proven (only on one occasion), a Major with the 3rd AD stated that the pershing should have went over to the ETO sooner, but because of Patton's position on the Sherman it was delayed.


[QUOTE="caseywokos"]

And the chaffee was supposed to replace the Stuart but after reading about it I would still choose a Stuart. It sounded very unreliable.



I agree the Chaffee was meant as a cheap alternative. I'd myself would pick the Stuart over it.
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#6 commando8535
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The russians weren't any better than the nazis or japanese, but developers had no problems adding the russians into Call of Duty.
Icarus405


Yes the Russians were implemented in CoD, however many gamers and many people in general have really no clue about the war crimes committed by the Russians. With the exception of "shooting" their own.
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#7 commando8535
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Were Thompsons with barrel magazines used in Europe aswell?Icarus405


barrel magazines? you mean the 50 round drums? they wered used by the British Military early in the war but were weren't used in the ETO as far as I know.
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#8 commando8535
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icarus, u said that Vietcong's "Expansion Pack is Technicaly kind of messed up". Yeah. I remember that in one of early levels invisible enemies in jungle. and those who was seen was immortals. l guess that reloading the game helped but i can't remember exactly.lewuz


Speaking of Vietcong: Fist Alpha. I had sound problems where everytime I reloaded there was a slight glitch with the sound, Enemies appeared out of thing air (especially during the last mission), The last mission was freaking impossible (Yes I finished it after, slamming my fist into my key board, engraving my palm into the moniter).

Have you guys tried Vietcong 2?, In my opinion VC2 was really bad.
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#9 commando8535
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m1rock, CHIMO!; I'm your "brother" to the north. I'm with 32 CER.

As for favourite US weapon.

I'd bet my life on a Thompson, M1911A1 or the M3A1 Grease Gun.
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[QUOTE="Icarus405"]I heard about Comet tanks. That those tanks made it to the war so late that they practicaly didn't see any action at all...caseywokos
So were the Chaffee and Pershing U.S. tanks. But it's a good thing that those hardly saw any combat, they would have been horrible had they been introduced early in the war, and were horrible with the action they saw.



However introducing them earlier would have saved many tanker's from the poor and inferior Sherman.

Since it was brought so late in the war, One "Super Pershing" destroyed a King Tiger and Disabled a Panther during an enagement in Dassau, Germany. In Korea the M26 accounted for half the T34/85's destroyed by the US Armored Corps.

As for best Allied Tank, For me it would have to be either the Firefly or the Russian IS2/3 models of Heavy Tanks. But since there isn't an option for the IS series then the T34 gets my vote.
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