FYI___Chechen Troops

[DRG]

We had been asked a couple times to reactivate the Chechnyan OOB

This.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi_SQGqnanM

prompted me to try something that surprised me ( YES the game still surprises me )

It IS possible to choose Chechnya after it's end date in both regular battles and scenarios, unlike Nations in SPWW2 and most in MBT which will not allow that beyond their end date. MBT does but ONLY for Chechnya. You cannot extend DDR past Sept 1990 but you can Chechnya

https://forum.shrapnelgames.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=16708&stc=1&d=1651151704

The flag will not be exactly the same as it is now though but it's "close"
https://forum.shrapnelgames.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=16712&stc=1&d=1651327808

Just move the date back until you see the Chechen flag then select it and move the date to where you want it to be

[Mobhack]

Some guard code is likely not implemented in the spaghetti for Chechnya, maybe the original OOB went out to 2025?

So this is a "feature" and not a "bug" ;)

[cbreedon]

Well I guess that works out since it appears that the Chechens are heavily involved in Ukraine.

[DRG]

Thinking more this would be useful for scenario creation. Use ID tag #70. Whenever and If ever we release another update it will show the correct flag for the current decade

https://forum.shrapnelgames.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=16718&stc=1&d=1651519247

[blazejos]

Here is first Chechen specific vehicle build after 2010. Of course is in some way similar to Russian Typhoon but is especially build for Kadyrov Chechen units and first vehicles were delivered in May to Grozny and they fight in Ukraine now. https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_september_2022_global_security_army_i ndustry/chechnya_first_to_buy_remdiesel_ahmat_z-sts_armored_vehicle.html

Ahmat Z-STS
https://www.armyrecognition.com/images/stories/news/2022/september/Chechnya_first_to_buy_Remdiesel_Akhmat_Z-STS_armored_vehicle_2.jpg

As for Chechen that is A civil war between them not only with external enemy. Hope that if Chechen OOB will be reactivated will have not only Kadyrov units but also Sheikh Mansur Battalion soldiers who fight on Ukrainian side since 2014 here is recent article about them
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/05/1119703328/chechens-ukraine-russia
What moved me most is this

They can't offer howitzers; only themselves, and years of experience fighting Russians"

Ukrainians have esteem for them even if they can't contribute as much as others allies.
https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1568448634001268736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

[blazejos]

First Z-STS “Akhmat" destroyed in Cherson region looks like Chechen Kadyrov barrier troops are also sometimes involved in fight directly with enemy.

https://mil.in.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/z-sts-4-e1664884420628.jpeg

https://mil.in.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/photo_2022-10-04-14.49.54.jpeg

https://mil.in.ua/uk/news/ukrayinski-vijskovi-na-hersonshhyni-znyshhyly-rosijskyj-broneavtomobil-z-sts-ahmat/
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/ukrainian-defense-forces-liberated-more-than-500-square-kilometers-in-kherson-region-in-six-days-zelensky/

[blazejos]

Still some news about Z-STS Akhmat MRV vehicle used by Kadyrov units

https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and_tech/ukraines_military_destroyed_another_z_sts_akhmat_w hich_was_manufactured_in_25_days_for_kadyrov_merce naries-4843.html

And here article from The Kiev Independent: Meet the Chechens fighting Russia in Ukraine
https://kyivindependent.com/national/meet-the-chechens-fighting-russia-in-ukraine

[blazejos]

I just found article about Chechen Kadyrov army which is part of Russian army but have a quite independence and can order their own equipment similarly like Wagner PMC or Rosgvardia here is article and list of Chechen heavy equipment. They use Z-STS Akhmant especially build for them and also Chaborz-M6 indigenous light vehicles. They use also captured Ukrainian vehicles

https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/11/the-army-within-chechnyas-security.html