The "
Mission Statement" generally takes more time especially with the topic below and as such is done now and posted below. Most know I'm a "
deep digger" one it's ingrained to my DNA even prior to my military career further I owe it to Don and
more importantly you the player.
I check on
game reviews and the
consistent remarks made about
BOTH games are the
level of research and updates made to these games.
We've accrued other accolades; however, none is more important than those mentioned above as they're the only ones that I can make my contribution to the game and players.
Be patient, the below is "
proof of life" and hopefully the rest will come along soon. But for tonight this is it.
Patch Post #1 for the 2022/2023 Campaign Page 1.
Well, it’s been a while in fact the
2019/2020 Patch Submission was my last in this thread or at least in my Word files.
So, with that be said there are “
HOUSE RULES” in play here if unfamiliar please refer to
POST #1 of this Thread. This in short is where Don and I hash things out and unlike “standard” post this is a living document and Thread for us to work through any issues to what I’ve posted. Look in all you want
just don’t post anything in here please – thank you.
My primary mission here is to address the Russian
donation of armored units primarily to the Ukraine since the war started on
24 February 2022 to the present.
Methodology is discussed somewhat in the
MBT Thread in Posts #1416 and #1425 after which I had a significant life event happen that delayed me until now.
To avoid the player from buying an “
unlimited” single tanks and to keep to the
reality of what’s going on the battlefield
you will not for instance see the T-90M on my list as of this date only
5 totaled were either damaged/destroyed (
3) with (
2) captured in almost factory new condition which I’ve discussed several times in the
MBT thread. So, what did I do?
FIRST As noted above with the
T-90M, you won’t see Russian
BMP-1/2 OR 3, T-72A etc.. However, you will see the
Russian T-62M/MV as the Ukrainians don’t have any stockpiled but fielded a
Battalion of them in late November. Also, the Russians used a different
ATGW on theirs as well.
SECOND I spent HOURS reviewing videos and photographs.
THIRD I set a standard for how many units would make the work and game worth having. I feel after
MUCH thought the following was both practical and realistic to the war situation factoring numbers, condition of the units, estimated repair times and training which in most cases would’ve been minimal. That standard was based on the
ability to field a minimum of 2 Platoons plus 1 as a “reserve” or if you will “2+1” .
Fourth I further spent time
with both OOB’s the purpose was to “
whittle down” the number of candidates for this submission. If the captured tank was at
parity with a current Ukrainian unit,
I scratched it from the list.
Result: I’m looking at
10 Russian tanks and
2 APCs and a date
CHANGE for 1 Ukrainian APC. With a
SMALL number of administrative changes for Unit names and dates.
START dates
will both be based on
2+1 as noted above and the dates of picture/video range from the
CAPTURED tank section ONLY. Also, I offer Ukrainian Units as
near peer ones to the Russian one submitted. Those Ukrainian units are already on paper, and the Russian tanks will
generally be better overall.
I would find those dates “
fell in” very closely in most cases to the actual operational dates in numbers and also,
WELL within Dons and my “
SWAG” when info isn’t always definitive.
Regards,
Pat
