Fixes for the iraqi OOB

[Pibwl]

049 Vickers Mk.6b

Originally Posted by DRG

...EXTREMELY minor vehicle so let's not spend any more time on it becasue we are perfectly happy with it being armed with the 15mm Besa and the effect on gameplay if changed would be more in the mind than reality...

That's what I wanted to say as well

As for BRDM Konkurs (9P148) - Russian sources ("Otechestvennye protivotankovye kompleksy" 2002 book) say, that it carries 15 Konkurs OR 10 Konkurs and 10 Fagot missiles.

As for BMD, this is a complicated matter... I don't say it should be changed, but just for information: according to Russian sources, BMD-1, 2 and 3 can carry only 5 troops (incl. commander) + driver + gunner. I can attach a cross-section of BMD-1, which shows three seats behind a turret and two beside a driver (operating machine guns). So it seems, that Russian BMD section in reality has only 5 men - and BTR-D in that case carries two sections (10 men).

Regards
Michal

[Marcello]

Originally Posted by Pibwl

As for BMD, this is a complicated matter... I don't say it should be changed, but just for information: according to Russian sources, BMD-1, 2 and 3 can carry only 5 troops (incl. commander) + driver + gunner. I can attach a cross-section of BMD-1, which shows three seats behind a turret and two beside a driver (operating machine guns). So it seems, that Russian BMD section in reality has only 5 men - and BTR-D in that case carries two sections (10 men).

Regards
Michal

Carry capacity is somewhat an abstract affair. For example in real life you could split an infantry squad between two armored Humwees, in the game it is not possible.

[Pibwl]

Originally Posted by Marcello

Carry capacity is somewhat an abstract affair. For example in real life you could split an infantry squad between two armored Humwees, in the game it is not possible.

Yes, but this is rather not the case with APC's, for practical reasons. Besides, it would make some sense with 10-men squads, carried by two IFVs, not with 6-men ones. Even in that case, a squad would probably consist of two relatively independent 5-men sections, each with RPG and LMG.

But, as I've said, I'm not insisting it should be changed - it's just for information (and decision).

Michal