basicly the Stykers in my campiagn are alot of the good things that the Strykers' have IRL, with the amphibious capabilities of the LAV25... it's a new design, thus i can use the new versions of Strykers as an amphib version of the Strykers... the ability to carry 10 troops in the Infantry Carrier Vehicle was just too damn good not to have in a light APC.
The American Lisence-built Wesiel 2 AWC are pretty much the same as those made by the Germans, with only a few moderations to them... Namely using their lightness, and their abiltiy to operate as mini-Bradley's.. being carried in the belly of heavy and medium-lift helicopters are just to damn good to pass up for use by the Air Assault, Airborne, US Army Rangers formations.
Giving them something like that in a support role is what i was going for. Basicly they have a platoon in heavy company of the M69 Gavin AWC series of vehicles that are capable of providing support for their operations until the "Big Boys" can some in with the real self-sufficiant artillery instead of the AWC automaitc mortars, their mimi-infantry fighting vehciles and armored gun systems.
I'm still trying to come up with the kinds of thing that US Army units fulfilling the Peacekeeper/nation-building role use. It'd be a Light Infantry Brigade Combat Team. But that's all i know at this point. I like Web's idea of having older and 'wiser' troops drawn from the Reserves... Though I had thought of using the US Territorial Guard in that kind of role. Or at least having them provide the Regular Army, National Guard and Reserves the training they'd need to arry out peacekeeping and nation-building.
Because a Border Guard type command does that speciality form of 'combat' every day!
Strykers would be great for Territoral Guard/Border Patrol... bcause they can drve on the highways without tearing up the blacktop.
__________________
Fuck being a hero. Do you know what you get for being a hero? Nothing! You get shot at. You get a little pat on the back, blah blah blah, attaboy! You get divorced... Your wife can't remember your last name, your kids don't want to talk to you... You get to eat a lot of meals by yourself. Trust me kid, nobody wants to be that guy. I do this because there is nobody else to do it right now. Believe me if there was somebody else to do it, I would let them do it. There's not, so I'm doing it.
|