I.E.D's

[Sith]

Originally Posted by Eddie

And then I'd argue that Europe would be an even larger supply depot for EFPs and the like due to all of the garage doors and automatic doors that are on businesses and such.

Without going into detail, I agree that Europe would be a large depot for EFPs and other more sophisticated IEDs. But more due to skill sets and manufacturing equipment rather than remote door openers.

Originally Posted by Eddie

And I also want to address the soldiers+civilians=scarcity comment. My experience was the exact opposite. "Pan-sil, meesta! Give me pan-sil!" was an every block occurrence. We'd be mobbed by kids and usually teenage to early 20s men asking for us to take their photos, our pens/pencils, etc. I even had a couple walk up to me and ask in pretty good English where I was from, was I married, how many wives did I have, and all kinds of other things. According to one of my squad leaders, Kosovo was pretty similar when he was there.

This was the exact situation when I was in the Balkans.

[Eddie]

Originally Posted by Sith

Without going into detail, I agree that Europe would be a large depot for EFPs and other more sophisticated IEDs. But more due to skill sets and manufacturing equipment rather than remote door openers.

I didn't want to get into a laundry list of items that could be used and just went for the most obvious population group. The point though, that it's not a land of mud huts and deserts through the majority of the landmass, remains the same.

Depending on the version you play would determine the IED Pucker Factor, in my opinion. The original V. 1-2.2 timelines, IED resources would be there, but the art and science of the IED would still be pretty scarce except for a few government types that had received that training and the errant criminal. In the Twilight 2013 timeline, after the last almost-decade of fighting (remember, the timeline we left unchanged up to 2007) would most definitely increase the knowledge base and the respect for their effectiveness amongst people.

[Sith]

Originally Posted by Eddie

I didn't want to get into a laundry list of items that could be used and just went for the most obvious population group. The point though, that it's not a land of mud huts and deserts through the majority of the landmass, remains the same.

Depending on the version you play would determine the IED Pucker Factor, in my opinion. The original V. 1-2.2 timelines, IED resources would be there, but the art and science of the IED would still be pretty scarce except for a few government types that had received that training and the errant criminal. In the Twilight 2013 timeline, after the last almost-decade of fighting (remember, the timeline we left unchanged up to 2007) would most definitely increase the knowledge base and the respect for their effectiveness amongst people.

rgr. still on the morning coffee.

[Eddie]

Originally Posted by Sith

rgr. still on the morning coffee.

No worries. I just didn't want others to think that I was focusing on just that. I tend to get misunderstood a lot on this forum and try to clarify as much of what I mean as possible after I realize how others are reading what I wrote.

Of course, usually by that time someone has gotten offended and I'm embroiled in a defensive engagement of my thought process/opinion....