Division Cuba Revisited

[kato13]

Originally Posted by Raellus

I apologize for not being more clear. I was just thinking out loud, as it were, contemplating the idea of a Cuban invasion of the American SE, in addition to the Soviet "Division Cuba". I realize that it's not canonical and I'm not advocating that it should be. I just thought it would be an interesting topic of discussion.

I found it interesting. I may actually may use for coming up with scenarios for using my micro armor, as it would match the forces that I have nicely. I always had too much Soviet and American equipment if it was just The Mexicans/Division Cuba and the smattering of US forces. If you add the Cubans and don't deploy US forces to Jugoslavia in 1998, larger armor battles (of the type I would like to simulate) become more logical. It also gives me an excuse to try to model an American town in addition to all the Central/Eastern European stuff I have.

I could give my French equipment to the Mexicans and explain my small amount of British/German/Chinese forces as being similar to:
British 1/The Cheshire Regiment
British 1/The Royal Hampshire Regiment
West German 81st Panzer Grenadier Battalion
West German 53rd Panzer Battalion

which canon has in Canada for training. (Does anyone know the source for this off hand, I totally forgot, but they are in my databases). Having them training at FT Hood instead would add them to the mix.

[Olefin]

The whole scenario of the Cuban invasion is sort of a Twilight 2000 reboot as more of a straight WWIII military game if you think about - with the action moving to the US now with an all out Cuban invasion possibly bringing real armored warfare to areas that didnt see it in the regular timeline

and having the forces that went to Yugoslavia instead having to be sent against the Cubans takes them to being back in the thick of things instead of to a backwater

[Olefin]

Originally Posted by kato13

I found it interesting. I may actually may use for coming up with scenarios for using my micro armor, as it would match the forces that I have nicely. I always had too much Soviet and American equipment if it was just The Mexicans/Division Cuba and the smattering of US forces. If you add the Cubans and don't deploy US forces to Jugoslavia in 1998, larger armor battles (of the type I would like to simulate) become more logical. It also gives me an excuse to try to model an American town in addition to all the Central/Eastern European stuff I have.

I could give my French equipment to the Mexicans and explain my small amount for British/German/Chinese forces as being similar to:
British 1/The Cheshire Regiment
British 1/The Royal Hampshire Regiment
West German 81st Panzer Grenadier Battalion
West German 53rd Panzer Battalion

which canon has in Canada for training. (Does anyone know the source for this off hand, I totally forgot, but they are in my databases). Having them training at FT Hood instead would add them to the mix.

arent those units in the Canada magazine article if I remember right?

[Rainbow Six]

Originally Posted by Olefin

arent those units in the Canada magazine article if I remember right?

That's correct. I can't recall the issue number off hand but it was one of the first Challenge magazines to be published after Twilight 2000 was launched (iirc same issue also had a mini adventure set in Iran entitled Shell Game). Both the UK and Germany have permanent bases in Canada - the British at Suffield, Alberta and the Germans at Shilo, Manitoba.

[Panther Al]

Originally Posted by kato13

I found it interesting. I may actually may use for coming up with scenarios for using my micro armor, as it would match the forces that I have nicely. I always had too much Soviet and American equipment if it was just The Mexicans/Division Cuba and the smattering of US forces. If you add the Cubans and don't deploy US forces to Jugoslavia in 1998, larger armor battles (of the type I would like to simulate) become more logical. It also gives me an excuse to try to model an American town in addition to all the Central/Eastern European stuff I have.

I could give my French equipment to the Mexicans and explain my small amount for British/German/Chinese forces as being similar to:
British 1/The Cheshire Regiment
British 1/The Royal Hampshire Regiment
West German 81st Panzer Grenadier Battalion
West German 53rd Panzer Battalion

which canon has in Canada for training. (Does anyone know the source for this off hand, I totally forgot, but they are in my databases). Having them training at FT Hood instead would add them to the mix.

Not sure about the German Units, but it probably wouldn't take too much handwavium to say that at the least the British Units was moved to say, NTC, for workups before joining up with British Forces in the Middle East before things went pear shaped.