NATO Forces in Africa during the Twilight War (v1.0)

[Raellus]

Wow! That really casts Franco-American relations in a whole new light. We discuss France's role in the Twilight War a lot here and, to the best of my knowledge, this has never come up. It's almost worth its own thread!

Couple more questions for you Frank. What kind of vehicles* and equipment do the French send and how do they get it there?

Second, when and how is the 173rd et al transported to Kenya?

Much thanks!

*I've always wanted an excuse to have American paratroops rolling in Panhard VBL scout cars!

EDIT: Apparently, the U.S. already uses a small number of VBL variants as NBC scouts- ULTRAV M11 (I just found this on Wikipedia). They also use German Fox 6x6 APCs for the same thing. What's with buying foreign-made wheeled APCs for NBC stuff?

[TiggerCCW UK]

Raellus, as far as the Fox goes I think its used because its one the best NBC vehicles around. I've no experience of the Fox, I'm basing that on the fact that the US, the UK and (iirc) some Middle Eastern countries all use the NBC version but not any other version. Also iirc it is listed as a US used vehicle in either the US vehicle guide or the East Euro source book.

[HorseSoldier]

Originally Posted by Raellus

EDIT: Apparently, the U.S. already uses a small number of VBL variants as NBC scouts- ULTRAV M11 (I just found this on Wikipedia). They also use German Fox 6x6 APCs for the same thing. What's with buying foreign-made wheeled APCs for NBC stuff?

I've never heard about us using VBLs, but the Fox NBC recon vehicle are nice, as far as creature comforts go (padded bucket seats, A/C). Not a job I'd want, though -- had a couple friends nearly get killed several times between the Kuwaiti border and Baghdad during the invasion, being in an essentially unarmed vehicle that headquarters' they were attached to often stuck in randomly dangerous locations as an after thought to getting their tanks and Bradleys situated.

[Abbott Shaull]

Originally Posted by HorseSoldier

Not a job I'd want, though -- had a couple friends nearly get killed several times between the Kuwaiti border and Baghdad during the invasion, being in an essentially unarmed vehicle that headquarters' they were attached to often stuck in randomly dangerous locations as an after thought to getting their tanks and Bradleys situated.

Gee how come this doesn't surprise me.