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Old September 27th, 2005, 04:03 PM
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Default Re: Extra toys for scenario designers...

Yes, TACAN as in air navigation beacon, plus radar, EW, ELINT, comms, helipad and local defence on top of a steep-sided mountain.

'Lima 85' guided airstrikes in North Vietnam to such effect that a small (3 officers & 31 men plus 9 man reserve plus comms/crypto unit)PAVN sapper force underwent 9 months training to assault it.

See:

http://limasite85.us/index.html

Exhaustive PAVN AAR/OOB & Map in the above at:

http://limasite85.us/do_chi_ben.htm#_ftn8

It is very rare to get an After Action Report broken down to individual weaponry, especially for North Vietnam!

I think I can 'tweak' things without making it impossible. I will post/link it here when finished.

I know 'Steel Panthers' should be all about AFVs, but the ability to customise allows these small, intense actions to be replicated with at least some degree of accuracy.
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