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Old March 13th, 2007, 09:23 PM
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Default Re: The request to replace name VIRSS at Russian t

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Epoletov_SPR said:

If it is not difficult, replace the name at the Russian tanks of system VIRSS on "Shtora" (curtain).

As it is possible to make and with the Israeli tanks.
To give them the name for this protective system.
Nope - One fixed name - Visual and Infra Red Screening Smoke. Covers all similar systems of all nations without needing 999 different national names which simply confuse the end user.

ERA over 10 is termed "Advanced ERA".

I also chose ARENA for any sort of shoot-down system as "arena" happens to be a nice small name. That was obviously a mistake as some end users seem to think the name means one particular countries active anti-missile system.

So - I will consider some generic replacement name for "ARENA" that is not country-specific so as not to confuse the end users for the next patch (Active Anti Tank Missile System or similar) - Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) perhaps, from naval usage?.


Andy
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