CINCLANTHOME and I saw the "Piano Man" in concert who put us both back in a "New York State of Mind" which is always a good place to be (As we used be from there.) anyway it cleared my head a bit as again like last year work and life have a way of getting ahead of you at times.
So here's my thinking...I'm running out of time so like SUN TZU says you must have a strategium in war so here's mine.
1. Sense Don (And I'm sure Andy.) need a break and the sooner I can get this final data to him the better and better means the end of the month. But I have some requests and the following also acts as an update to some degree.
2. Don here's what I request from you please and as discussed to some degree already...
A.
South Africa: OLIFANTS will wait until next year unless something drasically changes. Contacted Paul Mulcahy to get permission to copy his non game data about the OLIFANTS it's rock solid info (
And matches mine.) and if you ever watched me type it'd drive you to drink or wishing you could put me out of my misery or
both. Anyway it'd save me a ton of time right now. So again
UNIT 007 I will modify to be ethier the OLIFANT MK2 or MK2B. Also for FYI that MBT represents as is now, only prototype built with the new DENAL turret. About
UNIT 009 you can lock it out of play or delete it,
however, transfer the Picture and Icon to
UNIT 007.
B.
Poland: Will be getting new tanks from Germany, got it covered already. However when checking the OOB I've found issues again in brief...
UNIT 020 that tank is too new and I will submit an older version that fits the time line better also the good news is they'll get it two years earlier. The current date is when deliveries were completed. About
UNIT 022 and
UNIT 023 I do not believe they exist. I came across
one Polish forum off TankNet that one person commented
UNIT 023 would be upgraded to that units level in
2016. I do not see this (Most refs concur.) if Poland has the funds they are more likely to update the 2A5 (Ooopps let the cat out of the bag!?!) to the 2A6M CAN spec.
C.
FINLAND: Also about done, they bought ALL the remaining LEOPARD 2A6NL tanks. Those MBT's finally got a new home. I like a happy ending.
D.
PROMISES: 1. First to myself, one of my very first equipment submissions fell through the cracks before I started the PP format in 2010. I will get those "Aussie" M113 mods in-easy cut and paste from older posts. Names I've forgotten but will mention thread starter and poster in PP so...
2. M777 155mm to the "Aussies" also.
3. De Havilland HORNET 2 varients for the RAF and 1 for the RN. RN version saw combat during the Malay Crisis as well and the UK had the carriers at the time. These last two as well will be similiar to #1 in workload just have to track down my posts from the threads and refs are ready to go.
4.
If I've forgotten a promise made to someone else on some other piece of equipment this past year you better let me know by weeks end and point me to the Thread and Post please!!
E.
DFYI: Don got a little passionate about one of the
STRV-122 fixes from last year. I'll to cut it down if I can but; from Fabio Prados' ARMOR SITE which a couple of my refs have cited as being one of the best on the LEOPARD 2 Series MBT, I leave you with this to see where I'll be heading with the requested changes Top Turret HEAT 10/STEEL 10...
Sorry won't let me Cut/Paste.
Focus on 1st sentence Para 2. Also Para 3 in full with focus on the turret. This site is one of many to also back my Polish LEOPARD stance as well.
http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/leo2.htm
I had fun today, well yesterday now, and it's good to take an extra day away from work but, I need some sleep as it's back to work later this evening.
Regards,
Pat