winSPMBT V11.01 upgrade for 2017

[IronDuke99]

Many thanks for the latest patch and all the work that has gone into it. The new maps are a huge improvement, really very much better.

My own disappointments with it in regard to British Forces are:

Lack of the new marksmen's rifle in Royal Marine and Para Platoons (these blokes get everything first) and they got that ahead of the infantry too.

Perhaps the oddest one is the continuing use of the SA80 and LSW in SAS and SBS units (UK SF have never, ever, used either weapon and the LSW weapon is no longer used by any British regular Infantry, Para or Royal Marines units. It was always unpopular largely due to its magazine placement, under the weapon). Incidentally, while the thing about British Special Forces being strategic deep recce troops is true enough, in British campaigns (Falklands, Gulf 1 and 2, Sierra Leone, Afghan etc) some British Special Forces are normally made available to the British senior officer in theater, for local use. Examples being the pebble Island raid in 1982 and the joint British and Australian SAS raid on the Iraqi's in the second Iraq War. Would a Lt. Col. command them, probably not, but a Brig. Gen might, occasionally.

No increase from six to eight tubes on UK infantry mortar platoons.

No increase from one to two Warrior IFV in a Company HQ section in British Armoured Infantry Companies.

No 5 inch gun Naval Gunfire Support from C.2023 when the first type 26 Frigates will be available.

I actually put in a fair bit of effort to try to get this stuff right, so I am, myself, a bit disappointed, but, again, good patch, thanks for all the hard work. I will just have to get to work on mobhack.

[DRG]

Originally Posted by IronDuke99

My own disappointments with it in regard to British Forces are:

[**snip many disappointments**]

No increase from six to eight tubes on UK infantry mortar platoons.

Well now that's interesting as the British Army website say's

each battalion having a mortar platoon with three OR four sections; and each section deploying two mortars.

emphasis mine

but nobody seems to want to part with the vital information about when this blessed event occurred and that is something the error ferrets like to call us on so if anyone has good solid information about when all this may have started...please do share it with us.


Don

[IronDuke99]

Originally Posted by DRG

Well now that's interesting as the British Army website say's

emphasis mine

but nobody seems to want to part with the vital information about when this blessed event occurred and that is something the error ferrets like to call us on so if anyone has good solid information about when all this may have started...please do share it with us.


Don

This is a result of the vile SDR 2010, that gutted a large amount of the British Armed Forces, due to a combination of corrupt Bankers and a Conservative-Liberal democrat Government that did a 'Defence Review' that had nothing whatever to do with defence and everything to do with saving money.

So many British battalions were cut that 8 X 81mm mortar tubes was easy to do. That's it...