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Cool, I always thought the MEXAS kit with the custom thermal netting always looked a little neat, plus it's an obscure tank that regrettably no longer exists in real life. Had either this timeline or the one in the story been a little different by a matter of months, there could have been quite a lot of potential behind those tanks.



Plus it gives @Massasauga OF-40 grind flashbacks.

My Hider [+]

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My Hider [+]

Not sure we’re going to get any more people until we get the IC up.

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I wasn't waiting for anymore people; I'm busy working on some things for an event I'm running this weekend, so I haven't had time to write up an IC.
Should be putting it up early next week though, since I have the week off work.

The IC is now UP. As you'll be able to interpret, I changed our first location - simply because I thought an amphibious landing was a really exciting way to open big and loud.
In terms of the combat, feel free to make up your own targets and attack them at will. Fighting positions, bunkers, and beach defences overall are all acceptable targets, just to get stuck into the action.

If you weren't certain - we're fighting in Iran, against the Islamic States League. The exact specifics of why will be explained later, as will more specific mission objectives as we move - and more of a plot, too.

In the meantime, let's just get the posts rolling, and once we've had a round of posts from everyone (in no order), I'll get another GM post up - or, in two weeks, whichever comes around first.

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Secondly - I don't know why you're going after the theme park? The orders are to move up the beach and take out defences, and that's the scene that's been set up, not anything else. Maddy literally gave the orders and specified what the objective was. This is just a quick opening to throw us into some fun action. Anything bigger or more elaborate will come after.

EDIT: I made a cruddy map

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Mostly because I was focused too much on the village that was the bay's namesake, ie: I was was looking at landing at the wrong beach and the theme park was basically the only access-point inland over there, and wanted some clarification as to why it appeared (at the time) that we would be landing on the opposite side of the bay to drive the entire bay-coastline before traveling inland.

Somewhere towards the end of writing my post I realized my error and wanted confirmation that we were indeed, landing near the objective instead of clearing every single marina and fishing-pier of naval-defenses along the way in a two-pronged landing on either side of the bay (a much bolder strategy, but still a plausible one considering the order to clear every/any strongpoint along the way).

Plus AvaP was engaging fortifications and a tank to their southeast shortly after disembarking. But being a fast-mover, they may have cleared themselves far enough inland that a tank and anti-tank relic to their rear would pose a problem.

On the upside, I took a pretty nifty virtual tour of Iran's beaches.

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Id not worry too much, I focused on the chaosnof the landing and the fact the big self propelled gun is protected but not safe to anti tank weapons.

And the crew are not the best geared for closed combat, bar the 30mm auto cannon that is rather handy with explosive ammo.

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Mostly because I was focused too much on the village that was the bay's namesake, ie: I was was looking at landing at the wrong beach and the theme park was basically the only access-point inland over there, and wanted some clarification as to why it appeared (at the time) that we would be landing on the opposite side of the bay to drive the entire bay-coastline before traveling inland.

Somewhere towards the end of writing my post I realized my error and wanted confirmation that we were indeed, landing near the objective instead of clearing every single marina and fishing-pier of naval-defenses along the way in a two-pronged landing on either side of the bay (a much bolder strategy, but still a plausible one considering the order to clear every/any strongpoint along the way).

Plus AvaP was engaging fortifications and a tank to their southeast shortly after disembarking. But being a fast-mover, they may have cleared themselves far enough inland that a tank and anti-tank relic to their rear would pose a problem.

On the upside, I took a pretty nifty virtual tour of Iran's beaches.

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Yee, Shotgun Shine is moving fast and far to recon and start suppressing as the hammer of the main force drives in, so I just took some fun liberties for drama and action sake and rolled with it. The chaos and excitement of the beach! Fun day!

Shame we dont have Google street view for Iran (though for obvious reasons)

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We actually do, surprisingly. Apparently it's a tourist destination and folks love posting pictures of the bay's many beaches. Apparently there's some redneck sand-trucking that goes on SE of Chabahar and they've even uploaded videos of their shenanigans to google maps of all platforms.

But the spot of our landing is closer to here.

Anyways... I was compelled to make a ref to the Ken Giles quote regarding the M3


So I'm picturing Anakin's SPG just deployed smoke, requested urgent support, and up trundles a T-62 as the TC and crew casually unbuttons to operate the pintle-guns, and hands Anakin a sandwich before buttoning up again and trundling off into the smoke to draw enemy fire.

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Yup, we probably need some back story eventually to him just handing a sandwich over mid combat lol.

That cannot just come from nowhere.

@PrinceAlexus


There's just something about knowing there's a vehicle out there that can swing tanks around like an angry toddler.

Teamwork making the dream work.