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Title: troops/ real airborn rangers.
Post by: GreenEagle43 on March 10, 2008, 11:18:23 PM
you no with all the new upgrades in aceshigh.i would like to see new troops.instead of your pilot looking dude with his lil .45 cal.we  need real airborn ranger men,with a back pack on his back carring a real gun like a rifle. maybe the m-14,thomson .45 machine gun,m-1 garande,a real paratrooper. 101st screaming eagles.... :salute
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Title: Re: troops/ real airborn rangers.
Post by: LYNX on March 10, 2008, 11:21:14 PM
and a partridge in a pear treeeee.
Title: Re: troops/ real airborn rangers.
Post by: Gowan on March 10, 2008, 11:40:30 PM
maybe the m-14,thomson .45 machine gun,m-1 garande

im pretty sure paratroopers only used the Tommygun or Grease Gun, the m-1 was to big (could get caught in static lines and took to long to put together once landed
Title: Re: troops/ real airborn rangers.
Post by: ColKLink on March 10, 2008, 11:42:38 PM
2 marines with bad attitudes and a slingshot . :lol  " a thousand marines, will **** today, and wipe, with a green beret. ;)
Title: Re: troops/ real airborn rangers.
Post by: Jag34 on March 11, 2008, 07:14:28 AM
maybe the m-14,thomson .45 machine gun,m-1 garande
They didn't use the M-14 in WWII.
the m-1 was to big (could get caught in static lines and took to long to put together once landed
 
Yes they did carry the M-1, just look at the first photo of the Paratrooper with the M-1 on his back. Watch the "Band Of Brothers" "Longest Day" or another WWII movie with Paratrooper's in it and your'll see M-1's along with Thoomsons, folding stock M-1 carbines and M-3 grease guns.

Being a Tanker starting back in 1983, we still had the M-3 Grease Gun for our weapon in our tanks up until the mid- 80's. Love the weapon, very simple to tear down and put back together after cleaning. If I remember right only about 5 to 6 parts.


But would be nice to have the troopers carry at lest a rifle

Jag34T
Title: Re: troops/ real airborn rangers.
Post by: Puck on March 11, 2008, 08:44:14 AM
2 marines with bad attitudes and a slingshot . :lol  " a thousand marines, will **** today, and wipe, with a green beret. ;)

The Marine Anthem:

From the halls of Montezuma
To the shores of Tripoli
We will fight our country's battles
Right behind the UDT
Title: Re: troops/ real airborn rangers.
Post by: WarEagle3 on March 11, 2008, 01:56:15 PM
how did this get to be about uncle sam's misguided children? 
Title: Re: troops/ real airborn rangers.
Post by: USRanger on March 11, 2008, 03:46:42 PM
Real airborne rangers?! Pffft. Sissies :D
Title: Re: troops/ real airborn rangers.
Post by: Latrobe on March 11, 2008, 04:32:29 PM
I believe Airborne used the Thompson, M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, and M-3 Grease Gun. The Thompson was bigger and more expensive to produce than the M-3 Grease Gun, and the M1 Garand was just too big and had to be put together after landing because it would get caught in the lines to easily if it was already put together before leaving the C47.
Title: Re: troops/ real airborn rangers.
Post by: Hats on March 11, 2008, 05:07:03 PM
uhhh
no.
in fact they even jumped with a few guns bigger than thier trusty m-1
Title: Re: troops/ real airborn rangers.
Post by: Guppy35 on March 11, 2008, 05:10:32 PM
im pretty sure paratroopers only used the Tommygun or Grease Gun, the m-1 was to big (could get caught in static lines and took to long to put together once landed

The M-1 was preferred because of the stopping power.  Tommy Gun was short range and the grease gun was worse.  M-1 Carbine also just didn't have enough pop to it.  Do a little reading on the 101st or 82nd and it's said over and over by the guys who were there.

And they probably would have taken offense at the Airborne Rangers bit as the Rangers weren't Airborne in WW2 :)
Title: Re: troops/ real airborn rangers.
Post by: FrodeMk3 on March 11, 2008, 05:14:01 PM
Why not troops' depicted as members' of the British Para Brigade, aka the "Red Devils"? Why not a troop of Luftwaffe Fallshcirmjeager?

You could have Soviet Para's jumping without chutes, to land in heavy snowdrifts...





Maybe because...This game isn't about whatever runs in the maproom?  :devil
Title: Re: troops/ real airborn rangers.
Post by: Guppy35 on March 11, 2008, 05:22:06 PM
Why not troops' depicted as members' of the British Para Brigade, aka the "Red Devils"? Why not a troop of Luftwaffe Fallshcirmjeager?

You could have Soviet Para's jumping without chutes, to land in heavy snowdrifts...





Maybe because...This game isn't about whatever runs in the maproom?  :devil

Could you imagine the whines if the troops didn't have automatics?  The Enfield or the K98 have to take time to move the bolt back and  forth!  Oh the humanity! :)

But of course they either all had Sten guns or Schmeissers just like in the movies where the US troopers all had Tommy guns that hit 55 guys with a 20 round mag :)
Title: Re: troops/ real airborn rangers.
Post by: Puck on March 11, 2008, 05:24:16 PM

You could have Soviet Para's jumping without chutes, to land in heavy snowdrifts...


How many troops can the C47 carry on its wings?