British reinforcements needed for CSME
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2017 1:35 pm
As the release of the CS Vietnam game will add extra weapons systems to the game series database, I was wondering If the opportunity could also be taken at that point to make some changes to the British equipment line-up in CSME as well.
First off the British platoon file roster currently includes the US M101 Howitzer. Done some research on this and it looks as if they never had this weapon. Rather in between phasing out the 88mm 25 pounder gun and introducing the 105mm L118 Light Gun, British artillery units used the Italian made OTO Melara M56 105mm pack howitzer which was somewhat shorter ranged than the M101 at 10,000 meters (40 hexes ) rather than the 11,270 meters (45 hexes) of the M101 although being much lighter it could be broken down for carrying by pack mules and could also be lifted by relatively small helicopters .
The M56 was the main British artillery piece used in the Aden war. for which we already have a number of scenarios in CSME and was also used by Australian and New Zealand forces in Vietnam and the Argentine army in the Falklands war . (which is I understand to be covered in a future DLC module) as well as many other NATO countries likely to feature in a CS Cold War title.
On the aircraft side currently missing from the available British planes in CS ME are the English Electric Canberra and Blackburn Buccaneer strike aircraft.
As the Canberra was built under licence for the US Air force as the Martin B-57 Canberra and later saw extensive service in Vietnam I wonder if this version of it is likely to show up in US order of battle for that game in any case. (It is in are in the mod version made for “Divided Ground) In addition to US use there, an Australian built British version of the plane was used by that countries air force in Vietnam and others in Argentine service saw use in the. Falklands war. Of interest further down the line for DLC content the British and US versions of the plane saw service on opposite sides in the Indo Pakistan wars and both the Rhodesian and South African Air forces used them in combat in the African conflicts they were engaged in the in 19710’s and 1980’s respectively.
The Blackburn Buccaneer was a sort of British equivalent of the US A-6A Intruder. It was in use with the Royal Navy and RAF from the early 1960’s to the first Golf War and was also used by the South African Air force in the 1970’s and 1980’s in their border conflicts in South West Africa and Angola.
How about it guys?
First off the British platoon file roster currently includes the US M101 Howitzer. Done some research on this and it looks as if they never had this weapon. Rather in between phasing out the 88mm 25 pounder gun and introducing the 105mm L118 Light Gun, British artillery units used the Italian made OTO Melara M56 105mm pack howitzer which was somewhat shorter ranged than the M101 at 10,000 meters (40 hexes ) rather than the 11,270 meters (45 hexes) of the M101 although being much lighter it could be broken down for carrying by pack mules and could also be lifted by relatively small helicopters .
The M56 was the main British artillery piece used in the Aden war. for which we already have a number of scenarios in CSME and was also used by Australian and New Zealand forces in Vietnam and the Argentine army in the Falklands war . (which is I understand to be covered in a future DLC module) as well as many other NATO countries likely to feature in a CS Cold War title.
On the aircraft side currently missing from the available British planes in CS ME are the English Electric Canberra and Blackburn Buccaneer strike aircraft.
As the Canberra was built under licence for the US Air force as the Martin B-57 Canberra and later saw extensive service in Vietnam I wonder if this version of it is likely to show up in US order of battle for that game in any case. (It is in are in the mod version made for “Divided Ground) In addition to US use there, an Australian built British version of the plane was used by that countries air force in Vietnam and others in Argentine service saw use in the. Falklands war. Of interest further down the line for DLC content the British and US versions of the plane saw service on opposite sides in the Indo Pakistan wars and both the Rhodesian and South African Air forces used them in combat in the African conflicts they were engaged in the in 19710’s and 1980’s respectively.
The Blackburn Buccaneer was a sort of British equivalent of the US A-6A Intruder. It was in use with the Royal Navy and RAF from the early 1960’s to the first Golf War and was also used by the South African Air force in the 1970’s and 1980’s in their border conflicts in South West Africa and Angola.
How about it guys?