[Vehicle] BMP-3 updates

[General Dragosh]

Originally Posted by Maxfragg

so, the plan is to give both MEC and RUSSIA the BTR-80 in future? i was hoping for a own APC for the MEC (perhaps let them keep the BTR-60 and give the BTR-80 only to russia ?

Yes, cause MEC will be very like russia, except the weapons of course ...

[gclark03]

What about the BMP? That would be a good super-APC that the opposing force can be balanced against...or not.

[jbgeezer]

OMG, first the BTR90 owerpowerdeness and now this? Hey I faced a swimming BTR on jabal yesterday and though I fired 8-9 shots at it before it noticed me it killed me with 4-5 shots, man that sucks!

[McBumLuv]

Originally Posted by jbgeezer

OMG, first the BTR90 owerpowerdeness and now this? Hey I faced a swimming BTR on jabal yesterday and though I fired 8-9 shots at it before it noticed me it killed me with 4-5 shots, man that sucks!

BTR-90's being removed, so don't feel so unappreciated

Besides, which side has got those TOWs? Sure, you don't have a 100mm frag shell, but it's called asymmetrical balance, let the OpFor have an upper hand once in a while.

[jbgeezer]

USMC does NOT have TOWs.

[McBumLuv]

Originally Posted by jbgeezer

USMC does NOT have TOWs.

I never said that or implied it. But USA has Bradleys with 'em, and the BMP 3 is only on Kashan atm, as well as the Bradley.

True, I did switch from the BTR 90 in Muttrah, which features the USMC, to the BMP 3 and Bradley on Kashan, but you could've recognized what I implied.

[Blakeman]

Originally Posted by jbgeezer

USMC does NOT have TOWs.

Although the USMC does not have TOWs on their LAV-25s (that I know of personally) there is a turret made for the LAV-25 that is a specialist TOW launcher.

The USMC does have TOW Humvees though and I would like to see them used more than just the Qwai map.

[STORM-Mama]

Originally Posted by McLuv

Besides, which side has got those TOWs?

You mean that the US are the only oes that have TOWs? The video showcases the Russian equivalent of the TOW - 9M117.

But I'm sure that people who are complaining about the so called "overpoweredness" of this vehicle are those that have forgotten that it won't really replace the BTR90 as the main APC of the MEC. Think about it as an equivalent of the US Army Bradley (as if that thing ain't "overpowered"). Hopefully MEC will get the BTR-60 in 0.85, a vehicle that (just as the US Army Stryker) is more of a designated Personell Carrier rather than a wagon of death... MEC and Us Army (and Russians, probably) will have "overpowered" IFVs because their designated APCs lack the firepower of the Chinese WZ551, USMC Lav-25 and British Warrior. I think it's a good way of balancing things out...

[jbgeezer]

Warrior easily kicks BTR90s ass

[Katarn]

Originally Posted by Maxfragg

so, the plan is to give both MEC and RUSSIA the BTR-80 in future? i was hoping for a own APC for the MEC (perhaps let them keep the BTR-60 and give the BTR-80 only to russia ?

No, the MEC will have their own APC sometime.