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SpiritedSoul t1_j24vocj wrote

Yeah when I was in the Army we would use a heavily modded version of Arms 2 to train on. It was amazing at simulating actual artillery trajectories and impacts

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shadowdash66 t1_j25iena wrote

It's probably one of the best MILSIM games tbh, DayZ came about as a mod from Arma 2.

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attackplango t1_j25om6m wrote

Sounds incredibly recursive.

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zKarp t1_j26b6p7 wrote

Don't get them started about the Arma 2 expansion pack that inspired the mod which inspired the base game.

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Cockalorum t1_j28xh1a wrote

In order to understand recursion, first you must understand recursion

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Major_Lennox t1_j26yxjn wrote

A couple of years ago, a solider in the UK was charged with disobeying orders for teamkilling in a VBS training exercise.

> “We were supposed to imagine we were travelling in armoured vehicles through a really hostile built-up area. One of the lads just lost his rag and ‘opened fire’ as it were, killing the soldier next to him.

> “He then drove down the street deliberately smashing into cars. It's safe to say the officers in our battalion did not find it as funny as we did.”

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CygnusX-1-2112b t1_j2728c4 wrote

A Reddit mod just creamed his pants at the thought of being able to punish someone in real life for not playing by the rules of their game.

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PlayerSalt t1_j25sc4x wrote

Are ladders as deadly in the army as in arma i always wondered

This is also likley why the army sucks at any operations that involve going underground

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CygnusX-1-2112b t1_j26vyrr wrote

Boy step over here and let's have a talk for a second, okay?

Now listen you don't go and say that word in front of these guys. They're tough, all of 'em. But inside when someone starts gettin on about those things, it digs up some bad stuff, okay? Stuff they'd all really rather forget about.

Hell Half my company went on profile from ladders. They were in back at the motor pool, Christ knows how they got there. S1 still said afterward that they weren't supposed be there, but fuck, they're supposed to know that shit, aren't they? By the time First Sausage returned the basement after beating those PV2s that were on the grass, it was already too late. So many profiles, so much lost paperwork... All for nothin.

See that guy over there with the box on his head? That's /u/SpiritedSoul. He lost his Platoon Sarnt to a ladder, happened right in front of him. Now you tell me how a just and fair God would do something like that to someone like him?

Godammit you even got me going, now... Listen, just.. think about who's around when you bring things up, okay? Not tryin to make you feel like an ass or nothin, but just in the future give it a second.

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SpiritedSoul t1_j279hzr wrote

I was an FO and one time had to climb a ladder two stories with my radio in full MOPP gear in the Carolina summer… yes ladders are as deadly as they are in Arma

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CygnusX-1-2112b t1_j298tud wrote

F's in the chat boys, and don't forget to like and subscribe for more top -shelf MOPP gear tales.

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