Hey guys,
Saw some incoming traffic on my website and discovered this thread about MBXs...
I did the ENN news websites for both RikkiTikki's "Battle of Brunei" and "Global Thunder" MBXs. A link to one of the latter's pages was mentioned here (sinking of the US Carrier) and I saw some visits to that page.
One interesting note is that Harpoon's own Larry Bond did a cameo as the fleet leader for the US in that engagement. And his loss of the carrier is as much to blame on being in heavy storm conditions when the Russians struck - complicating launches and fleet defense, etc - as on the overwhelming attack itself.
A "video" showing that attack briefly is on the main page of the ENN edition (ENN Headline News):
http://enn.electronicnewsnetwork.com/globa...er/ENN-GT-9.php
Also: Team Trackless - don't know if it was related or not, but I did a "Team Trackless" website for James Dunnigan in 2000. According to the literature:
"Team Trackless is a project that came about in a discussion at the U.S. STRICOM (Simulation, Training, & Instrumentation Command) and used "over the shelf" software (i.e. TacOps) to test new doctrine and tactics for the trackless - wheeled armored vehicles - brigades that the U.S. army was experimenting with at the time."
In ~2002 the Stryker, a wheeled armored vehicle, was announced.
http://www.strategypage.com/tt/trackless.htm
And regarding "Spring Tiger" MBX:
I'm on the TacOps listserve and saw this posted late last month...
...the Political Phase of the Spring Tiger MBX is over and the Operational/Firework phase is about to begin. If anyone want to join the RED side, get in touch with me off the list, or directly to the umpire (email in the link below):
http://springtigermbx.tacticalevaluationandtraining.org/
...the action can include a combination of land, naval and air ops. RED here is mainly made of China. The planning will start in the next few days. Small and big commands are up for grab (There were no CO in Phase 1)
Certainly more info would be available at the included link for that MBX.
I had a ton of fun doing those ENN websites - although it was a LOT of work too - which is why I continued to keep them hosted online.
Regards,
- Steve