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D.O.W. Steel Beasts Sunday Mission 16/08/20 @ GMT18:00


This scenario is a simulation and does not have any political message.



Cavalry Troop Reconaissance by ben


1) SITUATION:

a) Enemy:

- An BMP2 Company reinforced with Leopard 2 tanks is reported to be deployed in the vicinity of the town of Wietzendorf as marked on map.

- The enemy company is expected to be preparing a hasty defense.

- We expect contact with enamy forward recon elements imminently.


b) Own:

Our Squadron is tasked with verifying the location and composition of Enemy forces in the area, and confirming the usability of AA1 and AA2 for follow on forces.

You must ocupy OBJ EAST and OBJ WEST with your forces, and defeat any Enemy forces in the OBJs.


Forces at your disposal are:

- Platoon of 4 M1A2(SEP) tanks.

- Platoon of 6 M3A2(ODS) scouts.


- If you suffer losses, the other Tanks and Bradleys of the troop may be used (via triggers).


2) MISSION:

- Infiltrate into OBJ EAST and OBJ WEST.

- Gain force superiority in OBJ East and OBJ WEST.


Secondary Objectives:

- Defeat any Enemy recon elements encountered.

- Locate enemy BMP company.

- Hit enemy BMP company with MLRS Strike.


3) EXECUTION:

- At...

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Command ships, submarines and aircraft in the South Pacific during WWII.


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War on the Sea




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1942: The world is at war
The Japanese Empire expands throughout the Pacific where Allied forces attempt to halt its spread. A desperate struggle for control of the Solomon Islands is now underway.

How will you protect your transports as they deliver troops and supplies in the South Pacific? Will you deploy precious aircraft carriers to provide air cover? Do you screen the area with submarines? Or attempt to lure the enemy navy into a decisive surface engagement?


Major Features:

• Real time naval combat
• Theatrical external-view game play
• Play as Allied Forces or Imperial Japan
• Over 50 classes of playable ships
• Dynamic campaign
• Tactical control of aircraft (not a flight simulator)
• Fight fires, counter flood compartments and repair ships
• Sink ships using realistic buoyancy physics
• Historical missions based on actual naval engagements











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Pixel inventor Russell Kirsch dies aged 91
Friday 14 August 2020


Russell Kirsch Credit: AP/Press Association Images

Russell Kirsch, a computer scientist credited with inventing the pixel and scanning the world's first digital photograph, has died aged 91.

Pixels, the digital dots used to display photos, video and more on phone and computer screens, were not an obvious innovation in 1957, when Kirsch created a small, 2-by-2-inch black-and-white digital image of his son, Walden, as an infant.

That was among the first images ever scanned into a computer, using a device created by his research team at the US National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institutes of Science and Technology).

This work "laid the foundations for satellite imagery, CT scans, virtual reality and Facebook," said a 2010 Science News article about Kirsch.


Russell Kirsch holding the image of his son, Walden, that was scanned into the world's first digital scanner in 1957 Credit: Jamie Francis/The Oregonian via AP, File

That first square image, that article said, measured a mere 176 pixels on a side - just shy of 31,000 pixels in total.

Today, the digital camera on the iPhone 11 can capture roughly 12 million pixels per...

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Graviteam Tactics: Dark Forest DLC

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53A units conduct stubborn fighting against the German 11AC units west of Kharkov. 299RD assaults vlg.Polevoe defended by the German 3TD. 84RD attacks positions of 168ID in Semenovka and conducted a raid with forward group of 41RR in the direction of ht.208.6. As a result, an exposed seam between 3TD and 168ID units was revealed in the forest south of vlg.Polevoe. 252RD supported by tanks of 61 gds det brt TR and 148TR, was ordered to concentrate on the n.e. outskirts of vlg.Dergachi and launch an attack between 299RD and 84RD with forces of 924RR and 928RR in the direction of ht.208.6 - Forester's house - sub.farm.


• Two operations of 12 turns for each of the parties (forest southern of Semenovka and Polevoe, August 16-17, 1943).
• Precisely recreated area of over 48 sq. km west of Kharkov city.
• Historical organizational structure of units at the time of the offensive.
























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