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Shadow... Pff... Why do Americans always have to have such stupid names?

Here in Sweden we just got a new military jeep dubbed "The Boar".
Or as I like to call it, The Pigmobile!

How is "Shadow" more stupid than say, "Bamse"?
I mean, how can you possibly name an airdefense system after the friendliest bear in the world??? Talk about stupid name...

The name to me is more cheesy than stupid. The looks of the vehicle are pretty stupid, but utility is what matters most, I guess.

And yeah, I think priority should be given to putting this in the mod. After all, there aren't any serious realism issues with BF2 that need to be addressed first. If we could just add a bunch of concept vehicles that haven't even been adopted for service yet and when and if they are purchased will make up 1/5000th of all vehicles in military service the game would be a whole lot better. Just my opinion, anyway.

'[R-DEV wrote:BlakeJr']How is "Shadow" more stupid than say, "Bamse"?
I mean, how can you possibly name an airdefense system after the friendliest bear in the world??? Talk about stupid name...

Dont you know? Humor is a powerfull ally... Since the Swedish military dont have the funding to fire its weapons, we simply laugh the enemy to death with cute names. No wars in 200 years is proof of concept anywhere.

Let's just say that the Shadow is not currently a priority... The main focus for now is to get the British gear in game and working.
I'm, not saying the Shadow is out, it may or it may not appear at a later stage.

Darn.... I might have a go at becoming a politician... Speak a lot but don't say a word!

'[R-DEV wrote:BlakeJr']
Darn.... I might have a go at becoming a politician... Speak a lot but don't say a word!

Gah, I call it spam.

j/k

dawdler wrote:Dont you know? Humor is a powerfull ally... Since the Swedish military dont have the funding to fire its weapons, we simply laugh the enemy to death with cute names. No wars in 200 years is proof of concept anywhere.

That could explain a whole lot actually!
"Swedish special forces laugh their enemies to death" Me quietly wonders who will get the last laugh....

BluDragon wrote:

Could have sworn I've seen that somewhere before . . .

The resemblence is uncanny

^^^ says it all

'[R-DEV wrote:BlakeJr']"Bamse"?
I mean, how can you possibly name an airdefense system after the friendliest bear in the world???

Bamse is also cute.

FAV's have been around decades. Not sure when the military started using them, but similarly designed desert/dirt buggy things have been around for ages. Think in that film they just retrofitted shiny stuff to them to look "cool", like they do with most vehicles/weapons and stuff in films.

BluDragon wrote:omfg Eddie LOL when i was a kid i had paper towel rolls filled with bottle rockets tied onto my bike to simulate that motorcycle in that movie, but i always thought it was called "Delta Force" not Megaforce, no wonder i could never find the right movie thanks alot man lol.

LOL You're welcome. The 1986 Delta Force movie with Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin had heavily armed motorcycles and dune buggies and a mulleted and bearded hero as well, so it's easy to get them mixed up.

Mad Max wrote:FAV's have been around decades. Not sure when the military started using them, but similarly designed desert/dirt buggy things have been around for ages.

That is correct. The US started using the Chenowth FAV in the early to mid 1980s. Back then it was a two-man vehicle. From that came the 3-man Light Strike Vehicle (still known as the FAV by the Army and Marines, and known to the SEALs as the DPV).

The old version:



The GI Joe version of the old version

Eeh, what was the topic originally about again? lmao