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Its a well known fact, hollywood is the basis for all US military tactics.

For the most part I think that infantryman call in airstrikes and arty based on coords, not using fancy gadgets.

it's not a bad idea, something with a heat signature would help, also try to cite a different source, the people here get their panties in a wad whenever someone mentions BHD.

You have comms, Commander's, and Atack markers. So why use a beacon that could give off a heat source?

Even though he is using Black Hawk Down as a reference (which should never ever happen) he has a point... Why not? I think it is a valid suggestion and it would make interaction between air and ground forces easier.

its not just black hawk down references that annoy us, but call of duty 4 references REALLY annoy us.

anyway i think one problem with this is that IR beacons i believe only work at night. they are used in a nighttime map in COD4, and i believe in bhd the ir beacon is also used at night. i think that its too hot in the day for them to show up but i could be wrong. and in case you havent noticed we dont have much in the way of night maps in PR and the ones that we did have sucked anyway.

<--- waiting for futureweapons reference lol

There definately needs to be something to link troops with air support more than taxis

charliegrs wrote:its not just black hawk down references that annoy us, but call of duty 4 references REALLY annoy us.

anyway i think one problem with this is that IR beacons i believe only work at night. they are used in a nighttime map in COD4, and i believe in bhd the ir beacon is also used at night. i think that its too hot in the day for them to show up but i could be wrong. and in case you havent noticed we dont have much in the way of night maps in PR and the ones that we did have sucked anyway.

IR-Infra Red... It emmits Infra Red Light.. not insane amounts of heat... temperature would not be an issue... It's basically a grenade giving of really strong infra red flashes...

Gyberg wrote:IR-Infra Red... It emmits Infra Red Light.. not insane amounts of heat... temperature would not be an issue... It's basically a grenade giving of really strong infra red flashes...

True, but the world is bathed with IR during the day, same as it is bathed with visible light. Strobe lights still work during the day (police car cherries) but are not as visible as during the night.

Summary: IR beacons should work during the day, they will just not be as noticable.

Yeah add that beacon, than more items and weapons than better

it has been suggested, but i am all for it. it will help communication and provide more teamwork. BTW maybe only medics should get them so the class looks more attractive in some maps.

true but what can it replace? the green smoke?