Politics: Eryx instead of RPG-7?

[imported_Animalmother]

ahh I still say the US should have Javelin AT missles (fire and forget) and the MEC should have RPGs.

But I dono, it seems pretty realistic that the MEC is using a french weapon in the future :laugh:

[Ste89]

Or maybe they thought it would be uneven that the USMC rocket could be guided and the MEC couldn't. This is the actual answer most likely.

But wouldnt that add more realsim? as lets face it the MEC arent as well equipt as the USMC

[imported_Animalmother]

uh-huh right thats why i had a designated marksman from the marines tell me that it killed an abrams easily, one rocket from the RPG-7 hit and penetrated the top-secret armor, then punched a quarter sized hole in the cabin, killing the crew instantly... dust was all that was left

I saw that too, but that wasnt a typical RPG 7 round that we're talking about. It was the newer RPG that looked more like a LAW that shot special armor penetrating sabots or something like that. It downed only the 2nd out of 2 m1a2 to ever be destroyed by the jihadists. A regular RPG round could barely scratch an m1. In the initial invasion m1s were being barraged by RPGs, sometimes as much as 14 at a time. It never penetrated or weakend the armor, however it did dammage the navigation systems and the infrared viewer on the outside of the tank, and it did kill and injure the crewmembers who were sitting outside of the tank instead of hiding inside with the hatch closed.

[ZapStarfighter]

Old technolgy -- same reason we don't have T72s in the game.

You mean like AK-47's and SVD's?

[Jeebus007]

But wouldnt that add more realsim? as lets face it the MEC arent as well equipt as the USMC

then the game wouldn't be as fun, and ppl would be scrambling to be USMC. EA/Dice are aiming for playability, not complete realism.

[Wicz]

RPG + Tandem warhead will take out a tank no problem at all.

In Iraq an Abrams was hit and immobilised by just such a warhead which hit the tank midway down one side, just above the tracks and penetrated straight through the armor and started a number of fires inside the crew compartment.

[Nitemare]

Or maybe they thought it would be uneven that the USMC rocket could be guided and the MEC couldn't. This is the actual answer most likely.

Omg its reaver. Hi reaver :)

[.Du$ty_Bak3r.]

i think they left it out because an RPG-7 is just a ROCKET PROPELLED GRENADE, and Ernyx is an ANTI-TANK MISSLE

the RPG is for light infantry vechicles and infantry not armor.. search google they have lovely shots of what it does to M1A1 in iraq...

damn my bro in afgan. got ambushed while he was riding in some sort of convoy through the hills in the backseat of a jeep/humv.....according to his story the whole convoy just hauled ass through the firefight and a RPG round came through one side of his jeep, flew past him and out the other side of the vehicle without exploding.......he got damn lucky cause of some faulty ****..... :salute:

[imported_Pharacon]

wow thats amazing! i have been reading stories about people seeing them bounce off the Humvee's because they need to strike dead on.. its crazy

[Zeratul]

An RPG-7 cant take out a tank no matter what war head it has. It can damage it but not take it out.

Also RPG-7's are anti personell. + they arent wire guided.

[imported_Animalmother]

RPG + Tandem warhead will take out a tank no problem at all.

In Iraq an Abrams was hit and immobilised by just such a warhead which hit the tank midway down one side, just above the tracks and penetrated straight through the armor and started a number of fires inside the crew compartment.

yea, but thats very rare. Again only 2 m1s ever destroyed in operation iraqi freedom.

[C11.Nemisis]

remember its all about balance would u want to have the USMC have a rocket that can be guided while the mec have a rocket that just shoots straight

[Umi.Ryuuzaki]

Isnt the MEC army supposed to represent most of the Middle East Nations? Lets remember that for all I care, MEC can equal every Arab nations + a rebuilt Iraq that might of just went "screw you US" or got another Saddam Hussian. Also, this is based in the future so you never know what did happen exactly and why MEC is so well armed (AK-101's? T-90's? SU-series? sounds like a hell of a moderization)

AK-47's are in the game, but in Chinese hands. They still use it cause they got a big ass army they still can't produce thier new assault rifle fast enough, so it goes to their spec ops division. That dranvou sniper rifle is pretty decent for what it is and is sitll a main sniper rifle for some nations.

Then again...there is always game balance soo.....

[VISTREL]

just give rpg7 more speed instead of guidance...I'll take that...then the shooting of choppers with RPG7 will be easy once you'd figure out the path..happens in OFP all the time

[ArmyOfOne*]

I though they picked the Eryx because when it fires it is still conected by a wire and can still be guided. And the rpg....can't.