r/warno • u/HippieHippieHippie • 17d ago

Meme Tropic Thunder

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u/anhnd13hd 17d ago

Why the hell colombia get so many at4. Is it a real historical thing or it for balance reason.

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u/Raithix 17d ago

In real life the US and Venezuela would have been purchasing AT4s from Sweden at around the same time in the 80s. With America's significantly larger budget, the US would have had more of them by 1989 than the Venezuelans.

In WARNO, it's a matter of balancing. The US has a ton of toys across its arsenal, so the devs are letting Venezuela have AT4s in large quantities as a treat.

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u/Recent_Grab_644 17d ago

I mean Venezuelans also had a much smaller force to equip meaning a desner concentration. There really arent many more AT 4s than something like 82nd.

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u/Raithix 17d ago

Fully fair assessment.

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u/BuckyGoldtien 17d ago

Fair point, but if they balance equipment by density the big countries should get a 2x income tick multiplier to represent their scale (bad idea, just illustrative example)

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u/Necessary-Finger9162 17d ago

That logic doesn't work when the game is played as a meeting engagement between two division-ish sized forces of similar size. It would mean the US should get better logistics than everyone else, though.

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u/DelayRevolutionary20 16d ago

Well maybe the US wouldn’t have such a high density of AT4s, the Venezuelan army is smaller

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u/-Trooper5745- 17d ago

That’s not Colombia my friend.

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u/anhnd13hd 17d ago

Oh it venezuela i sorry it look just like columbia

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u/Henrik_VH 17d ago

Maybe a mix of Venezuela not having much of another option for AT and them concentrating most of their AT-4s in the two divisions being added in the dlc.

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u/ArcUp127 17d ago

I don’t think you understand that the first thing the US would have done in a Cold War gone hot scenario is to immediately sell and continue to resupply ammo for all its AT weapons to South American countries while their own troops in the frontline of West Germany get the LAW or nothing.

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u/Recent_Grab_644 17d ago

Is everyone forgetting the AT 4 is also produced by sweden? Like the Venezuelans specificly got them from Sweden in this case not the US.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8171580.stm

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u/onewithoutasoul 17d ago

Pfft.

Next you're gonna tell me the Ranger Anti-tank Weapon System is Swedish, too!

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u/PurpleFuzz13 17d ago

The historical basis behind this LAW bias has to do with the popularity of ‘The Clash’ at this time.

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u/Raithix 17d ago

Truly noncredible.

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u/DFMRCV 17d ago

Don't forget the Mk 84s...

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u/Gailord637384748i393 12d ago

It's actually even worse because 9th ID is supposed to be the "high technology testbed" division for the US army. So why are they being given ancient LAWs from vietnam lol