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For those who havent seen the movie Red Dawn, It is about (what if) Soviets Invaded America.
I am thinking on making a scenario up where the Soviets invade American soil and try to take over a town. Yes they are both allied armys, but this is a (what if) scenario. I think it should be fun. Just throwing an Idea out there for anybody who would like to try it
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Actually a good what if would be to pit US vs Russia 1945-46 in Europe. It is rumored that Patton planned for this.
You could even throw some German units in on the US side. I believe I have read that German units surrndered in mass fully expecting to ally against the soviets.
Could make for some interesting what ifs.
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| Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:44 am |
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If I recall correctly "Red Dawn" was set in New Mexico and the attack started with Russian Paratroopers(something we don't have in this game). You could sub in some Fallshirmjagers among other German units as was suggested above. I'm not sure which unit to use for Patrick Swayze though. 
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| A Russian vs American battle would always be fun no matter what setting it takes place in. |
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| Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:13 am |
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Actually, 80's movie knowledge coming through here, I believe those were Cuban paratroops, allied with the Russians. As portrayed in the movie, I'd say Swayze had combat abilities equal to at least a company of extras, I mean Soviet grunts. What a great movie.
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| Cpt. John Miller wrote: | | If I recall correctly "Red Dawn" was set in New Mexico and the attack started with Russian Paratroopers(something we don't have in this game). You could sub in some Fallshirmjagers among other German units as was suggested above. I'm not sure which unit to use for Patrick Swayze though. |
I think it was in a small town in Colorado! 
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| Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:14 pm |
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From Wikipedia:
"In the small Colorado town of Calumet, a normal fall morning is interrupted by an airdrop of Cuban and Soviet paratroopers into the town. Following an attack on the local high school, a small group of teenagers arm themselves with weapons and flee to the nearby mountains in order to escape the Cubans. They begin a resistance against the Soviet-allied occupation force. The group calls themselves the Wolverines after their school’s team/mascot and proceed to attack the occupying forces using ambushes, sniper attacks, booby traps, guerrilla-style bombings in the town itself on Soviet positions, and raids on the occupiers' supply depots and convoys."
"The movie was filmed in and around the town of Las Vegas, New Mexico. Many of the buildings and structures which appeared in the film, including a historic Fred Harvey Company hotel adjacent to the train depot, the Las Vegas train yard, and a building near downtown which was repainted with the name of “Calumet, Colorado” where the movie was set, are still there today as they appeared in the film."
"The movie’s Soviet T-72 tank was such a precise replica that “while it was being carted around Los Angeles, two CIA officers followed it to the studio and wanted to know where it had come from.”"
"Five of the 36 parachutists who took part in the invasion scene early in the film were injured when high winds blew them as far as one mile off target. Parachutist Jim Fisher, wearing a Soviet paratrooper uniform including full Soviet insignia and including an AKM Assault Rifle, landed in a tree and found himself calling out to local rescuers including armed citizens and police: “Don’t shoot, don’t shoot! I am not a Russian soldier!”"
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For Russian vs American equipment the obvious candidate is Korea, as that is precisely what the war was fought with. Look at the footage and what do you see? IS-2's and Pershings, T-34's and Shermans, and marines rolling out of Amtracks an Inchon.
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