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Operation Desert Storm - Battle of 73 Easting

IMPORTANT: Due to changes to CUP, this mission no longer works standalone, you NEED a proper Zeus to handle things such as "end"ing or deleting tanks to count them as destroyed to progress to the end of the mission.

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In February of 1991, Operation Desert Storm raged on in the deserts of Kuwait and Iraq as American lead Coalition forces advanced across the countries to stop Saddam Hussein's hostilities in the region. In the of way this goal however, are the most Elite of the Iraqi elites, the Republican Guard's Tawakalna divison. Follow along and experience the role of a crewman of a fierce armored vehicle Troop as they engage a superior enemy force. Your tactics, wits, and technology will be your only saving grace. Find and crush the enemy in one of the greatest tank on tank encounters in American history!

Choose your role as either a commander, crew engineer, or crew medic and select your crew's vehicle between a mighty M1A1 Abrams tank or the versatile M2 Bradley IFV.

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Please be sure to read the briefings carefully as they contain crucial information.
Additional tips are as below:
-This mission is mostly meant for coop up to 24 players (8 crews/vehicles) but can be played single player if you slot in as the commander and use Zeus to create AI crewmates so you can control a tank. You can also slot in as the Troop leader and play that way because there are infinite respawns for yourself and your vehicles. You can do this in multiplayer as well if you want one person to a tank with AI crewmates.
-For maximum immersion in coop play, use a radio mod like TFAR or ACRE2 to simulate limited communications between tanks where the crew can only talk to each other and only tank commanders can talk to other tank commanders. The way to do this is to use Zeus and spawn in the respective radio equipment for players at mission start
-The roles provided are strictly functional as an individual unit but as part of a crew, any role can be interchangeable. I.e. the crew leader commands, the engi drives, the medic guns and then if the tank blows up and you all respawn, you can then switch it up and have the engi command, medic drive, and leader commands. There's complete freedom there, just decide it all within your own vehicle crew. You can also choose which vehicle you want and even change it up mid mission.
-mission time is roughly an hour in most of my playtests single and multiplayer

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Based on the real Historic battle of 73 Easting and recreated as accurately as possible though scaled down for gameplay purposes.
Sources:
https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2016/2/26/eagle-troop-at-the-battle-of-73-easting
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured/battle-73-easting.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4b7yl99wlo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72XLTfmcaAw

Utilizes CUP assets and the Republic of Iraq Forces and Al Salman, Iraq map. Ace is also required. You can use radio mods for better communication immersion. Credit goes to all respective dependent mods creators. Thank you.

This is my first mission ever, I hope you enjoy it! I look forward to making many more!
Please let me know any comments, issues, or bugs. All feedback is welcome!
Special thanks to Dotarius and JackTheViper and many others for all their editor help and testing for a guy who was dipping his toe into this whole mission making thing for the first time. I highly recommend you also check out JackTheViper's workshop scenarios as well.