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no_name said:

I remember the PLA used to do that with counter strike a long time ago and got derided for it.

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They did.

Can't remember if it was some homebrew version/copy or just modded.

And also exact purpose (tactics or team exercise?)

Edit: Also, was it not in officier school? With purpose probably being team/coordinating/leading exercise more than anything.

no_name said:

I remember the PLA used to do that with counter strike a long time ago and got derided for it.

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Canadian army too.

no_name said:

I remember the PLA used to do that with counter strike a long time ago and got derided for it.

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Michaelsinodef said:

They did.

Can't remember if it was some homebrew version/copy or just modded.

And also exact purpose (tactics or team exercise?)

Edit: Also, was it not in officier school? With purpose probably being team/coordinating/leading exercise more than anything.

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As they rightfully should be criticized. Real simulators and field exercises exist, you don't need video games that are by design supposed to be addictive.

The sort of penny pinching and trying to get superpower capabilities on the cheap that has handicapped the QEC also applies to Astute class SSN's. I remember many years ago someone on another board commenting that cost-cutting efforts would reduce the capabilities of Astute, without going into specifics. Now I know what he meant: