An officer without binoculars is a bureaucrat

[maturin 12]

The only weapon any sort of commander needs is a pair of binoculars. Even a squad or team leader is naked without any sort of optics.

And yet simple binoculars are almost nowhere to be found in ArmA 3's default loadouts. I keep pressing B, only to stare at my stupid collimator in disbelief. And an RCO is no substitute either.

I don't care if every soldier on the battlefield has his own personal $1 million UAV and every scope to speak has both nightvision AND thermals (seriously?). We will always need a pair of $30 plastic tubes with glass in them.

Edited October 1, 2013 by maturin

[mistyronin 1181]

I don't care if every soldier on the battlefield has his own personal $1 million UAV and every scope to speak has both nightvision AND thermals (seriously). We will always need a pair of $30 plastic tubes with glass in them.

Anyone that has been on the field knows that technology can fail, and then you have to go the old way.

If I'm not wrong, right now only squad leaders have a pair in A3, but team leaders should also have them, as well as some special soldiers ( recon, aa, at, etc. )

[katipo66 94]

Also I hope the current binos are placeholders as it looking a bit sad using the old A2 textures