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what is the usmc anti-air, i can't seem to find it

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thanks sir.

---------- Post added at 11:56 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:49 AM ----------

bit sucky AA compared to the Russians don't you think?

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There should also be LAV ADV afaik (like the avenger except on an LAV and with GAU-12 25mm instead of M2HB) which unfortunately isn't included in the game (along with the LAV TOW which is also missing).

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During my research about the MEU composition I couldn't find any hard facts about what ground-based air defense assets an MEU does contain.

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The only thing I can think of that isn't in the game is the VADS and I'm not quite sure if MEU's even use them. I could be wrong, I'm no jarhead.

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There should also be LAV ADV afaik (like the avenger except on an LAV and with GAU-12 25mm instead of M2HB) which unfortunately isn't included in the game (along with the LAV TOW which is also missing).

I read that those were phased out.

Wikipedia: LAV-25

LAV fitted with an electric turret mounting a 25 mm GAU-12 Equalizer gatling cannon, and two, four missile pods, which contain FIM-92 Stinger SAM (Surface-To-Air Missiles). It carries 990 rounds of 25 mm ammunition, and 16 FIM-92 Stinger missiles. This variant has been removed from service. A variant using the Mistral missile in place of Stingers was developed for the export market.

Wikipedia's Source for the above. I only skimmed through that but I didn't see anything about it being phased out so Wikipedia may be wrong.

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Most info you find about those things isn't exactly 100% up to date, and sometimes is outdated by many years. So who knows...

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I'm pretty sure any M113 Vulcan type ADA is on the way out if not terribly out of date already. The MEU is only 2000-3000 sailors and marines which is a pretty small unit strategically. I'm guessing the HQ company for the BLT probably has some sort of SHORAD and the rest is done from naval vessels and aircraft.

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The makeup of the Anti-Air units as said before is 3x Stinger Teams w/HMMWV's 2x Avengers makeup the Air Defense for a MEU. Sofar as the Navy side of thing. There are 1x CG 98 SAM's and 2x DDG 68 SAM's. There use to be a FFG. But they will be striken from the Navy service.

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