Share Your Favorite Cav Memories! V2

[Raeder.U]

Share some of your favorite moments related to the Cav, whether they were in game or not!

The old thread wasn't around very long due to the forum upgrade (only a few months), but the Cav has been around for over 18 years so I'm sure there are plenty of good stories that have yet to be told!

 

[Coots.J]

When @Schmidt.A made me his medic back in 2013 and realized that was the worst mistake of his Cav Career.

When @Centeno.JP and myself were both in the TVT I told him to take his fireteam and cross the street. I watched from a window as his entire fireteam was slowly killed before my eyes.

 

[Frank.E]

 

[Cosme.O]

 

[Boyd.M]

@Swagger.J pulling up hard in my mirror

 

[Citarelli.D]

One of the most memorable moments of my cav career, is during the first Charlie co TVT, when we were tasked with mortor and MG support.

The platoon was pinned at misfit 1 alpha, just next to the objective. A call for broken arrow was approved, 6 rounds HE on target. Upon firing, I noted the fires on the comms, and was told to send again. I sent another 6 rounds he on target. I believe you can see the results in coots' live stream at the time.

While this was happening, 2 MG reams were holding down the north western flank. They say they confimed at least 12 kills between the two MGs alone, but it must have been more than that.

I'll never forget it when @Coots.J called for danger close and was immediately approved by Mackey. And then when they queued up on radio, hearing the splash and hearing another call for fire.

I believe the MG teams held down their lane and my mortars allows the Platoon to Maneuver. Idk how many we killed all told but I can tell you that it must have been enough because we won that match. And I'll gladly do it again.

 

[Raeder.U]

One of the most memorable moments of my cav career, is during the first Charlie co TVT, when we were tasked with mortor and MG support.

The platoon was pinned at misfit 1 alpha, just next to the objective. A call for broken arrow was approved, 6 rounds HE on target. Upon firing, I noted the fires on the comms, and was told to send again. I sent another 6 rounds he on target. I believe you can see the results in coots' live stream at the time.

While this was happening, 2 MG reams were holding down the north western flank. They say they confimed at least 12 kills between the two MGs alone, but it must have been more than that.

I'll never forget it when @Coots.J called for danger close and was immediately approved by Mackey. And then when they queued up on radio, hearing the splash and hearing another call for fire.

I believe the MG teams held down their lane and my mortars allows the Platoon to Maneuver. Idk how many we killed all told but I can tell you that it must have been enough because we won that match. And I'll gladly do it again.

I believe I have this OP recorded somewhere, never found the time to cut it. But I remember the situation you describe pretty clear. One day I'm going to dig through all my footage...

 

[Coots.J]

Please @Raeder.U I want to see that. Calling that in was my last resort and I remember just hiding inside my building covering the stairs hearing them hit right outside of the building and hitting the building itself.

 

[Raeder.U]

Not a Cav game but definitely a great Cav memory.



Waldie.A Wolfman.C Blackburn.A this was an absolute meme

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Creating this video to promote Operation Tonga was certainly a memorable experience and I couldn't have been happier with the outcome of both the video and the OP which seemed to be overall enjoyed.

Definitely want to do a similar video for a future event OP whether it's WW2 or Vietnam or something else entirely. At this point it's basically a tradition for me to make a video to go along with any special OP I run.
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This was part of an unfinished video I was working on last year to promote B/1-7, however, I never got around to finishing it. I may revisit it one day. It was one of the first projects I started so it's definitely a little rough compared to the video I made for Tonga.




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This was a fun airborne OP that I cut up the jump into a highlight.

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Not a Cav game but once again a good Cav memory. Nexhex.A Storm.A Miller.B Anderson.J

Wish we'd play this again, we clapped enemy teams on the regular

 

[Raeder.U]

Oh, and I'll carry this over from the old thread before the new forums:

Who could forget the danger close napalm run(s) from Operation Poltergeist back in April 2020? I was lucky to have been at the right place right time with the Zeus camera to capture this.

Those of you who were on the ground that day: Y'all went through some sh*t, that's for sure. Phuoc Tuy never forget Coots.J

 

[Blackburn.A]

Oh, and I'll carry this over from the old thread before the new forums:

Who could forget the danger close napalm run(s) from Operation Poltergeist back in April 2020? I was lucky to have been at the right place right time with the Zeus camera to capture this.

Those of you who were on the ground that day: Y'all went through some sh*t, that's for sure. Phuoc Tuy never forget Coots.J

do you have the clip of my scout and his fate after US forces landed?

 

[Kastor.K]

Oh, and I'll carry this over from the old thread before the new forums:

Who could forget the danger close napalm run(s) from Operation Poltergeist back in April 2020? I was lucky to have been at the right place right time with the Zeus camera to capture this.

Those of you who were on the ground that day: Y'all went through some sh*t, that's for sure. Phuoc Tuy never forget Coots.J

I remember spotting that dude and firing the first shot and the cannonade that ensued right after. And as we pushed in, the amount of casualties we patched up and the boys getting stitched, then going back and getting carried back by us medic or the others, some of them 3-4 times, still alive and still going back into the fray.

Insane combat that day.

 

[Luckstone.J]

Regular BF3 Bootcamp where the cadre shoots the recruit..
Rogers.S



It starts with a warcry by Bowmore...

 

[Raeder.U]

I anxiously await stories from the recent Arma 3 WW2 PvPvE OP that happened!

 

[Kastor.K]

I anxiously await stories from the recent Arma 3 WW2 PvPvE OP that happened!

At the veeeery end of the op, right before ENDEX, me and Tharen.R, playing as Finns, are in a building, separate rooms, covering different sides of outside. He has an MG34, I have a Suomi SMG (basically Finnish PPSh). I glance over to the door of my room, which goes out to a corridor connecting all the rooms in the building and see a Russian in his overcoat and fur hat run past my door and into Tharen's room. Tharen's MG34 goes RRRRRRRRRRRRRIP! in the other room and as I jump in, the Russian is dead, Tharen's on the floor wounded and treating himself.

I double tap the Russian for good measure (the settings were such that they enabled getting up pretty fast if it was possible) and go back into my room to cover the other side. As soon as I get in there, three Russians start clearing rooms in our building and notice me. I kill one and two more start flowing in, lining up in the fatal funnels of two opposite rooms. I never stop holding down the trigger, until my 71-rounder is spent and ENDEX sounds.

We had some proper Stalingrad grade CQC!

 

[Wiese.M]

Regular BF3 Bootcamp where the cadre shoots the recruit..
Rogers.S



It starts with a warcry by Bowmore...

Man, that's ancient. Great find!

 

[Lindsay.A]

The Cav equivalent of a strongly worded email.....

 

[Lindsay.A]

I have 3, in no particular order

1. The day one of our newly winged pilots flew with us into Mogadishu, got absolutely BBQ'ed in spectacular fashion and this was created. Sorry no video available as it would be grainy, black and white as it was so long ago. His name was Bickford....and I hear he was delicious, with a smoky rich flavor and was served with a choice of sides.

2. One of the first times Law and I flew together when it got extremely heavy, Some time around Dec 2017 at an SP for 1/2/C/1-7, we did fast rope insert with a Buffalo but lost the Sparrow element in support and so our lone Buffalo spent the entire time in support first doing resupply then dodging RPG's 4-5 which missed us by feet and using M134's(which you will hear as we are flying overhead) trying desperately to hold back the tide as the Charlie element we were supporting ended up getting swarmed unexpectedly by enemy from all sides and had to break contact while taking a heavy fire and dealing with casualties make a fighting retreat up a hill and back down the other side. It was very nasty stuff. I recall they had people manning the Opfor shooting at us with RPG's we were having to dodge, and a few barely missed us, and by barely I mean I saw the RPG coming towards us, made a cyclic and collective change and saw it drift past my window or go between blades. The planned ambush kicks off around 35:30 and it just goes downhill from there. My comments start in the AAR around 1:23:16 and I am flying high on adrenaline.




3. Forsaken Raider one of my personal favs. We were refueling / rearming a Raider during an op when the AH-64 glitched due to a refuel bug and killed/knocked out everyone around. Hilarity ensues.

 

[Storm.A]

I anxiously await stories from the recent Arma 3 WW2 PvPvE OP that happened!

Letter of Condolences

Dear Compatriots,

It is with a heavy heart I write of the loss of your two sons, Lopez.S and Sullivan.A . They, on June 05, 1941, proved themselves true heroes of the Soviet Union and rightfully deserving of Stalin's praise. I would like to take the time, Sir or Madam, to recount their final moments in this letter to you in the hopes the meaning of their passing is immortalized in the hearts of the their loved ones and one day, as the definition of nationalistic sacrifice.

It was a long and bloody day of battle on the snow-filled streets of Alakyla. Bodies laid stiff and frozen in every alley, every corner, and every bullet-riddled home. For some, the soft twinkling of snowflakes and the rolling grey sky would be the last thing they saw. The Finns and Germans had heavily fortified the town before our arrival. MG's, trenches, and ambushes had all been prepared in anticipation of our final push. Securing the road to Murmansk would not be easy, even for us Russians who call the piercing cold of the north home. Our supply lines had long been bogged down by the weather. Men resorted to picking up the weapons of their fallen comrades in order to maintain some semblance of security in these frozen wastes. Stalin saw fit to test our might as our final assault into the town would be powered only by our trusty mosins, a captured Sherman, and the valor of the men that shared our fate.

I, Leytenánt Aleksandr Stormsky, had the honor of leading Russia's most courageous patriots. If everything had gone to plan, it would have played out like this. The glorious Soviet platoon would flank the main enemy front by crossing a critical railroad junction just southeast of their expected position. Once across the tracks, infantry would deploy smoke grenades, followed by fragmentation grenades. This was to allow for movement to the flank of the first set of defenses as well as create separation between our lines. The Sherman would provide suppression for the initial movement and then spearhead the attack into the Finnish infested heart of Alakyla. Hopefully drawing defenders away from their defensive positions so that more men could pour into the flank. The signal to charge through the smoke was a single long blast from my officer's whistle. At which point, we would show them the true meaning of Soviet ferocity. Our objective was to secure the railroad tracks that split the town in two and secure our future advance further into Finnish territory. After steeling the hearts of my men, your sons, with strength to accomplish our difficult task, I ensured them Stalin would look proudly on our actions today. I bid many of them farewell for the last time.

I mounted into the Sherman along with your sons. Lopez was my driver and Sullivan was acting as my gunner. As I slid into commander's seat I gave the order to move to our planned position. The entire Soviet force fell into a line formation as we prepared to cross the tracks. I turned out in order to prepare the signal that would change the course of our slice of the war forever. As the smoke grenades flew out and the accompanying explosions of the frags went out, I held the cold metal whistle in my hands. I looked to my left and saw many brave and...young Russian men. Most of them conscripted into service for the defense of our great federation. In blowing the whistle, I would knowingly send many of them to their end. I reminded myself that these heroes would pave the way for a future in which the world would not be embroiled in a seemingly apocalyptic war. I raised the whistle to my frozen lips and mustered as much air into my lungs as I could. The sharp knives that accompanied that breath would stay in my memory forever. As I blew the whistle as loud as I could, I heard the most beautiful sound any man could ever hear. A resounding "URRAAAA" shook the trees and the stampede of men shook the ground. I was instilled with confidence by my own men, these boys. URRAAAA I yelled out with them. At this moment in time, we fought for our lives, for our right to exist, for the man next to us, we fought...as one mighty bear.

I gave the command to my driver to push us through the smoke, "Driver, forward". Coming through on the other side, we spotted the Finns poking their heads over their trenches.

"Gunner, Coax, Infantry, 262 behind the trenches"
"Identified!"
"Fire and adjust"
"On the way blyat!"

Through my commander's copula I could see Russians charging forward. Some fell, some shot back, and some made a dash for cover. I would never be able to see snow the same shade of white again.

"Driver, forward down this street, we need to spearhead the push now!"
"Moving!"

"Gunner, light up the first story of those buildings 102 with coax!"
"Identified, on the way!"

Eventually, the amount of infantry we ran into became too much. Lopez hopped into the machine gunner's seat, Sullivan stayed on the main gun, and I hopped into the driver's seat. We pushed to the center of town. The objective was within 100 meters. Just when we thought we would see this fight through. A corrupted version of our motherland's right hand appeared, a German-captured T-34.

"Gunner, tank, front! Gunner tank, front!", I yelled from the driver's seat. "Hold on, I'm taking us around them!"

I reversed the Sherman out of the blood-soaked tracks and moved us into an alleyway. We pulled around a corner just behind the T-34 which had secured a hull down position behind some sandbags.

"Gunner, T-34, Front, Fire, Fire AP!"
"On the way!"
"Target...Reengage!"
"On the way!"
"Target...Reengage!"
"On the way!"
"Target...ceasefire!"
"Weapon safe!"

Just like that, their daunting armor had been destroyed. With it, we broke the back of the Finn defensive line. We pushed directly onto the objective with the tank, now 30 meters from our previous alleyway position. We had to capture the point at all costs. Otherwise, all the lives lost today would have been in vain. As we stopped on the objective area, I ordered Sullivan to stay on the gun and shoot at any Finn he saw. With that, I hopped out of the tank and bid my crew farewell. The next moments were a blur. Grenades went off all around us. I blacked out from one of the explosions. I awoke to the scene of Lopez crawling under the Sherman. He was trying to find cover from the hail of Finnish bullets. He managed to stay alive while capturing the zone objective. Following his lead, I ducked behind some burnt wooden crates in the center of the tracks. One side covered by a flat railcar and the other the most sturdy crates I could've prayed for. More explosions, the screams of men, the ricochet of bullets. Sullivan had not stopped firing the coax since I had left the tank. Just then, the Sherman received a volley of Panzerschreck rounds. It went up in flames, her crew killed instantly in the blast. It all seemed futile in the end...but then...

Opfor have captured Objective B

In our last desperate attempt, we had secured victory for our dear Mother Russia. Without the aid of your sons, the roads to victory might have been completely filled in with snow. Though the cost came at a high price, know that your sons paid the cost valiantly and in doing so, proved themselves to be deserving of eternal paradise.

In all seriousness, this OP was great fun. I think PvP is really what Arma was built for. For the 7Cav, it provides an opportunity to test our skills in the most rigorous setting possible. I thoroughly enjoyed this operation and hope more people get into TvT aspect of the Cav. It's where heroes are made.

 

[Baeder.S]

There are 2 little anecdotes I would like to tell (back from my Arma 2 days).

1. B/1-7 Company FTX - I crewed the Gunner position in the Platoon Leader Tank. We approached a valley and my TC spotted a Tunguska and ordered me to fire. I followed that order, fired at the Tunguska... and at the same moment, an M1A2 exploded on the other side of the valley. Guess what - my Sabot round passed right through the Tunguska and had enough energy to kill a friendly tank. So always check your ammo and your field of fire

2. Operation Tiger - my 2nd OP in the Cav. Amphibious Assault, our LAV's were stationed on a Carrier Deck, waiting for air transport. During the first transport flight, the chopper got shot down. So we had to wait. We sat on that deck for 30 minutes before everyone realized that the chopper respawn was bugged. So we were ordered to drive the LAV right of the deck, which I did (I was the driver). It took us 45 minutes(!) to reach the shoreline, another 15 minutes to get to the actual battle. We fired 2 shots and then - ENDEX. On paper, it was the most boring experience you can have - but I had the time of my life crewing that LAV with Richards.D. I still think very fondly about that night.

Other than that, even with all that drama, I am involved in sometimes - I have more good memories about the Cav. And I am not finished creating them