as much as I despise origin this is the one thing i own on it
because you can get the entire C&C collection on origin for about $20 whereas on steam its like $15 per offered game (unless there's a sale)
if you like the series and don't mind biting the bullet you can get the rest that way
granted I didn't buy it on origin i bought the case in store that came with soundtrack and found out after the fact that it was an unlock code on origin
I don't know if you still can, but it's free on origin (some steam alternative **** program). My pc worked fine with that version, they probably made it compatible with the newer OS's in that release. RA2+YR for free
Don't know why people hate origin.. I got RA2 and YR from it but it doesn't properly function on mine I get sound and a black screen on menu I can hear the options when I move my mouse over them but can't see ****
oh i dont mind about all that,when i play games i just want to have fun,if you haev world in conflict you should try the WIC: Modern Warfare Mod,its really great
Probably never since NATO has nothing to offer to finland that could benefit finland.
Military bases and high quotas would only put russia in pre-emptive mode.
Sweden and Finland has a deal that if they were to join NATO they have to do it together. If I remember correctly Russia is Finland's biggest trading (or one of) partner and if Finland joins NATO Russia will sanction them. Sooo Sweden and Finland will not join NATO until they feel an immediate threat or Finland find trade elsewhere.
I guess if Russia invades. If Russia doesn't invade (which they wont, why would they, they're not that stupid), then probably never. Though I'm not a politician so what do I know.
At least if would be a army filled with U.S.S.R. crap.
I did not see a single T-14 or T-15.
Quite a few U.S.S.R. air vehicles.
They have a large army, and a lot of money in it. But with how Russia is going right now. I don't see them as large of a threat to the world as many people say it is. The only thing I'd be worried about is nukes.
Not to get you riled up or ruin your joke, but there's a good reason Finland won the war against the soviets.
You see, Stalin wasn't too nice of a guy, and before that war decided to purge most high ranking officers to evade treason or an uprising (those with any skill or brain were thus eliminated) meaning the armies Finland fought were so disorganized, without supplies or proper command (such as no winter clothing), that it was no surprise Finland won.
Of course, Staling quickly realised this and learned from his mistake.
Right now, with wars fought by drones and airstrikes, i doubt Finland will stand any chance against Russia alone, but then again, i doubt the world is just going to stay and watch as Finland is being invaded.
The Russian ground forces is in just as much dissray as it was during the purges.
Due to widespread corruption and hazing. Infact it's so bad that conscripts are being sold into sexual slavery while the senior staff is looking the other way, or in some cases orders it. Then you have a air force, which on paper looks good. But in reality, is rusting away, as they lack spare parts and simple maintaince.
Lastly you have alot of equipment, which is over 25 years old.
While it is still capable weaponry, it is widely outdated compared to the western standards.
Just so you know, i'm not Russian, which you seem to be implying, i'm Dutch.
to answer your retort, yes, i know the Russian military is far from as great as they look, but even putting all those factors in, Finland on it's own will succumb thanks to the amount of Russian manpower, this does not imply i'm predicting it as an easy war.
Aamuja. T: II/15 C-Gonakuski P-kausi on oikeastaan intin paskinta aikaa, mutta se menee aivan täysin siivillä, kun koko ajan on niin paljon tekemistä. E ja J kaudellakin aika menee nopeasti, koska pääsee yleensä tehtäviin mihin on halunnut.
Oh don't worry, this time there is no Stalin to execute competent officers by the hundred in his "great purge" and the conscripts are not from the warm parts of the Union with no winter survival training.
>Trigger Discipline
>Boots pretty well polished
>Uniform on point
>Pulling security even while taking a picture, watching for enemy snipers
-Not having black box on his eyes
Finland was HIGHLY pro-Nazism and Pro-Germany prior to World War 1. Hadn't they been part of "Russian sphere of influence" during the treaty between Russia and Germany, they would have allied with Germany most certainly.
Stalin realized this was a threat to St. Petersburg which is ******* close to the Finnish border, so he decided to take the part of Finland close to St. Petersburg. It wasn't in order to take over Finland, at the time Finland didn't have a lot of valuable **** for Russia, though if they allied with Germany the Germans would suddenly have a huge landmass bordering Russia in the north, with their territories in Eastern Europe as well they could launch a blitzkrieg literally across all of the European-Russian border, which would have left Soviet destroyed, France-style.
Finland, having recently seceded from Russia (1917 I think, this is straight from my head and is most likely 100% wrong, but around that year) wasn't too keen on giving Russia back Finnish territories, as the Finns at the time had just gone through 500 years or so under Finland, and another 100 years or so under Russia.
Russia naturally knew what this would mean to their side. Finland was likely to ally with Germany, and Germany would get access to the Finnish-Russian border. Stalin realized that Finland or England was going to capture or impose some "Defended Neutrality" on Norway very soon, (which was the correct assessment as both Hitler and Churchill had definite plans on taking over Norway) and sent troops into Finland, attempting to copy the German blitzkrieg. Stalin failed, naturally, as the Soviet generals could only dream of having the experience, expertise and knowledge the Germans had (side effect of Stalin killing anyone with the mind of a tactician) and a bloody war ensued where the Finnish were winning on one front (the one front the Russians wanted to take) yet losing on all other. However with an influx of support from "Volunteers" from Scandinavia lead to new expertise and experience on the Finnish side, who then decided to use ski in their war against the Russians. The result was devastating and the Finns were pushing on all fronts. Yet they knew it was futile and decided to surrender conditionally and give Russia the territory they were after.
So no, Russia's goal wasn't all of Finland, it was to scare Finland into submission, which they succeeded in, and to keep them away from Germany, which they also succeeded with. (The Finns were certain the Germans would assist them in their war against the Soviet Union. Even if not officially, the Germans didn't, which quickly killed any pro-nazism Finland had.) So the Russians won a pyrrhic victory.
At the same time, the Finns won the war yet lost the battle. Russia was the laughing stock of the world, having failed so miserably in the winter war, despite securing victory. What was expected to last for 5 days ended up lasting 3 months.
Just a history bachelor sharing some insight on the whole thing.
Okay nice bit of info there. "But" that part of the Russians just trying to scare the Finns into submission and pushing the border, I don't buy it.
After all the historians and veterans I've talked to, it was Stalins goal to retake all of Finland to the Russian mainland, just like it was before the tsars fell.
Finland was a neutral country, a very smal army, they had nothing of interest of expanding their territory. All they asked for was peace and independence.
Hitler in the begging had nothing of interest in Finland either, it wasn't until after the winter war Hitler saw potential of having Finland as an allied in there assult on the Soviets.
If the Germans wanted Finland in their upcoming assault on the Soviets before the winter war, they would have aided the Finns already then.
Germany didn't add Finland to their arsenal due to the treaty they made with the Soviet Union where they "divided" Europe between themself. Russia was quite insistent on Finland being part of the Soviet sphere of influence. And because even if 60% of Finland was pro-nazism, they weren't pro "Let's succumb to Germany".
Look, War isn't video games. There's very, very few leaders in the past century that has had the "I must take over X in order to increase my borders!" mentality. Finland had literally nothing of value except a huge border towards Northern Russia.
"Finland ceded territory representing 11% of its land area and 30% of its economy to the Soviet Union.[44] Soviet losses were heavy, and the country's international reputation suffered.[45] While the Soviet Union did not conquer all Finland, Soviet gains somewhat exceeded their pre-war demands."
Just gonna quote this from Wikipedia. Yeah, the Soviets ****** up pretty hard, but they still won in the end. It just cost them much more than anticipated.
Are you saying the Soviets won, when Finland manage to fight of the aggressive invader, outnumbered 10 to 1 and keeping their independence as a democracy and a free nation?
Maybe on the "Paper" the soviets won...
But even if the Finns did lose soil, money and lives, they manage to go out as "Victors" by keeping independence and freedom against those odds. And against such an enemy, the victory is even greater.
The numbers doesnt matter. The only thing that matters is what the terms of the peace were. And the terms of the peace was that the Soviets won and gained territory. Sure, they lost a ******* of troops - but so what? Soviet could replace the men they lost, and Finland needed every single one. That's what Soviet did against Germany. The Germans were killing heaps of them, but they kept on coming - and the Germans couldn't replace the men they lost and thus the Red Army swarmed into Germany like ants to sugar.
Their demand wasn't just a "piece" of land by "moving" the border. The Soviets main goal was to take all of Finland, They just wanted to find an excuse for a reason to invade them....
Hey man, this might be out of the blue, but I hope you stay safe. I don't know you, but I truly hope you never have to use that rifle. Stay safe. Stay smart.
lmao they kinda succeeded, the only finn that shoot some russians where simo häjä and without the tremendous help from sweden you'd speak russian today.
Daily reminder that Finland has been rightfully swedish clay for more than 500 years.
Lol, are you actually trying to say that Sweden actually fought in the war? Check your facts buddy, you guys bent over and got ****** in the ass like the pacifist faggots you are.
I find if fun every time a Fin complain that Swedish people can't understand how it is losing terretory to Russia. Well i have just one awnser for that one. Offcorse we do. We lost Finland to Russia.
This is a huge troll, but.. You do mean, that thanks to the Nazi Germany, our allies at the time and their machinery, AA-weaponry they gave us and showed how to use? You Swedish ***** dont have anything anymore, except muslims.
dude, do you even know how many soviets died durning winter war? 321,000-363,000.
Simo Häyhä killed total 700 men under 100 days. Still that is quite impressive for 1 man.
I'm a russian living in germany and I have nothing to do with the country I was born
but damn...
The russian military brings this special kind of pariotic feeling I don't want to have
I'm part of the US military, and I kinda wish we could just team up with russia and royally **** up ISIS. Not saying that either of our countries arent capable of doing it by themselves. But overkill is best kill
That is a shame. US and Russia have their differences but last time they teamed up it was epic, pretty sure there were games and drinking parties between allied troops at the end of ww2. now those same armies dont like each other
It could have been so beautiful. Oh well, pretty sure Russia's military can take them on alone aswell. And that's probably what they'll do if the current trends of military presence in Syria continue.
Nah, the Cold War ended. The Soviet Union were defeated, but the US made the mistake that they thought the anti-West sentiment ended with the cold war. It was still there, and as Russia was helped back to its feet and they grew stronger a new cold war emerged.
My father knew the man, was in the military with him and went to medical school with him. He never wanted to be the president, it was his brother in line next but his brother died so he was kinda forced to be president because of the whole regime thing. He's mainly a puppet to the advisors, a lot more complicated than that but I'm trying to be as simiple as possible. He sent his military to protect a group of Christians from a terrorist attack, but of course the American media doesn't want you to know that. Under the Assad regime there was peace with Christians and Muslims in Syria. ISIS is ******* things up with it.
That's my impression too. The Assad regime made it so there was peace and secularism in Syria. However, it was still a dictatorship - and thats why the Arab-spring wave hit the country, and when that wave was built up under by western pro-democracy policies its no reason the war is dragging out. Unfortunately, the civil war also brought forward the rise of ISIS.
They are modeled after katushas and im assuming they fire Grad rockets. And you ******* name it they are innacurate as all hell but lay down a blanket of fire
For anyone wondering, he says "Ukropy, this is for today's bus, for all those civilians." Ukropy is how Donbas' separatists call pro-Kiev/pro-Ukrainian soldiers/people. Ukropy (plural) -> Ukrop (singular). Ukrop (Укроп) means literally Dill, as depicted on the pic. It's a mocking name.
>Russia is kebab free
Wut
>>According to the data of the 2010 Census, presented above, 88, 26% of the people who stated them ethnicity belong to traditional Christian ethnic groups, 10.90% belong to traditional Muslim ethnic groups and 0.84% belong to traditional Buddhist, Jewish and other ethnic groups. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Russia#Religion
The Russian Chechens and Tajiks are sure as hell white than whatever ********* the britbongs keep importing. And I mean if not russia ther are plenty of other slav nations that are Kebab free.