Things Id Like to see in 2017

[av8rmongo]

I would like to see the BW Dingo and Mungo.

[av8rmongo]

Thinking about the Patriot system reminded me that we should also be asking for HAWK / IHAWK systems. With the plethora of FS SAM systems adding these seems to make sense. Would be useful in AIW, Iran/Iraq, and CW Europe.

[chrisswim]

AV8,
I am with you for the Dingo, Mungo, and certainly the Patria AMV.
We have access to several different Patriot manufacturers, so would prefer GHQ produce something else. Give me/us more options.

[Brutzel]

Thales - RAPIDFire 40mm Multi-Role Ground-Based Gun System

[Waddell]

Amending my previous response, I would really like to see the following items added to the GHQ catalog:

1. Engineering vehicles:
a. MICLIC trailers - these could use the trailers already in production with jeeps but
could add the filled trailer bed and the launching rocket framework.
b. Trucks with Tornado minelaying units. As an alternative the mine launching beds
could be sold as a separate package and the beds could then be mounted on
other already existing vehicles. This would require the open bed trucks requested
below.
c. An idea that would make excellent boxed sets would be modern bridges such
as the ERBS and/or others.

2. Soft skin vehicles:
a. Trucks with open beds.
b. HMMWV's with LRASS units for Recon sections. GHQ already makes the
HMMWV's and they already make the LRASS units for the Stryker Recon
vehicle. This idea requires no new molds!

3. Infantry:
a. There is now a serious need for ISIS Heavy Weapons. This would include
MG's, Stinger/SA-24's, Mortars, etc.
b. Modern Artillery Crews, particularly for the U.S.
c. Engineers - stands should include minesweepers, emplacing/removing mines,
mine sniffing dogs, guys with shovels, etc.
d. Cold War U.S. and European troops with M-14's and/or FN-FAL's.

4. Miscellaneous
a. Kit bashing kits such as weapon spurs that can be added to the already
excellent Toyota P/U sold under the Third World Warriors.

I'll probably think of more later...

[chrisswim]

Waddell,
You are correct on the LRASS and the Stryker Rec/Cav. I have married the LRASS and the Hummv, usually an M60 MG variant.
I like the idea of MICLIC trailers, Tornado minelaying.

Great idea!!

[whoa Mohamed]

Please Cold war British inf with SLR.
British Cold war scout helo wasp.
Spartan Milan compact turret MCT
Abbot 105mm Sp artilery.
Chieftian repair and recovery vehicle.
Challenger repair and recovery vehicle
Samson armored recovery vehicle .
Heck a warrior recoery vehicle while your at it ...

[CDP]

Good point Whoa Mohamed. Cold War Brits is soft hats would do for Aussies in Vietnam as well and half a dozen African nations at the same time. I am still hanging out for the following...

WW2 Engineer Troops all nations
Wasp Carriers
Windsor Carriers
Mortar carriers
Land Rover 110 soft top - fitted for Radio version with antenna mounts on the sides & Battery bays

ISIS Heavy Weapons is a must. I am a bit disappointed with some of the other "Bad Guy" Heavy Weapons sets. An RPG is not a heavy weapon. It is a normal "Squad" weapon as such. Having read after actions reports of Fallujah and the insurgents basic sections was 4 men. Leader with a AK, 1 with RPG 1 with a PKM & a sniper with a Dragunov.

A Heavy Weapon is a 120 mm mortar or a recoil less rifle. Its great having Bag Guy targets to shoot at but in real life they don't just stand up in front of tanks waiting to be rolled over. Even back in 2002 AQ were using ex Soviet Howitzers against US forces in Afghanistan. Now that is a heavy weapon.

[Waddell]

chrisswim makes a really good point and we can use both his any my requests to suggest how to add GHA product lines with minimal additional molds.

Suggestions:

1. HMMWV/LRASS units - combine the LRASS spurs from the Stryker Recon vehicle with the basic HMMWV model. All sprues are already in production, it's just combining them a little differently.

2. MICLIC launchers - You already make the trailers for the U.S. Jeep/M151 lines. It's the same basic trailer. Make a new sprue for the V shaped rocket launcher array and bundle it with the trailers and HMMWV's or Trucks for an instant kit. Just making the flat bed trailer w/out wheels would allow us to kit bash them onto the M1 ABV's just like the U.S. Army does.

3. Tornado Minelaying vehicles - Make a new mold for the flat board with 20 launchers on it. Combine this with your basic truck beds and/or Huey helicopters and you have a new product line for very little effort.

4. M113A3 w/out additional armor. Make the Israeli Tamuz missile launching vehicle without a hole in the top to mount the launcher. Instant new product line. Of course, we could and have bought these vehicles already for conversion but, just sayin'...

[Hoth_902]

I would love to see the following:

Vehicle stowage bags and spare equipment like wheels for WWII and modern. Nothing looks cooler than a tank loaded with extra equipment.

Vehicle decals for both modern and WWII....wider selection of numbers, small flags, and unit markings like those found on German tanks from WWII.

modern tank transporters

[Brutzel]

Wehrmacht '47 Timeline?

US 155mm SUPER HEAVY SEMI-TRAILER TANK

[Donald M. Scheef]

re: US 155mm SUPER HEAVY SEMI-TRAILER TANK
Do you mean the one with a nuclear reactor as the power plant?
I have a vague recollection of seeing something like this in the popular press about 1955 or so. Do you have any links to references?
Don S.

[BurtWolf]

Train cars - flats, armored, engines, etc. They really add to a game at least scenery wise.