November 1987 - The WARSAW pact is becoming unstable in the midst of economic crisis. Civil unrest among the population in the pack is becoming an increasing issue for the Soviet Politburo. With some of the Baltic's states starting to revolt against the central government in Moscow. Many revolts, harshly put down by the Soviet Government. As some of the revolutionaries even asking out to the United States and other Western Powers for help...With the West only able to condemn the Soviet brutality.



January 27th, 1988 - A Flight of two West German Luftwaffe F-4F Phantom II’s stray close to the Fulda Gap in a usual Air Patrol pattern they briefly make a dash towards the border just trying to harass their eastern counterparts. However an SA-11 Battery lets loose a full Salvo of SAM’s at the flight knocking the flight lead out of the sky and damaging the number 2. The crew of the lead ejected and drifted over the inner German border. The pilot was pronounced dead by the Soviets, but they refuse to return his body and the RIO was taken captive and held for conspiracy and espionage against the GDR and Soviet Union….



February 5th, 1988 - A heated argument between the Soviet and West German representatives over the past weeks events with demands that the Soviet Union return both the body and RIO from the downed German craft, met only with refusal….The West German swore to retrieve both no matter the means….A bold yet foolish threat…..



February 15th,1988 - NATO Satellite and other observation means have noted movement of Soviet forces from the USSR into Poland and East Germany along with strengthening of their southern provinces along the Black Sea. Also an alarming move is all Soviet Submarine forces capable of going to sea have all been deployed in both Atlantic and Pacific bases during this time...NATO forces are recommended to be put on alert and all units in the Atlantic and European theaters deployed to pre defensive posts. Political pressure has only increases over the Phantom flight incident as Moscow has requested their embassy personnel in western Europe return immediately to the Soviet Union.



February 19th,1988 - In the early hours of this cold winter morning Soviet and Warsaw units are observed moving into final assembly areas in Offensive positions. NATO high command orders the execution operation Thundering Arrow, the preemptive strike of strategic Soviet forces and key transportation routes and structures just inside the inner German border. Catching the Soviets completely by surprise (as it so happens to be hours before the planned attack). Only delaying the plan a couple hours Soviet armor rolls over the Fulda Gap and is met by a ready NATO defense….

Young West German Bundeswehr Conscript - At the start is called to his local barracks and deploy to his home region to start construction of defensive positions. Armed with the basics he will defend his home or die in the hell fire.



A Senior Sergeant in the US Army 11th Cavalry - Commanding a M3A1 Bradley CFV is deployed ahead of the main troops defense position, he will be more than just eyes for the whole front by the end of this.



British Army MP station in West Berlin for the local garrison to the city (Being bridge) soon finds himself as a regular soldier fighting for his and allies lives in a surrounded city.



US Army Green Beret inserted into Northern Poland. Tasked to unite with local anti communist guerrilla and disrupt Soviet supply lines into Germany. Supported by the USAF best strike fighter groups, even some know little about...for now



Supporting roles played...AH-64a gunner, F-111F crew member, F-15c, Alpha Jet.

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Fire Arms

Assault Rifles

NATO M16A2

CAR-15 (AKA Colt Commando)

G3A3

HK33

L1A1 (AKA FN FAL)

LA85

G11 WARSAW AkM (Ak-47)

Ak-74

AMD-65

Vz. 58

StG-942

?? Assault Rifle Attachments Grenade launcher

Flashlight

4x Scope

Night vision scope (not thermal)

Red dot scope

SMGs

NATO MP5 (various variants)

Sterling SMG

Uzi

MAC 9/10

Tech 9

?? WARSAW AKS-74u

As Val

Automat M-56

SA 25

Skorpion

?? SMG Attachments flashlight

laser pointer

4x Scope

Night vision scope (not thermal)

Red dot scope

Suppressor

LMGs

NATO M60

M249/Fn Minimi

MG3

LA86A1 LSW

Stoner 63 WARSAW PKM

RPK

RPD

?? LMG Attachments Flashlight

4x Scope

Night vision scope (not thermal)

Red dot scope

Sniper Rifles NATO

M24

M21(aka M14)

PSG-1

TAC-50 (pick up)

Walther WA 2000 WARSAW SVD Dragunov

SKS

Mosin Nagant

?? Sniper Attachments High Power Scope

Night Vision Scope (not thermal)

Shotguns

NATO SPAS 12

Remington 870

Mossberg 500

Jackhammer

?? WARSAW KS-23

?? Attachments flashlight

laser pointer

4x Scope

Red dot scope

Handgun

NATO M1911

M9A1 Beretta

Walther P5

HK Mk 23 WARSAW Cz 75

Tokarev TT-33

Makarov PM

PSM SMG Attachments flashlight

laser pointer

Suppressor

Anti Tank

NATO M47 Dragon

M72 LAW

M80 LAW

AT-4 (M136)

PzF 44 2A1 WARSAW RPG-7

RPG-18

RPG-26

Anti-Air

NATO Stinger

Javelin (manpad) WARSAW Strela

Igla

Portable deployable

NATO TOW

Milan WARSAW 9K111 Fagot

Ground Vehicles



MBT's

NATO M1A1 Abrams

Leopard 2A4

Chieftain Mk.11

Challenger 1 WARSAW T-80

T-80

T-72

IFV's

NATO M2/3 Bradley

FV510 Warrior

Marder 1A3 WARSAW BMP-2

BTR-80

APC's

NATO M113A3

TPz Fuchs

FV432 WARSAW MT-LB

??

Anti-Air-Artillery Vehicle's

NATO M163 VADS

Flakpanzer Gepard WARSAW ZSU-23-4

??

SAM Vehicle

NATO M48A1 Chaparral

?? WARSAW 9K35 Stela-10

??

Utility 4x4

NATO M998 HMMWV

M151A2 (Mutt)

Rover WMIK

Saxon

VW Iltis WARSAW UAZ-469

Aircraft



Air Superiority

NATO F-15C

Tornado

F-4F WARSAW

Su-27

MIG-31

Multirole

NATO F-16C

??

?? WARSAW MIG-29

MIG-23

Ground Attack/Support

NATO

A-10 Thunderbolt II

Jaguar GR.1

Alpha Jet WARSAW SU-25

??

Bomber's (single player/call in only)

NATO F-111

F-117

B-1B

B-52 WARSAW SU-24

TU-22M

??

Gunship Helicopter

NATO AH-64a

AH-1F

Lynx AH

BO105 WARSAW MI-24

MI-28

Transport/Utility Helicopter

NATO UH-1 Huey

UH-60 Blackhawk

Lynx

Puma WARSAW MI-8

Crossover - UK vs USSR: Out Skirting along the Suburbs west of Hanover with the large city in the background smoke rising all around...Flowing out into the surround plains ideal for armored combat.



Spandau - UK vs USSR: West Berlin….crushed and burned vehicles litter the streets storefronts and homes crumbling away. Churches barely still standing….The wall still stands defining the City border.



Fulda - West Germany vs USSR: Small village and countryside near the Fulda gap, still pristine and peaceful.



Hanover Highway - West Germany vs USSR: Along a main Autobahn freeway through the city Germans hold off the Soviet onslaught.



Bavarian Blitz - US vs USSR: In the rolling hills of the Black Forest a small village lies in the center of a valley on both sides heavy woods cover the slopes of the hills other farmland and a creek accompanying the small village in the valley.



Checkpoint Charlie - US vs USSR: At the famous Checkpoint charlie the armed showed down finally happens in the city Streets of Berlin.



Iron Curtain - US vs USSR: Czech border along the West German Border. US Forces push through the defences aiming to take a key Soviet command post.

Hydra Landing: NATO launches a twin landing operation with Royal Marines landing in take back lost ground in Norway and Denmark to VDV and Soviet Naval Infantry forces while a USMC task force lands in Turkey to help reinforce the Turkish forces.



New Weapons & Vehicles.



LMG’s Fn MAG/L7a1/M240

Sniper Rifles M40

L96A1

M82 Barrett (pick up)

Rocket Launcher Carl Gustav

MBT’s

NATO M60A1 RISE

WARSAW

T-55AMV

IFV NATO

LAV-25

FV107 Scimitar WARSAW BMD-2

APC's

NATO AAV7A1 WARSAW BTR-D

Aircraft



Air Superiority Fighter

NATO F-14 Tomcat

Multirole

NATO F-18 Hornet

Ground Attack/Support

NATO AV-8B Harrier WARSAW YAK-38

Helicopter Gunship

NATO AH-1W Sea Cobra

Transport Helicopter

NATO

PUMA WARSAW Ka-29

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Marine Characters,refinement to Weapon Roster, and maps



Renforts: With Soviets rapid across the plains of Northern Germany the French mobilized their forces. With 6 weeks passed since the initial start of hostilities the progressive of the Soviets has came to a crawl as both sides lick their wounds the French finally enter the conflict with rapid moving armor they lead the main effort to deflate the Red bubble in West Germany.



-WIP-

French Characters, weapon roster (Famas?), and maps (Derelict Maginot line ruins?)



Persian Gold: With the conflict now drastically going past the predicted time table and Soviet forces running out of munitions and fuel a desperate action is taken….All along the Iran USSR Border Armor pours into the Persian nation, with Iran already in a brutal conflict with Iraq their military is quickly swept aside by the Soviet onslaught as they reach to join with Iraqi forces to secure the regions oil fields and start a supply line into the Soviet Union….The US is quick to deploy their regions forces and in a miraculous accomplishment negotiate a temporary alliance with Egyptian and Israeli forces working with the US (Although not in direct contact with each other) to disrupt this large free flow of crude to Soviet forces...Little does everyone playing in the sand know Iran has a small glowing “gift” for their new guests.



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Multiple nations characters, weapons Roster (alot of Israeli firearms move from initial post and will be here), and maps (Tehran Highway 1988?) NATO launches a twin landing operation with Royal Marines landing in take back lost ground in Norway and Denmark to VDV and Soviet Naval Infantry forces while a USMC task force lands in Turkey to help reinforce the Turkish forces.New Weapons & Vehicles.WARSAW-WIP-Marine Characters,refinement to Weapon Roster, and mapsWith Soviets rapid across the plains of Northern Germany the French mobilized their forces. With 6 weeks passed since the initial start of hostilities the progressive of the Soviets has came to a crawl as both sides lick their wounds the French finally enter the conflict with rapid moving armor they lead the main effort to deflate the Red bubble in West Germany.-WIP-French Characters, weapon roster (Famas?), and maps (Derelict Maginot line ruins?)With the conflict now drastically going past the predicted time table and Soviet forces running out of munitions and fuel a desperate action is taken….All along the Iran USSR Border Armor pours into the Persian nation, with Iran already in a brutal conflict with Iraq their military is quickly swept aside by the Soviet onslaught as they reach to join with Iraqi forces to secure the regions oil fields and start a supply line into the Soviet Union….The US is quick to deploy their regions forces and in a miraculous accomplishment negotiate a temporary alliance with Egyptian and Israeli forces working with the US (Although not in direct contact with each other) to disrupt this large free flow of crude to Soviet forces...Little does everyone playing in the sand know Iran has a small glowing “gift” for their new guests.-WIP-Multiple nations characters, weapons Roster (alot of Israeli firearms move from initial post and will be here), and maps (Tehran Highway 1988?)

Just a theroy and roughly fleshed out concept for a Battlefield 1988 (alternative history setting). I will continue to work and improve on this list ect. Keep in mind going broad, specially with NATO where a multi national alliance has many different weapon systems by their countries (For now focusing on USA, UK, & West Germany). As for Soviet weapon systems....the USSR mostly supplied the WARSAW pact and little deviation for the most part (I know there are some).ROSTERDLC's-WIP-Multiplayer MapsDLC'sSoviet CharactersEct.It is late at this time I will continue to work on this idea as times goes on. Give some feedback here!