On this date 106 years ago

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30.09.1915. in Serbia
1st airplane in the history of aviation was crushed down by AA gun.
Gunner was Radivoje-Raka Ljutovac.

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And because of this anniversary AAA will be buffed, yes devs?

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The first ever air raid was conducted during the Italo-Turkish War by Italian forces against the Ottoman province of Libya on November 1, 1911 . Giulio Gavotti dropped 1.5 kg of bombs on Ain Zara, a village 8 km west of the capital Tripoli.

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Gib Italo-Otoman war 1911 pls devs.

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Serbo-Turkish war please devs

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Yes, they were use airplanes. And how many airplanes was hited and crushed by AAA??

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I have no idea what that conflict is, but

Yes!

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The Italo-Turkish or Turco-Italian War (Turkish: Trablusgarp Savaşı, “Tripolitanian War”, Italian: Guerra di Libia, “War of Libya”) was fought between the Kingdom of Italy and the Ottoman Empire from September 29, 1911, to October 18, 1912. As a result of this conflict, Italy captured the Ottoman Tripolitania Vilayet, of which the main sub-provinces were Fezzan, Cyrenaica, and Tripoli itself. These territories became the colonies of Italian Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, which would later merge into Italian Libya.

Italo-Turkish War
Part of the Scramble for Africa
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Clockwise from top left: Battery of Italian 149/23 cannons; Mustafa Kemal with an Ottoman officer and Libyan mujahideen; Italian troops landing in Tripoli; an Italian Blériot aircraft; Ottoman gunboat Bafra sinking at Al Qunfudhah; Ottoman prisoners in Rhodes.
Date 29 September 1911 – 18 October 1912
(1 year, 2 weeks and 5 days)
Location Ottoman Tripolitania (Ottoman Libya), Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean, Red Sea
Result Italian victory

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Strength
Mobilisation 1911:[3]
(September-December)
89,000 troops
14,600 quadrupeds
2,550 wagons
132 field guns
66 mountain guns
28 siege guns

Exigencies 1912:[3]
4 battalions Alpini, 7 battalions Ascari and 1 squadron Meharisti Initial:[4]
~8,000 regular Turkish troops
~20,000 local irregular troops
Final:[4]
~40,000 Turks and Libyans
Casualties and losses
1,432 Killed in action[5]
1,948 died of disease[5][6]
4,250 wounded[6] 8,189 Killed in action[7]
10,000 killed in reprisals & executions[8]

During the conflict, Italian forces also occupied the Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea. Italy agreed to return the Dodecanese to the Ottoman Empire in the Treaty of Ouchy[9] in 1912. However, the vagueness of the text, combined with subsequent adverse events unfavourable to the Ottoman Empire (the outbreak of the Balkan Wars and World War I), allowed a provisional Italian administration of the islands, and Turkey eventually renounced all claims on these islands in Article 15 of the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne.[10]

Although minor, the war was a precursor of the First World War as it sparked nationalism in the Balkan states. Seeing how easily the Italians had defeated the weakened Ottomans, the members of the Balkan League attacked the Ottoman Empire starting the First Balkan War before the war with Italy had ended.[11]

The Italo-Turkish War saw numerous technological changes, most notably the use of airplanes in combat. On October 23, 1911, an Italian pilot, Capitano Carlo Piazza, flew over Turkish lines on the world’s first aerial reconnaissance mission,[12] and on November 1, the first ever aerial bomb was dropped by Sottotenente Giulio Gavotti, on Turkish troops in Libya, from an early model of Etrich Taube aircraft.[13] The Turks, lacking anti-aircraft weapons, were the first to shoot down an airplane by rifle fire.[14] Another use of new technology was a network of wireless telegraphy stations established soon after the initial landings.[15] Guglielmo Marconi himself came to Libya to conduct experiments with the Italian Corps of Engineers.

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It’s just nice.
I’m actually learning things in this forum.

I’d be down for such campaign simply because I’m a bolt action enthusiasts, and I’m pretty sure it’s all there would be for infantry (or almost) during that era.

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The Olivetti Programma 101, also known as Perottina or P101, is one of the first “all in one” commercial desktop programmable calculators,[1][2] although not the first.[3] Produced by Italian manufacturer Olivetti, based in Ivrea, Piedmont, and invented by the Italian engineer Pier Giorgio Perotto, the P101 has the main features of large computers of that period. It was launched at the 1964 New York World’s Fair; volume production started in 1965. A futuristic design for its time, the Programma 101 was priced at $3,200[4] (equivalent to $26,300 in 2020). About 44,000 units were sold, primarily in the US.

Programma 101 Olivetti Programma 101 - Museo scienza e tecnologia Milano.jpg\ 250x167

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Don’t worry, they would add Stg there too.

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:scream::scream::scream:

No stg/ppsh/tommy gun allowed!

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Tbh, that would be pretty awesome. I love bolties, i use them even when i have full campaigns levels. They are just very satisfying.
And even lot of people hate them i love Mas-36, sadly it is only in Normandy, and i dont want to play Normandy anymore. :frowning:
But they could do France 1940, i would main France for them!

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I suggested a “Dunkirk” campaign a while back. French forces were heroic (contrary to what some ameriboos who believe ww2 started with pearl harbour say) in protecting the Brits arses during their retreat. They also have very interesting equipment rarely seen in games.

As for bolties, I even ditched some semi autos (!) In Moscow thanks to the new quarry map (it’s amazing, I love it). Bolt actions really shine more than anywhere else in that map.

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I think that Battle for France could cover it whole, as even Battle for Normandy was liek 2 months, that is longer than Battle for France. They could also include Belgians too, at least as premium squad.
And France has a lot to offer, they had a lot of theyr own designs. I would love FM 24/29 MG, MAS 38 SMG and lot of rifles. Even lot of planes and tanks.
And it could be just 20 level campaign or something like that.

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French tanks were in fact VERY good for that time. It’s their doctrine in using them that prevented their full potential… I’d really love such campaign.

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Yeah, exactly. German tanks of that time are nothing impresive, unless we talk about tanks they stolen in Czechoslovakia. But theyr modern tactics and surprise winned them that battle.

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French vs German tanks in first person would be interesting now, seeing as French tanks typically had 1-man turrets.

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