Combat Mission: Shock Force

Shock Force cover

Combat Mission: Shock Force was the first game in the series which used the new CMx2 engine. It was released in July 2007. For the first time in the series it was possible to play in real time. The classic WeGo-mode made a comeback in a patch.

General Information

The backstory of the game takes place in the summer of 2008. After a terrorist attack the Coalition forces, led by United States of America, invaded Syria in order to locate and punish those responsible. Task Force Thunder was given the most important task: to slice trough Syria with maximum speed in order to seal off pockets of resistance for other forces to mop up.

The game has a distinct East vs. West feel to it. Syrian forces have old Soviet equipment like AK-47 rifles and T-72 tanks at their disposal. West is represented by the U.S. Army in the base game and uses equipment like M4 rifles and M1A1 Abrams tanks. Unconventional forces are also represented in the game.

Equipment

US Army

Small arms

• M4A1 Carbine
• M4A1 Carbine W/M203 Grenade Launcher
• M249 Squad Automatic Weapon
• M240B Machine Gun W/Tripod
• M110 sniper
• M107 sniper
• M136 AT-4 rocket launcher
• Javelin Anti-Tank Missile System
• M67 grenade

Armored Personnel Carriers

• M1126 Stryker Infantry Combat Vehicle (ICV)
• M1127 Stryker Reconnaissance Vehicle (RV)
• M1128 Stryker Mobile Gun System (MGS)
• M1130 Stryker Command Vehicle (CV)
• M1132 Stryker Engineer Squad Vehicle (ESV)
• M1134 Stryker Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM)

Infantry Fighting Vehicles

• M2A3 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV)
• M3A3 Bradley Cavalry Fighting Vehicle (CFV)
• M7A3 Bradley Fire Support (B-FIST) Vehicle

Tanks

• M1A1HC Abrams
• M1A1HC SA Abrams
• M1A2 Abrams
• M1A2 SEP Abrams

Light Vehicles

• M1114 HMMWV
• M707 Scout HMMWV

U.S. Air Assets

• AH-64D Longbow Apache
• OH-58D Kiowa Warrior
• F-16CJ Fighting Falcon
• F-15E Strike Eagle
• A-10 Thunderbolt II

U.S. Artillery Assets

• M777 Howitzer (155mm)
• M109A6 Paladin (155mm)
• M224 Light Mortar (60mm)
• M252 Medium Mortar (81mm)
• M120 Heavy Mortar (120mm)

Syrian Forces

Small arms

• PM Pistol
• AKM assault rifle
• AKMS assault rifle
• AK-74 assault rifle
• AKS-74 assault rifle
• AKS-74U assault rifle
• AKS-74 assault rifle W/GP30 grenade launcher
• RPD machine gun
• RPK machine gun
• RPK-74 machine gun
• DShKM machine gun
• PK machine gun W/Tripod
• PKM machine gun W/Tripod
• NVS machine gun
• SVD sniper rifle
• RDG-5 hand grenade
• RPG-7V1 rocket launcher
• RPG-18 rocket launcher
• RPG-29 rocket launcher
• SPG-9 recoilless rifle
• AGS-17 automatic grenade launcher
• AT-3B/C/D anti-tank missile
• AT-4A/C anti-tank missile
• AT-7 anti-tank missile
• AT-13 anti-tank missile
• AT-14 anti-tank missile

Armored Personnel Carriers

• BTR-60PB
• BTR-60PBK

Infantry Fighting Vehicles

• BMP-1/BMP-1P
• BMP-1K/BMP-1PK
• BMP-2
• BMP-2K

Tanks

• T-54B
• T-55 1970
• T-55 1974
• T-55MV
• T-62 1972
• T-62 1975
• T-62M
• T-62MV
• T-72M (early)
• T-72M
• T-72M1
• T-72M1V
• T-72M1V 2001
• T-72M1V TURMS-T

Light Vehicles

• UAZ-469B
• BRDM-2
• BRDM-2 ATGM
• BRDM-2U

Syrian Artillery Assets

• M-46 Field Gun (130mm)
• D-30 Medium Howitzer (122mm)
• 2S1 M1974 Gvodzika (122mm)
• Type 63 Rocket Artillery (107mm)
• BM-21 Rocket Artillery (122mm)
• M1937 Medium Mortar (82mm)
• M1943 Heavy Mortar (120mm)

Modules

Three modules were released for the game.

• Marines (September 2008)
• British Forces (August 2009)
• NATO (October 2010)