I did a search to see if anyone had posted about this already and didn't come up with anything...

Americas Army is a First Person shooter Combat Sim for the PC.  It has been produced and provided for free to the general public for download.  On July 4th the first installment was made available (Americas Army; Recon).

Some of you gun nuts and Military goofballs like myself might get a kick out of the realism of the M16, M249, M203, and other parts of the game.  The full version is due to be released in August I believe.  

This is probably one of the best combat sims I've ever seen as far as realism and authenticity go.  Aside from the targets on the Qualification ranges being Red (WTF?), and a few other things, it's very good so far.  I'm anxiously awaiting the full version release!

You can find out more about the game and download info by going here:

http://www.americasarmy.com

The download is over 200 meg.  Well worth it for the most part.  Start downloading just before you go to bed and in the mornin' you'll have it if you're on Broadband...  maybe by the end of the week on dialup...  [50]

NOVA5 has a thread on it.. like 70 replies also..  search for Americas army going back like 7 days

Here are some threads on it.

[url]http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?ID=130280[/url]

[url]http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?id=129625[/url]

[url]http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?id=129888[/url]

[url]http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?id=129758[/url]

you're always tryin to start trouble!  [:)]