Forum:FSB

Wanted to point out that I edited the page for the Internal Troops. It could problably be cleaned up a bit (now that I think of it, it might of been better for a trivia section) but I had to point out that there can be no definate answer for the identity of the force. I personally think the page should be titled FSB instead of Internal Troops.

What I pointed out is that IW didn't really get their facts straight, and not only mixed up the emblams and such, they combined 3 difference forces. For example:

The police vans that they show up in at the airport read ФСБ on the sides, which is cyrillic for FSB. Also, besides Makarov calling them FSB, which some could argue that he might of misidentified the enemy, it can be noted that if you read the newspaper clippings in Makarov's estate, the press also states something along the lines of "the corpse of an American was identified at the scene by members of the FSB, beleiving to have ties to the CIA..." On another hand, the patch on the left shoulder reads Внутренние войска, cyrillic for Internal Forces, and is the actual patch worn by members of the Internal Troops. Besides that, the right shoulder patch is the white griffon on black, which is the unit patch of the supply units of the Russian internal troops (which is ALSO incorrect. It should of been the white Falcon on black background, which is the unit patch of the Moscow region of internal troops. The airport was in Moscow.) There isn't much reason for the supply units to be called into action for counter-terrorism.

Lastly, the gold/black patches on their back and breast read МВД РФ, which means MVD RF. These patches are not worn by members of the Internal Troops. МВД РФ patches are worn by units such as the OMON. The internal troops wear patches that read ВВ МВД, or VV MVD.

Since IW completely screwed that one up, I think the article should directed as the FSB, like it is stated in the game. That is what they were intended to be, but it seems there wasn't enough research put into the unit names and IW ended up using the wrong patches for everything. Even if it was meant to be Internal Troops, they have the wrong unit patch.