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[bucket man 2]

Oh man! Those egyptian troops look excellent! Dam am I waiting for these.

I cant believe they are finally close to release. By the way are those egyptians modern troops? If they are modern then I think their uniforms should be green, not yellow. I have a few pictures from egyptian forces in Desert Storm and they all have green camo uniforms. Well all except artillery soldiers, they have a desert camo.

In the 70's however they all have uniform just like that so I presume they are meant to be from the 70's.

And now its time for some questions related to future addons. Do you have any plans to make egyptian M1A1 Abrams in the near future? Whats the status of Merkava MK2 and Centurion?

Oh well thats all for now. Hopefully soon I get to make some good Yom Kippur war missions. Keep up the good work!

[miles teg 1]

You got pics of Egyptians from Desert Storm???  If they are on your computer, if you can please post them somewhere or PM me and I'll send you my email address...or PM Calm_Terror and send them to him because we're having a hard time finding pics of modern Egyptian soldiers.  I trained with them back in 1997 with the US Army and during that time all the Egyptian soldiers I met were wearing desert cammo, and not woodland cammo.

But if we can see pics of them in combat in desert terrain wearing woodland cammo then we can see what type of cammo they are using and then perhaps make those textures.

The units we are making are basically supposed to be general purpose units...to simulate both historic and modern Egyptian forces.  They are not going to be 100% accurate simply because we lack good information on details.  For example we couldn't find what kind of weapons Egyptian commandos use.  I know there is the Maadi rifles (basically AK-47's), and the FN-49 sniper rifle...but aside from those we couldn't find info on stuff like what pistols they use and what, if any, SMG's they have used or are currently using.  

The only purely modern unit we are doing is some Anti-Terrorist Commando units with body armor.  Calm Terror is doing an excellent job on those.  

As for the Sherman tanks, again Calm Terror has done a wonderful job modifying Sturmtiger's WWII Sherman's into a wide range of Shermans used by the IDF.   The markings however changed often over the years.  Look at any set of Sherman pics and you will see a wide range of markings on them.  So no matter which we use, somebody will always say we're wrong.  Because of that we just used some generic markings.  However the roof marking makes sense...but  if you have pics on your computer, again please send them to us so we can see about implementing those markings on updates.  We also have sand textured M1 Super Shermans also by the way.  

Our biggest challenge actually will be our Puma as it still needs some major model modifications to be super accurate...but we may settle for slightly less then perfectly accurate due to the vast range of variants of the IDF Centurion based APC's/CEV's.  

If we had more modellers with more experience, then perhaps we could do a better job at really working on the details of each model to make them perfectly accurate and with tons of different versions, but right now Calm_Terror is doing an outstanding job I think and has really given this mod the extra gas it needed to get these addons out there and in people's hands to play with. But also as time goes on we'll probably play around with the models and update them from time to time.

So hopefully soon instead of screenshots everyone will be able to play with these units and remake historic battles in the Sanai.

OH by the way.... on our Russian tanks... we've been trying to contact the makers of these tanks...one of the is someone named Striker...and I forget the other's name who made the IS2 (I'm at school so I don't have his name handy). At any rate we're currently waiting for permission from them to release ours...also we're waiting on the Invasion1944 mod to give us permisson to use their halftracks. So far no word from them.

Chris G.

aka-Miles Teg<GD>

[calm_terror 0]

also aboot the T34. there is only a slight difference in the turret of the 76 and the 85.. i can make the barrel thicker but right now it is on hold till we have premission, just like the M3.

basical what you see in the Egyptian Tanks is an interal Alpha that i make up and tweak then we test it a little then get premission but till the premission is done it is put on hold and not touched. no sense in doing all this heavy remodeling stuff if they says no. btu once a yes is given then bam i kick into gear and make the models closer and the textures better.

but i am only workign on the troops and puma right now.

i plan on makign a few differnt egyptian camo sets and troop types..

[calm_terror 0]

oh yeha and aboot future armor..

stay tuned.

right now i am finishing up a basic history type arab stuff..

then as I move through there might be a few other things..

[bucket man 2]

Edit: Okay here is some of the photos

This is a reverse side camo issued to commandos and paratrooppers in the 70's and 80's.

Here are pictures from Desert Storm

this picture is a little bit small. If you want I can post a larger version.

Here is a captured egyptian commando wearing the same camo as above. Picture was taken during the Yom Kippur war

This picture was brobably taken in Kosovo where egyptian troops are as peacekeepers.

I will post some more soon.

[bucket man 2]

This is the Port Said SMG which is basically a direct copy of swedish M-45 SMG. It was issued in the 70's to paratrooppers and commandos but I dont know if they still use it or not.

This is the basic desert camo used by modern egyptian regulars

This is the soviet M-40 helmet issued to egyptian troops in the 70's

This camo was issued when egyptian peacekeepers in Kosovo found out that their desert uniforms werent very suitable in that kind of enviroment.

I sure hope these pictures are helpfull as your mod is my favourite mod in OFP.  

[miles teg 1]

Here's a new pic for you all.

It's one of our IDF Sayeret Golany Infantry soldiers wearing a special baggy helmet cover that serves as cammoflage to help to break up the shame of the helmet.  He is also equipped with an M4 with a Falcon sight on it.

I'll try to take some good screenshots of our latest Egyptians with all the great cammo patterns you guys have been helping us with and that Calm Terror is doing an outstanding job on!  

Chris G.

aka-Miles Teg<GD>

[Major Fubar 0]

This is the Port Said SMG which is basically a direct copy of swedish M-45 SMG. It was issued in the 70's to paratrooppers and commandos but I dont know if they still use it or not.

http://img37.photobucket.com/albums/v114/Bucketman2/M-45.jpg

Filo made a pretty nice M45 SMG...

[bucket man 2]

Yes Miles Teg already PM'd me that they are modifying FILO's M-45 a little and using it.  

Oh and that helmet cover looks dam strange. I cant take enemy serious if they are wearing things like that.

[miles teg 1]

Well... every IDF unit will be wearing the clown hat. Just kidding. We'll probably only have one soldier unit in each IDF infantry group wearing that oversized shower cap. LOL!

I just made it cuz I always thought it was a unique form of camoflage and that it would be cool to see on OFP IDF troops.

But no worries, most of the IDF troops will be wearing their regular helmets without those bags on them.

Also, yes we already got the Port Said M45 on our Egyptian soldiers and it works great!

So far we have regular Egyptian infantry, paratroopers, commandos, and Guard units each with authentic uniforms.

When I get back from work I'll try and post a bunch of pics of them.

Chris G.

aka-Miles Teg<GD>

[bucket man 2]

Its brobably good to give that shower cap to one unit per group. Adds atmosphere as in real life all soldiers dont wear the same equipment the same way.

Are you going to make IDF troops generic like egyptian ones? It would save you alot of work and you can always just change weapons to make the suit Yom Kippur war like missions rather that modern day missions.

[miles teg 1]

Yeah... well actually in an individual unit they are supposed to maintain proper a specific uniform as outlined by their CO's, and from what I've seen of the IDF they seem to follow that. However for some operations they may wear the shower caps if their CO or platoon officer decides that they should wear it.

As for specific units, what Calm_Terror cleverly did was make user designated patch textures, so while there is a default soldier patch, a mission maker can use the script that comes in the readme file to set the patch to that of many different IDF units. This saves us the time of having to create dozens of models for tons of different units.

Chris G.

aka-Miles Teg<GD>

[calm_terror 0]

it is not a script it is jsut a setobject texture command

lol

[miles teg 1]

Couple more screenshots of the IDF UH-1N (twin engine variant of the UH-1 Huey) flying over the Gulf of Aqaba carrying a team of commandos into the Sinai Peninsula behind enemy lines.

The second pic is a screenshot of the IDF Naval infantry commando unit: Shayetet-13.

Unlike most IDF units, this unit's standard rifle is the AK-47. This rifle has become a trademark of this unit.

Chris G.

aka-Miles Teg<GD>

[calm_terror 0]

A note abot the S-13

right now the grenadier has an m4 with a m203 on it.

I am working on moding an AK47 with a m203 on it.

yes they really do that.

[miles teg 1]

Pic of new Egyptian infantry uniforms.  These are the standard uniforms worn by most Egyptian soldiers:

Chris G.

aka-Miles Teg<GD>

[CanadianTerror 0]

Will your Egyptian troops come with Egyptian faces or will they be half Egyptian/half Czech looking unless "this setface" is used?  

[python3 0]

haha, the saying under the first picture is perfect. Great cammo's miles. Really looking forward to these units.

[Sgt. Stryker 0]

looks great so far dude, i know its not finished or anything but PLEASE pretty prerrt please put some wrinkles on them mofos, then they would look very very nice. Maybe even desaturrate them a wee bit. Good work.

[ThePara 0]

Are there going to be other IDF SF guys like Paratroopers, Counter-Guerilla, Recon, or Sayeret Mat'kal?

[miles teg 1]

LOL!  Sarge, yeah me and CT were talking about the wrinkles issue.  I'd also like to see them.  The Guard units still have them.  If CT doesn't mind I might work on that a bit...but those details may not be seen until the update after they are released as right now we just want to gets these bad boys looking decent and out in your hands to play with and make missions with.  

Canadian Terror-  Yes the Egyptian troops will NOT require the setface command.  Calm Terror put randomized Arab faces on them ranging from dark skinned Arabs, to more African looking Egyptian faces, to lighter skinned Arab faces.

Here is one more pic:  One of my favorites... and yes I know they need prayer mats but there aren't any prayer mat or carpet addons out there so they gotta pray on the sand since there's no large indoor areas that look like the inside of a mosque. However I did remember to put an Imam in front of the group (the civilian at the steps of the mosque).

The screenshot is from a mission I'm working on.

Chris G.

aka-Miles Teg<GD>

[calm_terror 0]

then in the next scene an IDF Popeye Turbo slams into the ground killing the IDF Target.

Right before 6 hueys drop in 60 paratroopers.

lol

[Donnervogel 0]

heh. I hope you'll be making animations of all the 4 positions of the muslim prayer...

[bucket man 2]

Nice to see that my pics are on good use! Dam I feel so warm inside for helping my favourite mod.  

Those pics are nice and if my eye sight is correct some soldiers still have that old one colored uniform. Thats so good as now we are going to have troops suitable for both modern and Yom Kippur war era missions.

Dam you sure know how to please me and apparently many others. Good work LoBo team!  

Edit: Forgot to ask what anim is that on the oil refinery pic? The guy with the PKM is standing in nice position. Some anims of your own or some unreleased anim pack?

[T.S.C.Plage 0]

Hello all,

I'm T.S.C.Plage a former member of the LoBo-Mod as it was under the lead of Vipersheart.

It's nice to see you keep up the work...I'm looking forward to see your stuff released in closer future.

I found an old screenshot (~2 years old) on my harddisk showing some of the old units...I post it as tribute to Vipersheart's work.

Greetz

Plage