Erex

Only few things to say to this: SBS ans SAS guys: well done, as usual  As far as i know when soldire recive congree medall of honor muss every soldier salute him first (it doesnt depend if the beares is pvt and the 2nd soldier genreal). Does anyone know anything closer about this?

I promised to put here some pictures i shot here it goes: Blackhawk down........eeeh takeoff (i shouldnt watch the movie anymore) AH-64 Apache on full speed NOE (nap of earth). Another blackhawk landing. Me (on the left) covering my mens undercover roping. Undercover roping II. Undercover roping III. Apache waiting on FARP to hot rearm. Overall shot of base I. Blackhawks and toilets  Overall shot of base II. Apaches and HQ  All pictures was taken with Pentax MZ-7, with 300mm scope on Fuji 400 film. Estimated average distance 300+ m.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Oligo @ Mar. 26 2002,12:34)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I don't know what kind of festivals you have been in, but I doubt you'll experience the feeling of a combat webbing eating your shoulders, the way your rifle feels in your hands or the sound of an artillery bombardment in the background in a music festival. Then again, I've never been to a music festival. Â <span id='postcolor'> LMAO Â Same by me. I dont have so cool army experienceses but i feel it in same way Oligo

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Pete @ Mar. 26 2002,10:57)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (theavonlady @ Mar. 26 2002,10:43)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">So many pics! Ban him, Placebo!<span id='postcolor'> lol..hey, i quess he also exceeded the 100 k limit! nice pics exex, whats the white thing in that guys mouth in undercover 2...icecream? <span id='postcolor'> No, its not icecream its light on the ground behind dim (we was on bridge)

So somethig to clear this thing: Fins are mostly nonmoveablle But theres canards on the front of the bombs whic trun or spin the bomb so can easily chnge direction of freefall/glide. Fins/wings are used to give stabilty and some lifting power too. LGB are excellent performers in dive deliveries initiated from medium altitude. A steep, fast dive attack increases LGB maneuvering potential and flight ability. Medium altitude attacks generally reduce target acquisition problems and more readily allow for target designation by either ground or airborne designation platforms. Medium altitude LGB dive delivery tactics are normally used in areas of low to medium threat. www.fas.org

It does look so COOOL. BUt can i have some question? Why shoudl be UN using Mi-24 helos? For vehicles thaht are strictly offensive does UN use camo not white color. Dont get me wrong i really like you work

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Espectro @ Mar. 17 2002,21:41)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Btw. can u send me some uruquaj (beer) from prague? I know its not spelled like that, but its really some fine beer, that we cant get uphere in denmark :/ I promise to send some carlsberg in return!!!<span id='postcolor'> NO problem i think i can send 6 bottles pack but need some postal adress to send to :-) (but im not sure what about customs) Btw its Pilsner Urquell (its in german and its from times when Habsburks ruled us) IMHO are czceh beers worlds No. 1 Â Btw i prefer Heineken than Carslberg, but Carlsberg is ok too :-)

Hmm really weird im in the credits too

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Im talking about armour being useless becuase of the boggy ground<span id='postcolor'> This is exactly that what im talking about, lack of HEAVY FORCE just lot of "cannon foder" Â SO it involve lot of loses on lifes But its "fair" war, cause you have chance to react (i know that every was is unfai) The true story of heroism for me is defense of South Georgia, falklands dependancy, defended just with 22 Royal marines: Â ...the Argentines were shocked to find out that it had only been a force of 22 Royal Marines that had almost destroyed their invasion plans and damaged their frigate. Â Because of this the Royal Marines were treated with great respect by their captors... source: http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Falklands/South-Georgia.html It was war but soldiers are not machnies they act like humans: Mills (britihs commander) advised Astiz (argentinian commander) that his men had heavily booby-trapped the jetty. Astiz asked that Marine Daniels ( who had placed the booby traps ) would care to remove his unpleasant surprises. Daniels obliged although it was contrary to the Geneva Convention. The only British casualty, Corporal Peters, was taken aboard the Bahia Paraiso and received expert treatment from an Argentine doctor on board

IMHO Falklands/Malvinas war not so low technology conflict. It was low intensity conflict (no actions against mother lands, operation just on relatively limited area(i dont min the rumors about Rio Galegos) with relatively limited power (NO nukes)), but it wasnt low technology conflict. On both sides was some of the wordls most sophissticated equipment (for example NVS, AA misilles etc etc). British soldiers use they own stuff (Harriers, Blowpipe, etc etc), Argentinians does use equipmnet gained from USA (M-16A1s, AAVP-7s etc etc) and from France (EXOCET).

As a source of imformation for all Britain bassed MODs i suggest Britains-smallwars cause is it most complete online archive. Believe me, i know what im talking about Complete list of conflicts is listed here.

I have already heard about someone doing this mod but dunno anything exact.

Hey folks, i have my weekend house not far from well known czech MTA Doupov-Hradiste (for you not military dudes it does mean Military Training Area), and i have discovered (dont ask me how ) Â that US army (maybe some other NATO armies too) should have there huge exercise (more than 100 days). And because im really interst in USArmy, especialy in military aviation, i want to go there a take few pictures. But i dont want to be shot as spy, so im asking you: Dont you now anyone whos there, or dont you now the exact unit? Cause it will be much easier for me to take those pictures with some kind official permission. P.S. Excuse my english Â

I dont wish to anynone too look at aremd Apache aheading toward him Anyone who does seen this "baby" must agree with me, taht it isnt nice feeling About things include in resitance: Dont forget that Im military madman so i have even on handy stamp: Enemy is listening. So forget the idea about geting anything secret from mee

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (RedStorm @ Mar. 10 2002,20:54)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Say, Erex, this may sound a bit ignorant from my side for not knowing, but what's your job in BIS? Are you a modeller, sound developer, scripter, or somethign else I left out? I'm just being curious <span id='postcolor'> On my contract is graphician. But i participated on orighinal OPF as a Tester/Military Advisor (i was bringing wepons etc etc) Now im in fact 2D/3D artist and Military advisor too (my coworkers call me in joke "green brain"

IM BACK AND ALIVE! I hopefully survived the mission  But there was few moments, when the fun is over  Like when fully loaded Apache is strafing against me. I was sitting in car and just remembering how big thermalsignature my car does have and how its immpsoible to avoid Hellfire  But overall it was GREAT weekend and i promise you to put some pictures here as soon as possible. Â

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Frag Haus Capt Morgan @ Mar. 07 2002,10:01)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Erex here is an Idea haveing participated in many military excercises. Look technicly you guys are now military contractors. So that gives you well not the right. But the possability to contact your military liason and ask him to set something up.They usual have no problem with it. Trust me nothing like them bringing a bus load of military contractors into a satcom vehicle that is this big []. Â Then they ask you all kinds of questions which you answer in a precise military manner. Â Then they go back to their labs and make something that is totally screwed up and do not listen to you at all. Â For example there is one radio system no lie that some grunt figured out that if you bang on it. It realigns the chips inside and works perfectly again. No lie. Then you tell them stuff like this and they shake thier head and go on thier merry way. Â Thinking you are nuts. But when the manual is updated. Sure enough in troubleshooting section. "BANG ON THE BLAH SYSTEM TO REALINE CHIPS". Any way try contacting your military liason you should have one. Explain what you want to do thier. Well don't say you just want pictures. But you want to view the equipment to see if how it works in real life or some other bs. Lay down some computer mumbo jumbo on top and you are in like flynn. Trust me I talked to a couple of contractors before and the only reason they actually go on some of these trips is to get rides in choppers or other military vehicles. Hope this helps you!<span id='postcolor'> ALMAO :-) txh pal

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">madmike Posted on Mar. 07 2002,006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Erex, how did you manage to get a job as a military advisor? my life revovles around anything "green" and after I have served for a short time in the British Army I would love to be an advisor for a game. Please could you answer this, I would love to know <span id='postcolor'> I have found 2 years ago a topic on czech offline chat about that few peoples are reating really cool game I asked which weapns should be include and tehy told me XXYYZZ, i asked why not ABCDEFGHIJKMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ They asked me if i could get those weapons So i taky our family car and load it with weapons and come for 1st time to BIS, then i come second time with weposn. Then i was enlisted as tester (i participated already on EU release) Im graduated 2D grphic/DTP So i tried to do some textures, my first task was instumental panel and HUD of Suchoj Su-25 (sukhoi) and textures for Ch-29T (television guided rockets on Suchoj). Then come the Ch-47 (whole instrumnetal panel (i saw the 'Nam era movie about maintance of CH47 1000 times cause i haev no images of HDD)) Now im working on lot of things to DDisk but its classified now so i should wait until its released :-)

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Your armoury? Hang on, do you have those guns (MC 51, Ak 74 etc.) as airsoft guns, deactivated ones, or real ones?? <span id='postcolor'> AS guns: AEGs: AUG MILITARY AUG POLICE AKSU-74 AK-47 SIG 550 M16 A1 VN(vietnam) and my most favourite MC-51 AS handguns: (*gas blowback) Glock 17 Berreta 92 FS* HK USP deactivated: Sa Vz. 58 (czech assault rifle) Sa Vz. 58 V (paratroper version with folding stock) Sa Vz. 61 Scorpion PPS 43 (russian WW2 SMG) And I have some real ones too but Im under 21 and thats the age required to hold the guns here in Czceh republic so i gonna shuttupp unitl i got permission to have gun

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Ex-RoNiN @ Mar. 06 2002,20:15)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"> Nice MP-5 Yours? CA metal body maybe? At the moment I am still renting guns from the skirmish sites ,but I have my eyes on a P-90 (can you put it into OFP pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee). I might go for one of CA's full metal M-16 "A3"'s though, if they are good quality As for the header- I didn't know it was you   I always wondered who did it, but I never bothered asking... I can't travel either at the moment University is expensive enough as it is If I find the money I'll drop you an email though <span id='postcolor'> No thats not my MP5 A4 PDW :-) I have MC-51 cuase as my friends from czech CT unit says: I dont prefer those "gayish" 9mm, i chamber 7,62 x 51 Do you know that lot of wepons used in OFP was from my armory (the famous AKSU-74 Krinkov too  Yes the actual OFPN header(winter) is made by me (same as christmas/newyear header), the other great headers was made by Seventh. I have idea to make HUGE european AS exercise (to train together), but more GI than AS (Hope ou now what i mean , but i want on holiday take trip around europe so theres a chance to meet in UK

I should maybe get my tools of trade with me on that exercise :-) 4AndyZMTAs in Poland are huge but im talking about "live fire area" Believe me i have this inforamtion form NATO HQ Â Ex-RoNiN Do You know that im OFPN header artist? Look on my tag in upper right corner For me is it in UK really expensive , why dont you get few of your friends and dont come to Czech Republic? Â

Doupov-Hradiste is biggest livefire MTA area in europe (except navals). It does have 140 sq.km overall. 30 sq.km are for coordintion areas, that does mean: Get from A to B and shot anythnig you encounter. And there is separate aircarft and artilery shooting range, and EOD areas. Lot of fun on really small area

I have already particiapted on few  military exercises in MTA doupov, so i think o know the are like noone other. I have few army and CT experinces too (even grwoe in Airswoft :-), so im better then James Gastowski (btw my position in BIS is 2D/3D Artist - Military Advisor) Im too not so young as it looks (in fact im 21 (almost  so im not "horny" to die on shooting range cause im so stupid i run into live fire exercise :-)

So here is the picture i promised. Enjoy. P.S. I must repeat that it doesnt have anything to do with my work in BIS.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"> RalphWiggum Posted on Mar. 05 2002,22:13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- eh....you know...live targets ARE very tempting....... My suggestion is that you contact whoever is in charge of MTA and ask them to findout where you can contact to meet(or get permission of) US troops. If possible, do it as a representative of BIS, citing that you guys are the ones behind OFP/VBS. By this way, I hope they will be nicer to you. If you are just a civilian, they will not be happy, but if you are some mil sim dev team, they wouldn't mind(my guess). Of course, you need to talk to your people at BIS first to get things straight. <span id='postcolor'> 4RalphWiggum Thx m8 excatly my opinion :-) I have ofiicla permission to enter to MTA but i have now realized tah it have expired in January :-(( 4Pete:No i have meaned MTA its a acronym for Military Training Area