Imshi-Yallah

thanks mate thats halved my download time.

Whats the fastest current mirror and how fast can I expect to download it on a 512mb connection? Im in Ireland.

Wohoo 32Bn reenactments here we come

How can people not want some sloppy troops for realism?

As anyone with any military experience in a line unit can tell you, no matter how buff slick and warlike their army was the combat service support personell always look like a bad practical joke, monkeyish in appearance with uniforms that appear to have been dressed by some sort of anti-Sergeant Major. I for one am sick of ambushing convoys and raiding commcens or supply dumps staffed by warlike properly dressed pride of their nation soldiers...lets see some crap sloppy unfit looking combat service support personnel for the sake of realism, and revenge!

Hmm , dunno if they would rope in from such a big bird ? Would you want to fastrope from a hovering warehouse with downwash several times that of a blackhawk or Puma? Its purely a logistics bird anyway,

apparently nothing in their webbing, some sort of repellent field between their ankles in barracks, a tendency to take umbrage with the same accomodation everyone has had to live in because they're "Techs" its the same the world over

You have favourite episodes of red cap? Are the pintle mounts ever used for Minimis on the general service LRs?

Just got back into OFP after a couple of weeks of disinterest thanks to these, I spent most of tuesday night messing about with the desert 110s and the ADF pack on Tonal. Tonight I had fun getting my British infantry platoon ambushed by Serbs at a roadblock and then chasing them down with the mag armed landies. Much fun and stress relief, I thank you sincerely

Guess that leaves little room for further input. We are always open for what you guys think. The Fal is a very long weapon even with its stock folded down. BUT it is the best option we have in our opinion No AFV crew could use an FAL, we had trouble dismounting from Nissan patrols with ours (fixed butt) a carbine or SMG would make sense, Uzis are going pretty cheap nowadays, even more so now that Israel is retiring them, also Carl Gustav Mk45 SMGs are a possibilty although with th stock folded out its basically the same length as the FAL.

Mate I did a thread a few weeks back on generic opfor, theres some good ideas in it if your still looking for inspiration.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v163/Imshi-Yallah/Congotest4M3.jpg Addons used: Sebnampack2, WWIIEC British pack, I44 Demo, BAS Tonal Tango pack, Y2K3 Mod.

continued

Very impressive, will these buildings be functional as part of islands or will they have to be placed in the editor

Please stop making irresistably good addons before my computer explodes. Just out of curiosity is it possible in ofp for the helicopter to be less damaged by hits to certain areas: for example if I fire a heat round into an Mi-26s cabin IRL it will probably just put a hole in the chopper and pass through, could this be replicated in OFP or does collision detection only allow for simpler equations?

Sorry I know they're boring pics but Im on such a big congo buzz at the moment and theres so few photos out there. Ireland was still a 3rd world country back then so cameras where not common

Another far reaching innovation. Will the machine gun posts be vehicle class? i.e. You can "this moveingunner MG2" them?

This mod still rocks

Well there were plenty of belgians with the katangans... Well I did a bit of fiddling about last night and the results are visible in the Combat photography thread, basically so far I've taken the Seb Nam soldiers and given them WWIIEC Enfields and Brens and the SebNampack M45 SMG. For an island I'm using Tonal and the Government forces are pretty decent stand ins for the katangans with FALs and MAG58s, other details as I find them. Edit: Im looking into some minor retexturing to create an addons pack, if I conclude theres enough interest (Swedes?) I'll proceed to put together a mini campaign for Congo nostalgists. If any mods dealing with the 50s and 60s have stuff that might be relevant that would be great.

I was thinking of making some Congo missions from the 1960s and am looking for enough addons to make a credible imitation of the Irish troops that were there, the Katangans they mostly fought (with white mercenary leaders) and some of the UN support. What Im looking for to start are: Lee Enfield N04 rifles Gustav 45 SMG Bren Gun Ferret scout car M8 Greyhound Swedish fighter known as "Flying barrel" M113 suited to the period (Ireland was briefly supplied with 11 petrol engined early model M113s) Scania APC In and ideal world a Ford MKVI armoured car, Im definite theres no such addon because Ireland was the sole manufacturer of this vehicle and the only other users were the Congolese national army after we left them ours. Troops that can pass for Irish (US lightweight OG jungle fatigues and M1 helmet) preferably with no national markings, also troops that could pass for the swedish contingent with the Swedish army's small arms of the time. Finally the best island to represent Congo please post links. Cheers Imshi-Yallah

continued Addons: SebNamPack2/Y2K3 mod/ BAS TONAL pack/WWIIEC British pack. Edit: Images resized, with apologies to all

Irish UN Troops on routine patrol in Kivu province come across a Katangan Incursion (Congo 1962)

Thanks for the help folks

Well how about someone knocks up a few vehicle classed static defensive structures and posts? Is it possible and would it be making a worthwhile contribution to gameplay.

I was thinking of the following; the main goal being to allow the easy creation of defensive positions on the battlefield. Section Trenches: 1 man shellscrape rifle, 2 man shellscrape MG 2 man shellscrape AT/K Support weapon Trenches: 3 man HMG pit 3 man ATGM pit Vehicle fighiting positions: MBT hull down APC hull down Field gun pit Fixed fortifications HMG sangar Blockhouse Guard tower with MGs I dont know if your interest went that far Klink but I reckon this pack would pretty much cover a good sample of defensive positions and allow players to throw down good missions in the editor with relatively little hassle or effort.