Ability to sling load ground units (light vehicles, mortars and such)

[sirrah]

It would be beyond awesome if modules like the Huey and Mi-8 would be slightly more useful in battle...

 

Please ED, consider implementing the ability to sling load light ground units like a mortar unit and the ZU-23.

 

In addition, as @159th_Falcon listed in this thread a few years ago, there are more vehicles "light" enough to be sling loaded:

 

Spoiler

 

According ingame encyclopaedia;

M1025 HMMWV (does not have weapons)

Empty Weight: 2855 Kg

Max Load: 1135 Kg

Total: 3900 Kg

 

M1043 HMMWV (1x 12.7mm M2 Machine gun)

Empty Weight: 2855 Kg

Max Load: 1135 Kg

Total: 3900 Kg

 

M1045 HMMWV TOW (1x TOW ATGM Launcher)

Empty Weight: 2855 Kg

Max Load: 1135 Kg

Total: 3900 Kg

 

UAZ-469 (unarmed jeep)

Empty Weight: 1490 Kg

Max Load: 695 Kg

Max loaded weight: 2290 Kg

 

M1097 Avenger PMS (low level air defence system)

Combat Weight: 3900 Kg

 

 

By now, that list can probably be expanded

 

 

This promises to become a wonderful year for us chopperheads. With a bit of luck, more and more people will start flying choppers and MP servers will focus more on helo OPS. With the Hind and the Apache on the horizon, I'm afraid though that the Huey and maybe the Mi-8 (I hardy ever fly the latter) will become even less useful than they are now. Which would be a shame as that nimble UH-1 is just so much fun to fly once you master it.

 

I know lots of missions these days have the CTLD script implemented. Obviously this is better than nothing, but apart from it being unrealistic (it's not really sling load, but just some extra weight), it also is limited in its capabilities. For instance, once you've travelled 15nm to unload a mortar team, if that team happens to be slightly placed wrong (out of line of sight) it won't do anything and the player has to go through another 30nm to try again...

Would be great if we could just pick that unit up again and relocate it.

 

Also, it would be a great sight on the battlefield to actually see transport choppers sling load cannons and other weaponry, in-between all those AH-64's and OH-58's 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 23, 2021 by sirrah
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[Northstar98]

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I would absolutely love this in DCS, and it would provide an actual practical/functional reason to sling load stuff - it would, as you said, be beyond awesome!  

 

Right now you have to use a scripted workaround, which you mentioned.

 

 

PS. For the spoiler, highlight all the text and click on the little black eye symbol in action menu in the editor.

Edited March 23, 2021 by Northstar98

[Silver_Dragon]

That ability has present, but has bet on the "To-Do" list, not bad if ED can "recluit" more personal to improve that logistic/transport question on the core.

 

Edited March 23, 2021 by Silver_Dragon

[Northstar98]

It would also be better if we had more units that could be sling loaded, I'm pretty sure Rapier can be sling loaded, but there's also things like more towed/portable artillery of which there are numerous examples for both REDFOR and BLUFOR.

[Silver_Dragon]

A inacurated and very "bizarre" look on some "dinamic campaigns" has the "deploy" of heavy equipment by helos (SA-6, MLRS and tracked artillery), only to make "Quake servers". Not bad if to deploy forces, not make inacurates only to the playabity.

Edited March 23, 2021 by Silver_Dragon

[sirrah]

I expect the main problem will be AI behaviour during and after sling loading. So far we can only pickup static stuff. I imagine it needs some proper new coding to have a ground unit recognize that you want to sling load it, be passive during the entire transport and become active again when placed on the ground and given an activation order.

 

Nonetheless and as said before, with the major upcoming helo expansion, I'd personally think it would be worth investigating the options