Feature request: Paratroopers.

[ec-swr]

[dooom]

Ooh - new vids and detail from liveleak:

Russian Airborne Forces*

The VDV is unrivaled in the world in force projection, Russian airborne unit's deploy both armored fighting vehicles and heavily armed soldiers to form a fighting force that is second to none.

The ability of Russia's airborne military to present a sizable armored force first makes it unique.

 

The modern VDV uses a plethora of lethal weapons and armor to achieve its objectives.

Armor:

- BMD-1M (Infantry fighting vehicle fitted with a 73mm smooth-bore gun)

- BMD-2M (Infantry fighting vehicle fitted with a 30mm automatic cannon, and 9M113M guided ATGM)

- BMD-3 (Infantry fighting vehicle fitted with a 30mm auto-cannon, and 9K111 ATGM's)

- BMD-4 (Infantry fighting vehicle armed with 100mm, and 30mm cannon's and 7.62mm coax.)

- Sprut-SD (Light tank fitted with a smooth-bore 125mm main gun)

- 2s23 "Nona-SVK" (Mortar vehicle fitted with a 120mm gun mounted on a BTR-80 chassis)

- 2s9 "Nona-S" (Mortar vehicle fitted with 120mm gun)

- BTR-80 / BTR-80A (Armored Personnel Carrier fitted with 14.5mm heavy gun or 30mm cannon)

- ASU-85 (A self-propelled gun system armed with an 85mm main gun)

- bagi niva рда-1( 2-x Machine gun kord a 12.7mm)

- Kamaz, Ural, and GAZ (Transport trucks)

 

 

Weapons:

- AK-74M (Main assualt rifle)

- AKS-74 (AK-74 with skeleton stock)

- AKS-74U (Special purpose assault weapons with shortened barrel)

- RPK-74 (Light machine gun)

- PMK "Pecheneg" (7.62mm general purpose machine gun)

- Dragunov SVD (7.62mm snipers rifle)

- GP-30 (underbarrel 40mm grenade launcher)

- AGS-17 (Automatic grenade launcher)

- RPG-7 (Russian: РПГ-7,-32) is a widely-produced, portable, shoulder-launched, anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade weapon.

- IGLA 9K38 Man-Portable Air Defence Missile System.

- Rocket Flamethrower Shmel-M

- anti-tank system KORNET -E

- anti-tank system METIS M-1

 

 

 

Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c61_1364144917#MoIWOrkxglZ8lsDP.99

[dooom]

...still begging for some news... Is the issue Perhaps that it would be too many objects? I.e. our frames would die as per tzer's discoveries?

[159th_Falcon]

...still begging for some news... Is the issue Perhaps that it would be too many objects? I.e. our frames would die as per tzer's discoveries?

 

Don't care, still want it. Also a bit surprised that ED hasn't even reacted to this whole thread yet.

[sorcer3r]

.... and dont forget civilians, plz.

[shagrat]

^ this +1!!!

[dooom]

Shameless bump for my greedy objectives. Lets fill the skies with chutes!!!! CA gameplay at a whole new level.

[Backy 51]

For now, could we at least get a single bundle CDS delivery capability so we could at least have a "job" for AI C-17s and C-130s? One CDS chute (G-12D) and pallet can't possibly be any worse of a frame rate hit than multiple illumination bomb/flares can it? C'mon code monkeys, free bunch of bananas to the first deliverable mod!

 

:doh:

[dooom]

[dooom]

I still want, want, want paratroopers in this game!

 

The ability to compliment gameplay across all modules is absolutely immense! From Russian VDV operations through simulated Korean or WWII insertions... If the Mission editors could "load" the requisite AI with infantry and equipment then this could even bring a HUGE compliment to Combined Arms.

 

Yes... I know I necromanced my old thread but heck - i see some pretty solid validations as to why this would be nothing short of awesome in some of these responses.

 

perhaps now that the modules have grown, this might be something that can be debated again??

 

:thumbup:

[Boomer20]

They could be part of the "period ai" units that come with the Normandy Map?

[NineLine]

I still want, want, want paratroopers in this game!

 

The ability to compliment gameplay across all modules is absolutely immense! From Russian VDV operations through simulated Korean or WWII insertions... If the Mission editors could "load" the requisite AI with infantry and equipment then this could even bring a HUGE compliment to Combined Arms.

 

Yes... I know I necromanced my old thread but heck - i see some pretty solid validations as to why this would be nothing short of awesome in some of these responses.

 

perhaps now that the modules have grown, this might be something that can be debated again??

 

:thumbup:

 

+1 on this, I am hoping once the new skeletal animations come in we might see more of this stuff...

[159th_Falcon]

Still a big fat +1 here as well. Together whit a proper AI for said infantry please.

[bugkill]

I don't understand how the dev team did not have the foresight to make the cargo planes have the ability to simulate airborne drops when they have infantry units in the game and a parachute model for ejecting pilots.

 

The game has been out for awhile and by now you would think that they would modify the transport aircraft to allow for this, it will only enhance the immersion of the world.

[Backy 51]

I'm with you Bugkill. I think our only chance of seeing an airdrop parachute object before we all die is for a master modder to reverse engineer the pilot ejection animation and adapt it to an existing payload container ( heck, just use the cargo container that the Huey and Mi-8 can hoist lift.)

 

I don't understand how the dev team did not have the foresight to make the cargo planes have the ability to simulate airborne drops when they have infantry units in the game and a parachute model for ejecting pilots.

 

The game has been out for awhile and by now you would think that they would modify the transport aircraft to allow for this, it will only enhance the immersion of the world.

[sgtmike74]

Heck yeah. Now you could recreate airfield seizures. It would open up many of doors for mission design

[dooom]

 

PPPP-PP-PP-PPPPP-PLEASE???