Ballistic Addon Studios Update Thread

[Messiah]

that looks like a cool job  

[Cpt. FrostBite]

And indeed the M60D is the correct name for the aircraft mounted M60, easy enough to tell apart as it has the same arse as the M2 with the two vertical hand grips, the M240 also has a version like this unsurprisingly called the M240D, as seen in the picture above.

The M60E3 is a lightened version of the original infantry M60 (seen in ofp), it was made to fix some of the major faults, however it didnt do its job very well, hence the switch over to the M240.

Ah yes, thank you. Although I believe the latest m60d's were based on the M60e3. It's good to see the m240(d) is in use now. I believe even the Seals use or used the M240. Am I right? It may be out of service already with the introduction of the M249 Mk48 Mod 0.

btw; what's the chopper in the picture?? Is it a HH-60?

[Mr_Shady]

Just a general US Special Forces question...

Why do they call them parajumpers? I thought they were helicopter-based rescue teams, but I'm not well up on US units.

[Eviscerator]

btw; what's the chopper in the picture?? Is it a HH-60?

Yep, HH-60H.

[registered_fugitiv]

Will we be seeing an HH-60H from BAS?

[Eviscerator]

Who knows...

[KyleSarnik]

Whats up with the BAS site anyways? For one thing some of the links for downloads dont work, for example the Demo missions. Plus when I tried to d/l the Kiowa pack the file was corrupt. So I had to find them somewhere else. And there are problems w/ them. Like for one thing the Stinger Missles dont appear on the choppers. Also on the Hellfire/FFAR and Stinger/FFAR Kiowas when you fire the FFARs, the first rocket comes out of the right side, witch is where the rocket pod is, but the rest come out where the missles are, on the left side. I tired to tell you on the bug report page but I didnt get a response, so im not sure if ya know that.

[Cpt. FrostBite]

Just a general US Special Forces question...

Why do they call them parajumpers? I thought they were helicopter-based rescue teams, but I'm not well up on US units.

The first mission that lead to the formatian of the PJ's was in 1943;
On the border of Birma and China 21 guys had to jump out of damaged C-46. The area was so remote, that they could only be saved by a team that would go in by parachute. A few medics went in for the rescue.
In 1947 the US Air Force was given permission to train six pararescue groups. So as you can see the name goes back a few years to a time there were no choppers. That's why the name is PJ.

[registered_fugitiv]

Is BAS still gonna make some PJ's?

[Messiah]

Who knows...

[registered_fugitiv]

I was hoping someone on the BAS team would  

[KyleSarnik]

Whats the deal with the new cargo positions on the littlebirds? And did anyone even read my previous post?

[Mr_Shady]

Cheers Frostbite, I can add that story to my trivia collection now  

[Cpt. FrostBite]

Whats the deal with the new cargo positions on the littlebirds?

As could be seen on the pictures that BAS released, these new cargo positions are a more realistic (and much better looking) animation for the guys on the running boards.

And did anyone even read my previous post?

No

[KyleSarnik]

#1. Anyone know when those will be realesed? It said on their site as soon as the ranger/delta pack was finished.

#2. Come on. Just becouse its long in length doesn't mean its not important   Anyways does anyone know anything about the Kiowas?