IRA vs British Army and Security forces addons

[swift88]

im considering to build the lynx......... the puma and wessex helicopters would be good, because they where al invloved in Heliops in N.I including eagle patrol, which flew ahead of another road block to corner the  "terrorists" and be deployed very quickly........ LOL the closet thing to a tank deployed was the humber tank............

[Noel_From_Ireland]

Hello, I was the one that founded this thread because I thought it would be very interesting. I cant make stuff it was just an idea that I wanted to share with the people here. Ive had some real life difficulties and so havent been around alot.

Swift it would be great if you started to build those models. In my lifetime I have spotted all these choppers and I have taken other things from documented materials on the troubles:


-= Choppers =-

Westland Wessex(Used for Patrols and transport) (not active no mores)
Gazelle (Used for Patrols and still are for that matter)
Puma (Transport and still active to this day)
Lynx (Patrols)
Civ Helechopter (PIRA liberated one in order to retrieve its P.O.W'S from a jail in the republic of ireland - the mission succeeded)

-= APCS and other land vehicals =-

Saracen (nick named "The Pig")    (Disconinued 1990+ ?)
Armoured Landrover (Green | British Army)
Armoured Landrover (Grey | Royal Ulster Constabulary)
Year 2000+ Armoured Landrover (White | Police Service of Northern Ireland)
Pick Up Truck with Rear Mounted Heavy Machine Gun (PIRA)
Van with Internal Rear Mounted Heavy Machine Gun (PIRA) (used in Co.Derry)
1960 ~ 1993 Civ Cars


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Judging by the Progress of Online OFP maps - editing techniques have really got very far indeed. It now appears to be possible to completly remake maps and there building locations and I dont see why villages and citys in the North of Ireland could not be re-made on the OFP maps and They wouldnt even need to be accurate.

If they were to be made they would need to be big but tightly built towns and stuff because the Provos wouldnt fight out in open areas unless you count Crossmaglen and other nightmare locations that proved impossible for the British Army to operate in.  

The Uniforms still need to be made and this would include:

RUC uniform/s
British Army uniform/s
Uniforms for the rebels: (they all weared different stuff I bet)
-Balaclava
-Camo Top
-Blue Jeans
-Black Berry - but only if your gonna make an IRA Guard of Honour uni.
SAS uniforms
Civilian Uniforms

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There ya go - maybe somebody will have a go at making it someday, you have ripped the backside of it when it comes to other wars so why not try this regardless of the fact that half of you are upset on the subject.

I can supply the music for the mish's - Im from here afterall. I must know and have about a thousand songs about the troubles:

- Some songs about troubles and how awfull it is.
- Some about the IRA and its history
- Some about the people
- Some about Ireland and its history in general.


Good Luck
Noel Craig

[Lt_Phoenix]

A Puma with Brit camo and markings is definately needed since it seems that no Mods are going to be making it. The Puma was'nt used by the Brits in the Falklands, so I doubt that the " Falklands Mods will be using any time and energy on it, and I doubt that UKF will be making due to them focusing on infantry, vehicles and tanks. (From what I've gathered).

MLV Mod (Campana Malvinas) made some choppers and troops for their last demo release. You can search the official forums for them. Only problem, is that they're added to the East side. I'v edited the configs for my own use, but can send them by e-mail if anyone wants them.

I made some civvy IRA blokes a while back for my own use (basicly BIS civilians with BIS weapons and added to East). I also made some 14th intell blokes too (Man 5+6 with all kinds of small arms made by SJB, Crime City Mod and others). If anyones interested, I could send them by e-mail too.

[Bruce Banner]

I served in Belfast and lost friends on the island. I am not offended in any way by this subject and think it would be good for both the community to understand more about the troubles and good to play out missions within the game.

[swift88]

lucky enough, the puma was used in green camo for the gulf so i dont have to worry about that....

[Bruce Banner]

You could ask those nice French chaps if a re-texture of the one they released is possable?

[bigdog632]

HEY!

How about finally making some molotov cocktails?

Could use a modified napalm script, and some new nades that looked like bottles...

amen

[swift88]

you also forgot the saxon apc which was used in N.I

[gundam007]

Even though the conflict does not directly affect me over here in america, and I have not heard of the many tragedies, I want to hear its story. I am too young to have heard of the major combat, but a mod would honor and represent everything that happened in the conflict
ps. was that apc that is on fire bombed?

[Bruce Banner]

 saxon

[swift88]

thats is where all the petrol bombs have been thrown (NI wasnt the best option in terms of posts)



NO BIG problems........ OMAGH bombings was of the bad ones (IRA)........................ Bloody friday being another....... I think it would be distressing to include these events, but i feel that it should be remeber in in kind of fictional way in comparision to its real aspect, only making made-up missions, so the public dont feel too distressed............
i would say its more of a civil war, with them throwing stones at us and petrol bombs (apart from the IRA which had guns and big ones at that) instead of heavy combat

[swift88]

cough ---------
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just started
dont forget the SLR and the riot gear.........
ps. if some-one started a mod based on N.I give me a shout

[sgt-franko]

ok well it seems theres enough interest to actually start on this IRA mod so lets get down to it.

in the interim\
the "gimbal tossers" would make good stone throwers
the BIB PARAS are good models of the UK paras
The ASF terrorists look very IRA like with balaclavas and such.
all we need is the saracens and a wessex or 2

ill have a go at a short para patrol with a sniper  or similar and stick it up here when its done.
lookk towards the end of the week
perhaps those interested could join together in IRC one evening/morning to discuss it etc.

sgt-franko

[swift88]

sounds good...............saracen already constructed and ready for texturing.........wessex not far off from developing, however i dont want my models building up, (like in the past for myself) just need to build a turret and its ready for texturing
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[swift88]

im really getting into this......... errrrrrrr we need some cars too ....... like the old fords etc which would be lurking about then, as well as the houses with the loyalist paintings and IRA paintings on the houses as well as these observations posts..................