LOST BROTHERS ADDON PACK

[Burris]

Don't you think the Egyptians would deploy their abram's if they're going into conflict with Israel?....

[Miles Teg]

Oh yeah absolutely. ***Egypt is actually producing the Abrams M1A1 tank in Egypt now under license. *** These would be a considerable threat to much of Israel armored forces and a fairly good match to the Merkava Mk3. ***The Merkava MkIV however...nobody knows how much armor it has, but from pictures it looks to be extremely heavily armored, possibly even more so then the M1A1 tank. ***But its unknown whether or not it could survive a hit from 120mm tungsten AP SABOT round (I don't think DU rounds are being sold to Egypt).

The M1A1's also have excellent ballistics computers for very accurate long range gunnery. ***It is a far cry from the old T-55 and T-62's that Egypt used in past conflicts against Israel.
So I think in any future war, due to Egypt's changing military structure and due to American training and equipment, the outcome of such a war would be uncertain. ***

In the next update pack, we will try and release our Merkava Mk2 tank and our Egyptian M1A1 tanks along with other stuff.

Oh...but if you are criticizing the mission well I only didn't include the Abrams because they are not ready to be released just yet. Also, under the current peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, Egypt is not allowed to have heavy armor near the borders with Israel. Instead the Sinai is divided up into several zones and the UN oversees this treaty insuring that it is followed... so heavy armor would not immediately find its way to the Eastern areas of the Sinai. It would likely take several days for the heavy armor to arrive due to many reasons including air strikes destroying key bridges across the Suez and due to political reasons.
In the campaign (which won't begin with this mission) the IDF originall begin conducting raids into the Sinai in order to attack terrorist groups who are mixed in with civilian populations of some towns in the Sinai and covertly supported by the Egyptian Army. This gradually escalates into a mechanized war but with neither side employing heavy armor in the hopes of keeping the conflict low intensity. But with the IDF decision to capture the entire Sinai peninsula in an effort to bring the war to a decisive end, the Egyptian forces respond with a full scale counter-attack to halt the Israeli advance towards the Suez canal.
The mission depicted in this demo is simply the opening stages of this war in which small fast lightly armored mechanized forces are moving to capture towns before Egyptian reinforcements can arrive. The Israeli armor is generally very slow and can not keep up with the rapid pace of the attack. The heavy armor will arrive in the next mission following this one in which IDF forces will move to capture the areas North and South of El-Thamed while reinforcing El-Thamed. In the meantime the Egyptians realize that they must use their airborne infantry forces to disrupt Israeli supply lines and to try and retake El-Thamed. During this time Egyptian heavy armor is sowly getting across the Suez via floating bridges with lighter forces crossing in Egyptian M113's.
There will also be an air war as soon as we get our IDF and Egyptian F-16's done.

Chris G.
aka-Miles Teg<GD>

[sgtkill]

and when will that bee....??? lol well i like the pack anyways might be the best one i saw but theres a couple of bugs but i can look past that so i give that pack a 8 out of 10

[DracoPaladore]

Jusy FYI, found another bug.

Pressed V to look through sights of the VSU, and my entire screen was filled with a pinkish red.

[Miles Teg]

Yeah Uzi found that one yesterday also. Fortunately most players probably won&#39;t be manning the Egyptian AA guns, but still, I&#39;m pissed that I didn&#39;t catch that before we released it as its a pretty obvious bug (that and the Egyptian flight crew with the face cammo uniform. LOL&#33
Anyhoo... the Zsu has already been fixed (and the pilot as well) but we&#39;ll be releasing the fixed pbo&#39;s in with the upcoming tank pack which will also have updated infantry as well.

Chris G.
aka-Miles Teg<GD>

[colossus]

I do not know if this bug is already reported
but here it is anyway:

If you turn the turret on the rocket luncher
on the Egyptian side, this will happen to the radar anime.

And why don&#39;t the Israeli soldiers have HD like Egyptians have?

[Burris]

Oh yeah absolutely. ***Egypt is actually producing the Abrams M1A1 tank in Egypt now under license. *** These would be a considerable threat to much of Israel armored forces and a fairly good match to the Merkava Mk3. ***The Merkava MkIV however...nobody knows how much armor it has, but from pictures it looks to be extremely heavily armored, possibly even more so then the M1A1 tank. ***But its unknown whether or not it could survive a hit from 120mm tungsten AP SABOT round (I don&#39;t think DU rounds are being sold to Egypt).

The M1A1&#39;s also have excellent ballistics computers for very accurate long range gunnery. ***It is a far cry from the old T-55 and T-62&#39;s that Egypt used in past conflicts against Israel.
So I think in any future war, due to Egypt&#39;s changing military structure and due to American training and equipment, the outcome of such a war would be uncertain. ***

In the next update pack, we will try and release our Merkava Mk2 tank and our Egyptian M1A1 tanks along with other stuff.

Oh...but if you are criticizing the mission well I only didn&#39;t include the Abrams because they are not ready to be released just yet. ***Also, under the current peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, Egypt is not allowed to have heavy armor near the borders with Israel. ***Instead the Sinai is divided up into several zones and the UN oversees this treaty insuring that it is followed... so heavy armor would not immediately find its way to the Eastern areas of the Sinai. ***It would likely take several days for the heavy armor to arrive due to many reasons including air strikes destroying key bridges across the Suez and due to political reasons. ***
In the campaign (which won&#39;t begin with this mission) the IDF originall begin conducting raids into the Sinai in order to attack terrorist groups who are mixed in with civilian populations of some towns in the Sinai and covertly supported by the Egyptian Army. *** ***This gradually escalates into a mechanized war but with neither side employing heavy armor in the hopes of keeping the conflict low intensity. ***But with the IDF decision to capture the entire Sinai peninsula in an effort to bring the war to a decisive end, the Egyptian forces respond with a full scale counter-attack to halt the Israeli advance towards the Suez canal.
The mission depicted in this demo is simply the opening stages of this war in which small fast lightly armored mechanized forces are moving to capture towns before Egyptian reinforcements can arrive. *** The Israeli armor is generally very slow and can not keep up with the rapid pace of the attack. ***The heavy armor will arrive in the next mission following this one in which IDF forces will move to capture the areas North and South of El-Thamed while reinforcing El-Thamed. ***In the meantime the Egyptians realize that they must use their airborne infantry forces to disrupt Israeli supply lines and to try and retake El-Thamed. ***During this time Egyptian heavy armor is sowly getting across the Suez via floating bridges with lighter forces crossing in Egyptian M113&#39;s. ***
There will also be an air war as soon as we get our IDF and Egyptian F-16&#39;s done. ***

Chris G.
aka-Miles Teg<GD>

No wasn&#39;t criticising the mission, I just thought that the representation of the Egyptian forces was kind of skewed. But I dont have a very vast knowledge of that whole regions military force.. I just knew that the Egyptian army is becoming quite modern.

[Miles Teg]

and when will that bee....??? lol well i like the pack anyways might be the best one i saw but theres a couple of bugs but i can look past that so i give that pack a 8 out of 10

The armor pack will be released soon as the Egptian M1A1 and the Merkava are in final stages of completion. Actually the M1A1 is I believe ready (oh except perhaps for one roadwheel texture that needs to be adjusted). The Merkava just needs its M240&#39;s fixed up, the commander&#39;s hatch fixed and possibly a few more detailes added to the cargo compartment where infantry (usually including the player) will be spending alot of time riding around inside.
LOL&#33;
Aside from that I&#39;m going to try and finish the Puma, and we may release a M60 IDF/Egyptian tank pack. But we need to get permisson from Steele & StuKa to use some of their Magach 6 textures.

Chris G.
aka-Miles Teg<GD>

[Miles Teg]

I do not know if this bug is already reported
but here it is anyway:

If you turn the turret on the rocket luncher
on the Egyptian side, this will happen to the radar anime.

And why don&#39;t the Israeli soldiers have HD like Egyptians have?

Oooh. Thanks&#33; That&#39;s a new bug we haven&#39;t seen before&#33; Thanks for finding it. Must be a memory point or a texture face not grouped with the turret.

As for the HD ammo, almost all of the IDF weapons can use HD ammo, however we decided not to use the HD ammo by default just as the BAS soldiers don&#39;t use HD ammo by default. The M16/M4 family rifles are simply much more accurate rifles then the AK series of weapons used by the Egyptians. The IDF soldier also tends to be trained to a higher degree in rifle marksmanship. However we may include HD groups in the IDF for those who just want to have longer firefights by giving both sides HD weapons.

Chris G.
aka-Miles Teg<GD>

[Bucket man]

I suppose you are not making your own F-16 so are you using Footmunches or Vits F-16? I personally prefer Footmunches.
And another thing is that are those missiles in SA-6 oversized? They look very large but I have no idea if the real one has big missiles too.

Anyway I like what you have done so far. Great work&#33;