The Trooper

Gr.Viper, Do you know if 23BN's were used there?

Well... I am not really sure how do the countermesures work in the sim. AFAIK the real Mi-24 has 3 racks with 64 flares each which seems enough.

I know, but it is still a good movie. That's the idea

After watching the movie "9ta rota" ("9th company" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417397/) I've came up with the idea of making a Soviet campaign about the Afghanistan confict in the 80's. BTW I strongly recommend this movie to every war movie fan. Here are some notable scenes from it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MwZCyAhjz8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3brfrtWXkk I don't think I could make it alone so anyone who wants is wellcome to join me in this project. I've already started some research and making new templates for MF's MiG-23MLD and skins for 120th IAP based at Bagram and Shindand in 1988 (the picture above). Currently we have almost all the aircraft needed for a good 80's Afghanistan scenario: Soviet VVS: ----------- MiG-23MLD MiG-23ML (?) MiG-27 MiG-29A (?) Su-17 Mi-24 Mi-8/17 An-12 (we are missing the Su-25 but we can live with this) DRAAF: ------- MiG-17 MiG-21MF Su-7 Su-20/22 Il-28 Mi-24 Mi-8/17 PAF: ---- F-16A (Bl 15) Mirage III/5 F-6 (MiG-19) IRIAF: ------ AH-1J Ground units: ------------- T-55 T-62 T-72 Pasko's Zil's A lot of Stinger armed fanatic mujahideen (Maybe we could use Kesselbrut's infantry pack with a proper repaint and a little .ini edit to give them Stingers) What we need most is an Afghanistan terrain, but I am sure that there are people who would be happy to help with this (Gepard, Brain32 ? )

There is a bis pit?

impossible at the time It can be simulated to some degree the same way as SPO-10 is in Paladrian's MiG-21 pits.

I'd love to have a real MiG-23MLD pit with radar display on the HUD and working SPO-15 RWR. I have some ideas how it could be done in the game, but unforunately I know nothing about 3d modelling.

Hey, I can understand most of this Actualy it is not that bad idea to coose the MiG-29M. It's definitely better than the 16 and the pilots will surely have a lot of fun flying as agressors in NATO excersises. And they'll probably not be send somewhere at the end of the world fighting someone else's war.

Yes, because this will tie them to Lockheed. And if they accept the offer, guess what will their next aircraft be - F16C. And even if it is not a bad kite, it is at the end of its service life. Simply there is not much space for improvement. They would go better with something of a new generation like the EF-2000, Gripen or even the Super Bug

The worst solution even if it is for free IMHO.

And I suppose you are happy that your governments is not wasting any money that came from your taxes on pointless upgrades. BTW do you know what the new plane will be?

Exactly! But I don't think they got it very cheap with the LanceR. It's not very practical to make such a complex upgrade just for filling the gaps until a new airplane is available, especially when you don't heve a lot of money. Lesser upgrade like the Croatians did is a lot more practical IMHO.

I don't think they are doing this because of the 21 being better than the 23 or 29. It's just cheaper to maintain and MiG-23 is a mainterance hell (as most VG planes are). Some went even further in their stupidity throwing a lot of money upgrading the 40+ year old airframe with modern avionics and fancy color MFDs. And they've even done this without a licence from the original manufacturer. How many LanceRs have the Romanians lost in incidents? 15,16?

It's kinda disturbing to hear the Russian Red Army Choir singing "Sweet home Alabama". Actually it sounds good! ...and I liked the tractor drumset

http://wrench1smog.com/wrench14.html at the bottom of the page

Wow! These are some really good quality pics. If it will help, I can send you translations of the cockpit labels later today, when I am not at work.

Some pictures I hope you will find useful:

Nice pit I have some recommendations, if you allow me: 1. There are some labels in the pit, reffering to a radar (maybe leftover from Su-15 pit). Since there is no radar in Su-7, it's better to change them to something else. 2. The "ПРОВЕКА" ("TEST") label on SPO-10 RWR is mistyped. 3. Turn off the "autopilot" and "wing leveler" lights on the system status panel, using the following cockpit.ini entries: Instrument[103]=SystemLight05 Instrument[104]=SystemLight06 ... [systemLight05] Type=RADAR_MODE_SELECTOR NodeName=systemLight05 MovementType=LIGHT Set[01].Position=0.0 Set[01].Value=0 [systemLight06] Type=RADAR_MODE_SELECTOR NodeName=systemLight06 MovementType=LIGHT Set[01].Position=0.0 Set[01].Value=0

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