Ground Objects Combat Requests

[II/JG17_HerrMurf]

I'm not much of a Tank/AFV/Arty aficionado. I do know, however, the game could use a lot more ground objects. There are tons of arguments about what the next aircraft will be but if you could choose the next 10-12 combat objects what would they be? I will post another/parallel thread for support objects (Tank recovery, fuel trucks, airfield tugs, Kettenkrads, etc) 

[oneeyeddog]

I think groups of infantry as well as horse drawn artillery/ wagons. Maybe some self propelled artillery, just for the sake of variety.  And heres one that might be cool, but probably mission specific and the timeline doesn't quite work with whats available in game at the present.

 

80 cm K (E) railway gun "Dora"


"Dora was the second gun to be produced. It was deployed briefly against Stalingrad, where the gun arrived at its emplacement 15 km (9 miles) to the west of the city sometime in mid-August 1942. It was ready to fire on September 13th. However, it was quickly withdrawn when Soviet encirclement threatened; when the Germans began their long retreat they took Dora with them. Dora was broken up before the end of the war, being discovered in the west by American troops some time after the discovery of Schwerer Gustav."

Schwerer Gustav - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 

[Juri_JS]

We haven't seen the mission builder yet, so we don't know what's actually in the game. Nonetheless, here are my suggestions:

- German armored cars like Sd. Kfz. 222 or 231.
- More railroad Flak cars, there were many different variants, not just the simple versions we have in the game.
- Pz VI Tiger, some were used during operation Winter Storm.
 

[II/JG17_HerrMurf]

I'm looking for Panzer IV, some of the 38t based AFV's, and prime movers with 88mm or artillery guns in tow. With equivalent soviet equipment as well. Need some horses and horse drawn equipment but that might be for the other thread. And more mobile AAA. Not sure about the Russians but the Germans had a huge variety of AFV, half track and truck based AAA.

Edited December 27, 2014 by HerrMurf

[Feathered_IV]

Large LARGE groups of troops that scatter, lie down and fire back.

[II/JG17_HerrMurf]

Does ROF have this? I'm not sure if the engine supports it. If so, then I am all for it.

[csThor]

The german side pretty much has the standard objects for the timeframe. The only suggestion I'd sign in this thread are the prime movers with various guns in tow.

[Sim]

Some ground object requests:

 

- Static aircraft for La-5 and Fw 190. Those two are missing and you cannot, for example, represent Soviet La-5 equipped bases right now. I am worried the devs won't follow the pattern of introducing new static aircraft with every new plane DLC.

 

- A tiger tank? Was used during Winter Storm operation.

 

- Various fuel barrels (not just boxes) and other random airfield stuff.

[pencon]

+10 on the Large LARGE groups of troops that scatter and duck and fire back as well as artillery tanks etc. I know this will slow down frame rates in multiplayer but at least have it in offline mode . .Maybe borrow the graphics from men of war assault squad .. Right now it's like flying over a barren wasteland with almost no activity from the ground . Awesome sim but there is always room to make it even better.

[Y-29.Silky]

* Infantry units - with damage models

 

* Shipping - Requires a summer map, but I've been longing to bomb the Volga crossings.

 

* Summer map

[-NW-ChiefRedCloud]

I think groups of infantry as well as horse drawn artillery/ wagons. Maybe some self propelled artillery, just for the sake of variety.  And heres one that might be cool, but probably mission specific and the timeline doesn't quite work with whats available in game at the present.

 

80 cm K (E) railway gun "Dora"

 

"Dora was the second gun to be produced. It was deployed briefly against Stalingrad, where the gun arrived at its emplacement 15 km (9 miles) to the west of the city sometime in mid-August 1942. It was ready to fire on September 13th. However, it was quickly withdrawn when Soviet encirclement threatened; when the Germans began their long retreat they took Dora with them. Dora was broken up before the end of the war, being discovered in the west by American troops some time after the discovery of Schwerer Gustav."

 

Schwerer Gustav - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 

 

 

You might want to browse through this thread over on the Rise of Flight forums ---> http://riseofflight.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=348&t=38336&hilit=big+guns regarding big guns a pilot named Genius was creating.

 

 

Chief

[Yakdriver]

small boats and barges, loaded unloaded variants, small arms / minor AAA

minor motorized vessels

Half a dozen truck types per side (fuel. troop. cargo, workshop, radio...you choose)

half a dozen armored trucks per side, some with cannons or small arms

2 or 3 car/jeep types per side

more train car types - tanks, trucks.

 

ability to attach AT and Arty Guns to the Big Vehicles for towing

random ? large explosions (250kg magnitude?) when shooting a target, ammo boxes blowing up in trucks, fuel trucks, train cars

Airfield stuff, from canteen to tents to workshop and maintenance stuff, campfires... atmosphere elements.