Pinetree Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share Posted May 9, 2012 Jeeze... Trying to find info on when canadians military actions is hard... We barly have any Here is what I got.Canadian Airborne Regiment: Cyprus 1974 October Crisis 1970 Royal Canadian Regiment: October Crisis 1970 Cyprus 1974 West Germany 1955–57, 1962–65, 1953–55, 1965–70, 1977–84, 1988–93 Royal 22e Regiment: West Germany 1967-1993. Thanks for your input. I've already got Cyprus in there, I had to google the October crisis and I cant really count it as a combat action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan kicked off Dec 1979 so with the game starting before that no one would have Afghanistan as combat experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Actually only troops hired before Dec 79 couldn't have that as combat experience. Anyone hired later could have fought there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinetree Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 (edited) The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan kicked off Dec 1979 so with the game starting before that no one would have Afghanistan as combat experience. Yeah, I thought that too originally but after some research , I made the Afghan experience in my mod represent the soldiers being advisors to the afghan army in the civil war leading up to the invasion. Edited June 13, 2012 by Pinetree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftomega Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 other then vietnam the late 60's and early 70's were pretty quiet for the first world countries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinetree Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 I thought I'd just let everyone know, I'm working on an update to add female names which may take a few days. I'm not looking forward to adding the "a" to those russian surnames .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamhirh Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 many eastern block officers might have 'advisor' combat experience. Especially middle east one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 (edited) other then vietnam the late 60's and early 70's were pretty quiet for the first world countries. Maybe that is why they picked a fight with the peaceful alien tourists visiting our planet? Edited July 26, 2012 by Gauddlike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tahliat Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Well you could allways use word to add an a to the front of the surnames. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowburn Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 How about some south american names? Most conflicts there where against guerrillas or civil wars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_South_America) Argentina Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (Special Operations Group) Agrupacion de Buzos Tacticos (Tactical Divers Group) Brazil Grupamento de Mergulhadores de Combate (Combat Diver Grouping) COMANF Comandos Anfíbios (Amphibious Commandos) Chile Comandos de Aviación (Aviation comandos) 1er Batallon de Paracaidistas "Pelantaru" (1st Parachute Battalion "Pelantaru") i can help you with the names, most first names in spanish are similar. (only brazilian names and sournames will be missing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogaburan Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 No Israel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 (edited) If you can put together a list of Israeli first and last names, along with some 70's regiments and combat experience, then I am sure Pinetree will look over them and see about adding them to his mod when he gets a chance. You can add them to this: http://www.goldhawkinteractive.com/forums/showthread.php/749-v8-61-Israeli-Soldiers-%28Need-Help-With-Names%29 Edited July 26, 2012 by Gauddlike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eltharion Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I thought I'd just let everyone know, I'm working on an update to add female names which may take a few days. I'm not looking forward to adding the "a" to those russian surnames .... Maybe you can help you with names and surnames that I inserted in the female model. If you need a hand ... let me know;) I really liked your previous release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinetree Posted August 26, 2012 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 Well, it's been a while but I've finally managed to get around to updating the mod, I've now included female names for all the countries I've added so far.Once I've downloaded v13, I'll release the update. Oh, and thanks for the offers of help fellas, I'd just finished compiling the update then saw your offers, I'll see about adding more nationalities next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunawolf Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Hey can you add Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Angola. I don't know much about the Angolan (MPLA/UNITA) but for the Rhodesian I know they were engaged in the Bush Wars for prior conflicts and Rhodesia still exists (albeit as Zimbabwe Rhodesia) by the time of the game. The divisions I know for these countries are Rhodesia 1st Battalion Rhodesian Light Infantry (1RLI) Rhodesian Special Air Services (SAS) Rhodesian African Rifles Grey's Scout South Africa 44 Parachute Brigade 32 Battalion Koevoet Conflicts Angolan Bush War (South African Border War) Angolan Civil War For names I think you can just reused the British names for the Rhodesians and for the South Africans mix the British and the Dutch names together since Afrikaans and Dutch are practically the same language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swe_Racoon Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Denmark and Norway, but no Sweden? What is this heresy?! We do have one of the toughest educations for conscripted soldiers world wide in the Parachute Rangers. Not sure how that looked back during the cold war, but hey. No offense. In all seriousness, this looks like it has taken some good effort and research. Thumbs up for hard work, and I'll give this a shot tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinetree Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 With V14 coming out tomorrow, I've decided to wait until then. I've tested the new female soldiers file with 13.2 and it's all good so it shouldn't take too long to update it to V14. Hey can you add Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Angola. I don't know much about the Angolan (MPLA/UNITA) but for the Rhodesian I know they were engaged in the Bush Wars for prior conflicts and Rhodesia still exists (albeit as Zimbabwe Rhodesia) by the time of the game. The divisions I know for these countries areRhodesia 1st Battalion Rhodesian Light Infantry (1RLI) Rhodesian Special Air Services (SAS) Rhodesian African Rifles Grey's Scout South Africa 44 Parachute Brigade 32 Battalion Koevoet Conflicts Angolan Bush War (South African Border War) Angolan Civil War For names I think you can just reused the British names for the Rhodesians and for the South Africans mix the British and the Dutch names together since Afrikaans and Dutch are practically the same language. I got asked to add Rhodesia and South Africa earlier in the thread, and my answer then was : My line of thinking is that Xenonauts is mainly a Nato / Warsaw Pact organisation with Aus / NZ being strong allies of Nato so I added them. (Actually with this train of thought, maybe I could add Vietnamese and Cubans as they were strong allies of the Soviets) I thought about adding Rhodesia and South Africa but Rhodesia was an unrecognised state that had been turned into Zimbabwe by 1979 and South Africa was a pariah state by then due to it's apartheid policies so I'm not sure how they'd fit in. I may go and some more nations at some point, the Koreas come to mind, but at the moment I'm happy with what is there. Swe_Raccoon, none taken! and thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swe_Racoon Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 V14 is tomorrow? Might just have to put this on hold until then if that's the case. On a more serious note on Swedish soldiers and combat experience (should you have any interest of implementing them). Swedish soldiers were involved in combat during the Congo Crisis in 1960 to 1965. 19 soldiers were killed and about 40 were wounded, so it's not exactly Vietnam-scale. This was a UN mandate however, so these men would have been from all over the place as far as regiments go as conscription was still in effect at that time. We weren't pretty friendly with either NATO or the Warsaw Pact though. Come to think of it, and going very off topic, I met a veteran of the Congo Crisis during my time in the army and chatted with him for a bit. It was a humbling experience, of sorts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinetree Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 (edited) New version is out. This a large update that now includes females for every nation. See first post in the thread for details. [old link removed] Edited September 24, 2012 by Pinetree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalmouth7 Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Just thought I'd note that for Canadians, Vietnam can also be listed for combat experience. Many Canadians (around 30000,) joined the U.S. Military to fight in Vietnam, and then transferred back to the Canadian Forces when they were finished (I personally know a few guys who did this.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Is that common knowledge or are people going to wonder why they can't find any info about any Canadian companies/battalions/whatever in the Vietnam war on wikipedia when they go check?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalmouth7 Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 From what I understand (among Canadians, anyway,) it's pretty common knowledge that a lot of guys headed down to the states to fight in 'Nam, just like they came up to Canada to fight during the Second World War, before the U.S. joined the war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazz Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 I thought I'd just let everyone know, I'm working on an update to add female names which may take a few days. I'm not looking forward to adding the "a" to those russian surnames .... AFAIK, the "a" is customary, not mandatory. It's an old naming convention that some use... and some do not. WRT units that "were not officially there", like russian advisers in Vietnam, how about blacking some of their service record? An entry of "Confidential" or "File not available". Maybe a reference to something like "File D7891-8173 not available". It fits with the whole cold war / spec ops theme. =) "Top Secret" is overused besides being too blunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinetree Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 (edited) New version for V15.1 is up. [old link removed] Edited October 20, 2012 by Pinetree removed old link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceVamp Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 WRT units that "were not officially there", like russian advisers in Vietnam, how about blacking some of their service record?An entry of "Confidential" or "File not available". Maybe a reference to something like "File D7891-8173 not available". It fits with the whole cold war / spec ops theme. =) "Top Secret" is overused besides being too blunt. [REDACTED] is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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