'Nam resource Topic.

[Big-Boss]

Some folks wanted this topic to post up resources for mod makers such as Select-This, Bimbi, Ebud etc. So I've taken the liberty of posting it.

Post all of youre 'Nam referance sites/photos here.

[T.S.C.Plage]

Ok let's start. ;D

About armoured vehicles of the NVA: Here

Tons of aviation pics: Here

Picture gallery: Here

Some pics of the Bien Hoa airfield: Here

More comes up...

Plage

[Vyper]

Moderators? Sticky topic i feel?

Or just create an official one would ya?

also needed back is the WW2 and Korea ones

cheers

Vyper

[Big-Boss]

Might as well make this one "Official" then. ;D

[crow]

 :thumbsup:I hope they make this sticky.  The following links I got from Hawkin's nam site.  http://www.freewebz.com/hawkinsnam/

http://www.soft.net.uk/entrinet/tactics6.htm
Viet-cong tunnels, bunkers, booby-traps.


http://www.soft.net.uk/entrinet/weapons.htm
Weapons and equipment of the Vietnam war (both sides)

http://www.soft.net.uk/entrinet/ambush4a.htm
NVA and VC Ambush Operation types, complete with diagrams.

These links were gathered up by Soldier8Boy. A BIG thanks to him! Thanks for helping us people in the nam era!

Some of these are not related to vehicles but are great resource for making realistic mission as well as addons.

http://korps.free.fr/viet/
Aeons Viet Page.  This site has a long list of music from the Vietnam War era.  It is all in .ogg most of the music is in 1 minute bits.  No editing or converting.




 :cheers:

[Duff]

some air cav stuff
http://www.aircav.com
174th AHC
http://www.americal.org/174/index.html

[Die-Alive]

http://members.aol.com/veterans/warlib6v.htm
Huge amounts of links, not organized very well but still a good starting point.

http://www.nexus.net/~911gfx/SVNmap.html
Maps, Maps, and more Maps...  of the entire S.E.A area

-=Die Alive=-

[Duff]

http://www.popasmoke.com

USMC/Vietnam Helicopter Association - Image Catalog

[crow]

It would be nice if the moderators could make this a sticky topic.  We are already starting to get several thread about the same topic.

[Sefe]

We are already starting to get several thread about the same topic.

If that alone would justify to stick a thread, we would have zillions of sticky topics.

[Nixer6]

I think I posted this info in the wrong place

Great site with flash animation about LZ X-Ray;

http://www.wtj.com/articles/xray/

THE definitive MACV SOG site (Vietnam Spec Ops)
http://www.macvsog.org/

I've got LOTS more if anyone is interested  :toocool:

[T.S.C.Plage]

Some more links:

7/17th Air Cav: http://www.ruthlessriders.net/

3/17th Air Cav: http://members.aol.com/bear317/spurs.htm
and http://splorg.org/vietnam/

1st Cav Div Association: http://www.vvm.com/~firstcav/

Vietnam Helicopter Crew Members Association (Link page): http://www.vhcma.org/unit.html

Vietnam Helicopter Flight Crew Network: http://www.vhfcn.org/unitlinks.htm

Vietnam Helicopter insignias and artifacts: http://www.vhpamuseum.org/

And at least you can also take a look on my page...very small at this time: Here

[Nixer6]

Ok, here a good link about NVA units organization.

http://www.soft.net.uk/entrinet/nva_forces.htm

This site has all kinds of good info

[crow]

 :cheers:I have made a new page on my site.  I put most of the sites mentioned in this thread.  I am always looking for more.
http://free.hostultra.com/~crow/
 :cheers:

[crow]

http://www.globemaster.de/factlinks.html
A great site with allot on tech. information.

http://www.vietvet.org/visit/maps/maps.htm
Maps and exact location of bases.
 :cheers:

[crow]

I have moved my site to a server without all the popup adds.  I have also started a forum.
http://crowsofp.web1000.com
If anyone finds more links to Vietnam information that I do not have let me know and I will post a link on my site.

[Nixer6]

Yep, Lot's of good info here ;D

[Messiah]

just a suggestion maybe - but i kinda half made a vietnam mission and for the intro i used the 'Gooooooooood morning vietnam' speech thing from the film - its really funny to use, and i edited it to get all the funny bits - drop me a line if u want a copy

[crow]

That would be great could you email it too me.  I def. will give credit.

[Azraell]

lotso good info here.... Was talking with my old man about his time in nam, he was based south of Danang, Hill 10(until it was overrun on tet)....they would go out on ambush once per day and once every other night.... he was telling me about how they worked with the c-130s (puff the magic dragon), how they would put whats called "heat-tabs" around the target, very low light source, but "puff" can see them fine with scopes, 6 miniguns, 3 on right,3 left, and when it fired on the heat-tabbed target, the sound was a steady hum and a solid stream of light from the tracers shredded the jungle, he said it looked like lasers, a solid steady beam coming from the firing side of plane. so tell me, is there a puff addon?

[Eviscerator]

puff the magic dragons were AC-47's werent they?

http://www.1stcavmedic.com/glossary-files/ac-47-puff.htm

[crow]

First I would like to thank the person that made this a sticky topic.  As for the C130 I know that they did use it allot in Vietnam but I am not sure in the way mentioned above.  Check the download section for the C130.  The C-47 was used in Vietnam it was a WWII plane.  If you can not find them in the download section of this site you can get both addons from @WAR http://www.planetrainbowsix.com/atwar/

[Azraell]

well, maybe different platoons worked with them in different ways, my father went thru 2 tours in Nam, pretty sure hes not lying .....he said they came in alot at nite............


just got done doing some research......taken from a website....


The End of An Era

By the end of 1969, the AC-47D "Spooky" gunships were replaced by the larger, more advanced Lockheed AC-130A "Spectre" (Project Gunship II) and AC-119G/K "Shadow/Stinger" (Project Gunship III) line of gunships. Almost all of the surviving AC-47 aircraft were turned over to foreign air forces throughout Southeast Asia.


heres the link  .....   http://www.theaviationzone.com/facts/ac47.htm


heheh..cone of fire ;D

p.s..... he was wrong on # of guns on it   , only left side is armed.... but the plane coulda been further modded by its crew, adding weapons to the right side.


p.s.s.... dled that ac-130 link u gave me... he made it as the un-armed version, thanks anyway....maybe in a few months some1 will get 1 out

[crow]

I did not mean to sound like I was saying you dad was lying.  I know that they used the AC-47 in the early
part of the war and then the AC-130.  I myself spent 12 years in the army.  As for the C130 addon not having any weapons
you may want to put a request for some fine modder to make one with the mini gun.  It would be nice
to see one that can deliver large bombs out the back.  It was used for that in Vietnam.  I give your father credit for spending 2 tours in
Nam.  You should be proud, and I am sure you are.

[Nixer6]

AC 130 ;D

What a great addon. We already have the Plane (although I have had trouble with the AI flying it) and numerous types of miniguns!

I wish I knew how to put it together

Some AC 130 links that I found:

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/annex/an18.htm

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8758/history.html

And this one has some good Pics

http://www.spectrumwd.com/c130/gunship.htm



"If you build it, they will come"

[Azraell]

thats all cool crow, i wasnt really implying that u sounded like u said he was lying, maybe im just too "overproud" of him;)  i was kind of hesitant to ask him about the finer details of nam(after nam he became a cop for 25 years(columbus,ohio) then got real religous, so im sure he didnt wanna remember all the horrors of nam.I had always thought he just went for 1 tour of duty,but he corrected me,hes got a giant scrapbook with pics and notes from his tours.....and all the pics start out ok(posing with weapons, beer can stacks in the bunkers, that sorta thing) but then the pics of his friends start having little notes written on them (legs blown off 4/69...killed 11/70),notes of that nature  ......hes got a killer pic of explosions about 200 yards from him and a bunch of other guys as nva stormed their hill and blew the wire at entrance to base, they scrammbled away in a chinook and about 10 minutes later it was hit by ground fire , the pilot brought it in for crash landing and the impact broke it down the middle and scattered every1 in hold around crash site , they all made it with minor injuries... 2 hueys saved the day after s.o.s by pilot during landing swooped in and carried them to safety ;D



think i just saw a post a couple days ago here about sidefiring from planes in ofp........it said all planes guns in ofp must face forward :-\....seems if a huey can be fitted with side firing weps ,planes could to....owell, maybe santa will bring 1


happy editing!

[Vyper]

Interesting............The AC-47 "puff's" were indeed used......as were the AC-130 "Spectre's"........However only once has somebody mentioned the good old venerable AC-119 Shadow....

Not very famous....an adaptation of the classic C-123 Provider but a little drastic modification on the tail......changing it completely from the standard too one not dis-similar of a WW2 Era giant P-38 Lightening!

I've atatched a pic.......its a strange plane but a beautiful one none the less!

Vyper

[Edit] File too big, damn!

[Azraell]

lol...wild idea! setpos a m2 unit with a loop and the barrel sticking out the side of the plane ;D....youd have to have one of the advanced guys here write up a accurate pos script for all the pitching and yawing the plane will be doing.... :-\

[Eviscerator]

think i just saw a post a couple days ago here about sidefiring from planes in ofp........it said all planes guns in ofp must face forward ....seems if a huey can be fitted with side firing weps ,planes could to....owell, maybe santa will bring 1

they dont need to be facing forwards, they just cant move, the plane simulation doesnt support a 'turret' type weapon, the planes and helicopters go by different parameters, which is also why you cant have rockets on wheeled vehicles, its just a limit of the game engine

[devil,s guard]

www.ofpnam.com has the DEVIL'S GUARD 30 MISSION PACK and a MP PACK with another mission pack OPERATION HIGH LANDER being beta tesetd as i type.40 mission and the next mission pack being made now OPERATION LONG REACH

[Pointman]

That map website was reason enough for creating operation flashpoint.


Amazing.. ill add some of my links when i can find them


Viet Cong tunnel systems
http://users.mildura.net.au/users/marshall/tunnel/tunnel.htm

[CODY2622]

ok people. Don't you remember that addon that came out about 3 months ago. It was a plane with a side-firing turrent. It looked like the turrent in the ch47 but on a plane. It was really cool. Too bad I can't find it. I think it was on a project mod that was cancelled or something.

[stevick]

I'm trying to find these specific addons:
DWRnorthva2 (vc soldier) and EVI_UH1HUEY
to be able to play the Coop Mission <We were Soldier>
Would you be so kind as to indicate me where to find them?

Any kind of help would be greatly appreciated

Best Regards

SJB

[KevBaz]

Thats my VERY old map, and its crap basically, so i wouldnt bother, but them addons are over at opflashpoint.org, but i did convert it to use the latest nam pack, but it was still quite buggy and couldnt be botherd to fix it.......

[stevick]

You haven't read the same critics than me my friend.  This mission of yours is rated 9 on 10.  

I went on OPFlashpoint.org and found one of the files: EVI_U1Huey (thanx), but the other one: DWRnorthva2 wasn't there.

If you have it on your own computer, you can send it over to me if you want    my e-mail address is :  stevick@videotron.ca  

Thanx, once again.

SJB

P.S. If you have more missions of this kind, please let me know where to find them.

[M.R]

I hawe alvays been wondering what was the task of the Aircavarly
at vietnam war? And what kind of missions they hawe back then?
If somebody could tell me that shortly and simply i would be very happy

[Vyper]

heres what i know (or think i do, if i'm wrong apologies and please correct me).

They would fly into otherwise basically unreachable area's on the Slicks (UH-1D or H Huey's) and take the groud..basically a surprise attack.  If you rolled hundreds of troops through the jungle spotters would see them and report back quicky, the same with armoured infantry however the first thing a spotter would see of the Air Cav would usually be the Slicks putting down.  Fast mobile infantry with no armour to go in with or extremely heavy weapons.  Relied greatly on air support from the gunships which were firstly UH-1B or C Huey's with grenade launchers, mini-guns and rockets mounted.  With the introduction of the AH-1G Huey Cobra these faised out the larger slower huey's and teamed up with OH-6 Cayuse helicopters to create pink teams.  The OH-6's would swoop down drawwing fire and then the AH-1G's would follow laying down fire on wherever it had come up to greet the Cayuse.  The Air Cav rolled in on choppers but could march out fo a hot zone but mostly exfilled on choppers too...there are loads of websites around going in to much more accurate detail about their role.

I know its a movie and its got flaws but the basic role was well depicted in "We Were Soldiers"...good movie, i reckomend it.

Vyper

[M.R]

Thanks Vyper!!

[Kuro]

Hello,

i am just searching the following topic: Does the NVA really uses T34s in Nam ? What was the color schema ? What was the numbering ? How many LAWs took it to destroy a T34 ?

[Joe]

just stumbled upon this question, here is an answer:
to my knowledge NVA had T34-85 tanks. but in RVN they seem to have used only amphibous tanks (PT76), probably because these were easier to deploy via the laotian mountains.
exhaustive information at http://www.gruntonline.com
look for PAVN Armor
there is also a good account of the attack on Lang Vei, were Laws proved rather ineffective against PT76.

[The Helipilot]

Hello there ! and big thanks for the SebNam !!

I'm working on a BIG campaign based on the life of an helicopter pilot. First theatre : Vietnam !
Only 5 missions done but I'm working  

First of all, some questions just to know if I'm right...

- Do you prefer to wait untill the whole campaign is finish or do you want it "cut" by theatre ?
- Do you preffer a website with all missions downloadable () as soon as they are ready ?
- Are you OK for REAL pilot missions ? Meaning not a lt of shooting but hight skill in flying required.
- For now I'm planning to use ONLY Mod addons ( ex : only Sebnam2 or only BAS pack...) because tehre's nothing more boring for me to run after addons I will use only once... but if you think some particular addons are necessary, please tell me.

Now to accelerate my production I need :

-SERIOUS beta tester. Meaning with experience on editor to hunt the bugs, correct my english, tell me problems, feeling about mission and gameplay etc etc ...
-Missions makers are welcome as long as they can produce a mission from A to Z.
-Voices (male and viril  ;D ;D)
- and of course your idea, as long as it stick with my optic  
That's all for now !!

A+

The Helipilot !

[cj525]

I found this excellent site put up by a vet with a very good map section.

http://www.rjsmith.com/index.html#top

I've used his maps do better the accuracy on my map.

enjoy

[StonedSoldier]

does anyone know the name of any artillary guns used by U.S in nam??? and if possible is there a OFP version??

[RonMcAsskick]

helipilot i will bughunt your scripting if you like, i am an advanced scripter and i can trawl youtr scripts for syntax errors and optimizations, email me

[Frosty]

A pity so many of these are dead links now

Maybe some members such as myself have a couple of the pages archived on their HDDs?  

[Agent Luciane]

Hey are any of you guys interested in the French Indochinese war?because I have been thinking it would be cool to make a campaign based around Dien Bien Phu where the french had there last stand?I think it would be awesome and you could have Viet Minh and French Foreign Legion missions

[Planck]

Unsticking, most of these links are now dead.

Planck