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Data Type: Mod
Mod Type: Character, Equipment
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30 Jul, 2023 @ 10:12am
15 Sep @ 12:01pm
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US Army - Vietnam War

Description
This is a small infantry config faction (with a ridiculous number of infantry groups) made using SOG Prairie Fire DLC, Laws of War DLC & S&S assets. I really wanted to utilise the excellent range of US Army uniforms from S&S which accurately depict US forces during the conflict in South East Asia. I have tried to base the faction addon on research. In particular i have used several Osprey Miltary books depicting US Army units from the later phases of the Vietnam War. However i have added certain 'fantasy' elements to make use of some of the cool S&S gear! Laws of War DLC is required because i needed to use headsets for Pathfinder units. I also used this DLC for bandaged heads on wounded units. Might be of interest to artwork makers.

I used ALIVE's ORBAT creator to make the factions so you cannot override the units' loadouts unlesss you have ALIVE loaded. I don't know how to get around this i'm afraid despite the fact that i have tried but just cannot understand coding that well. You can still add items and change gear once the mission starts through Arsenal/boxes etc.

You'll find the following groups in the mod under 'US Army Vietnam - War':

Infantry
Several different groups including but not limited to; Two man sniper and scout teams, ambush squads, (with light equipment), rifle squads, light and heavy teams, demolition teams, full platoons with full packs and gear, full platoons & rifle squads with light gear (no back packs), wet (with rain parkas) and dry weather groups.

- 1st Aviation Brigade Pathfinders (1968)
- 1st Infantry Division (1965)
- 1st Air Cavalry Division (1969)
- 101st Airborne Division (1969)
- 173rd Airborne Brigade (1967)
- 199th Light Infantry Brigade (Ambush Squad only) (1970)
- 9th Infantry Division (1968)
- 25th Infantry Division (1967)

- Generic US Army Platoon (no arm patches) (1968)
- Generic US Army Ambush Squad (no arm patches) (1968)

- F Company 75th Rangers (1969)
- H Company 75th Rangers (1969)
- L Company 75th Rangers (1969)

- Generic 75th Rangers (no arm patches) (1969)

- Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Groups (1967)

- MACV Advisors (early and late war configurations)



SpecOps
Several different groups including but not limited to; Two man sniper and scout teams, demolition teams, light and heavy teams, full squad

- 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (1967)


There are also some individual units such as wounded and unarmed soldiers.



Thanks to BI, simcardo for the wonderful S&S & the amazing SOGPF team at Savage.

Feel free to ask any questions or if you have any suggestions for any updates.
27 Comments
Not That Guy Pal 6 Dec, 2024 @ 4:56pm 
Im starting to get a sneaking suspicion that it was you who filed the fraudulent DMCA claim against Old Boys
BubbleButtTeenKommando 23 Aug, 2024 @ 8:14am 
Yea the vehicles was the issue, why don't you add the Prairie Eire vehicles to the pool?
Astute  [author] 23 Aug, 2024 @ 1:52am 
@WOLFINE - When the DRO loadout menu opens you can change the faces to non camo ones.
Astute  [author] 23 Aug, 2024 @ 1:51am 
@Comrade - do you have any more details? i tried today and it works fine for me except there are no vehicles in my factions so DRO uses vanilla ones. There are no vehicles for my factions, this is because they are infantry only. I mainly use my factions with Drongo's Map Population and just use the vehicles from SOG Prairie Fire so i never needed to add all the vehicles as well.
BubbleButtTeenKommando 21 Aug, 2024 @ 5:32pm 
not compatible with dynamic recon ops, nor are any of your other vietnam factions.
Ghost 19 Jul, 2024 @ 3:32am 
Is it possible to get in contact with you in pvt? or do you have a discord?
BubbleButtTeenKommando 10 Jan, 2024 @ 3:25pm 
errors everywhere
WolFFinE 6 Dec, 2023 @ 8:36am 
I had tried only running Ace, Dro and your mod with S & S.
Astute  [author] 6 Dec, 2023 @ 8:34am 
I really don't know the answer to this one I'm afraid as I don't use ACE. Only thing I can assume is a mod conflict.
WolFFinE 6 Dec, 2023 @ 7:52am 
Great mod! But i have one question:
When im using this faction in ACE DRO Cam Lao Nam all AI Units are having camo faces, while when i spawn them in eden editor they don't. Is There any way how i could get rid of the face camo entirely rather than having to manualy change their faces?