Finland at War

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-09-02 08:56am

I know many people are waiting for baited breath for Half-Life 2, and for me the knowledge that there's a Finnish army mod in the making makes it even more interesting...Link here

You can also find a large list of Half-Life 2 mods here...Link

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2003-09-02 01:51pm

My dad has a present from the Finnish army.

It's a T-72 shell casing.

When they bought some Challengers, years back, my dad went with them to teach them how the targetting systems work.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-09-02 02:50pm

Finland doesn't use Challengers nor any other British MBT, though they did keep WW2 Comets in service through the 1970's

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-09-02 03:00pm

Maybe he's referring to the Leopard 2's that Finland has ordered for '04 (or maybe 2005, i'm not sure)

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2003-09-02 05:14pm

This was a good 12 years ago.

It may just have been the targetting system they bought, as my Dad works for what was then GEC-Marconi, who built radar and laser targetting systems.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-09-02 07:45pm

Finland? Isn't that part of Sweden?

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2003-09-04 04:36pm

Mark my words: I'll eat a bucketfull of shit if that mod progresses further than "website and few funky screenshots" stage.

There's already an excellent total conversation for Operation Flashpoint called "Finnish Defence Forces" which is a must download for anyone who has OpFlash and the Resistance addon: http://koti.mbnet.fi/fdfmod/

It rocks

Post by **Edi** » 2003-09-05 02:43am

Vendetta wrote:This was a good 12 years ago.

It may just have been the targetting system they bought, as my Dad works for what was then GEC-Marconi, who built radar and laser targetting systems.

Quite probably this was teh case. We bought the T-72s from Germany for the price of scrap metal and had them totally refitted with new targeting systems and other thingamajigs.

Edi

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-09-05 02:47am

So the delay is true.

*WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2003-09-05 03:54am

Edi wrote:
Vendetta wrote:This was a good 12 years ago.

It may just have been the targetting system they bought, as my Dad works for what was then GEC-Marconi, who built radar and laser targetting systems.
Quite probably this was teh case. We bought the T-72s from Germany for the price of scrap metal and had them totally refitted with new targeting systems and other thingamajigs.

Edi

*scratches head*

I thought our monkey model T-72s didn't receive any uprgades . . . However, the T-55s got all sorts of nifty things, like targeting computers, Swiss-made high-quality ammunition, etc.

Not sure, though. I'm known to be wrong on many occasions.

Eleas · Post by **Eleas** » 2003-09-05 07:26am

HemlockGrey wrote:Finland? Isn't that part of Sweden?

We gave it back. Too windy.

Post by **Edi** » 2003-09-05 07:46am

Oberleutnant wrote:*scratches head*

I thought our monkey model T-72s didn't receive any uprgades . . . However, the T-55s got all sorts of nifty things, like targeting computers, Swiss-made high-quality ammunition, etc.

Not sure, though. I'm known to be wrong on many occasions.

Wouldn't be the first time I got something about the FDF armored units wrong either, but that's what my dad said. As far as he knew, the T-72s had old Soviet equipment and that they were upgraded to western standards. The older tanks certainly were, so they'd actually be worth something.

Edi

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2003-09-05 03:00pm

I take your dad's word for it.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-09-05 04:10pm

HemlockGrey wrote:Finland? Isn't that part of Sweden?

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