Carpathian Crosses: Update
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Carpathian Crosses is a community add-on for Red Orchestra - Ostfront '41-'45. We are developing a new playable nation (the Romanians, the third largest Axis nation and Germany's biggest ally in World War Two) and new battles for players to be deployed to. Naturally, with the addition of such an army to the battlefield comes brand new small arms and armored vehicles to enjoy.
This modification will include several new vehicles, inlcuding the R35 to the extremely agile BT-7 armored vehicle. We will also introduce some of the most well known weapons of the Romanian army, such as the Czech ZB-30 Light Machine Gun and the Austrian M95 Rifle as well as others, not so well known.
Our maps will be focusing on scenarios where the Romanians had their most spectacular engagements, ranging from a climatic tank battle at Chisinau to the beach landing near the region of Dofinovka. Smaller battles, such as the ones outside the city of Odessa or in the Kaukasus mountains will also be included for the player to take part in.
Lets have a look at how this Add-on is going to look. We are proud to announce that we have completed our Romanian player models. We have different variations available, ranging from summer weight uniforms to winter uniforms and tanker to mountain infantry. You might wonder how youre going to distinguish these once you are deployed to the battlefield. The answer to that is the collar insignia and shoulder board insignia. Every variation will have different insignia to indicate rank and branch of service which is apparent in the screenshots below. We will also include plenty of headgear variations in order to accommodate various environmental settings in combat.
Since we are developing Carpathian Crosses for Red Orchestra: Ostfront, there has been a great deal of time spent on authenticating the field gear. As you can see, soldiers have the opportunity to wear glasses and they will all be wearing historically accurate ammunition pouches and holsters to match the weapon they are carrying. You can safely say that with the amount of variations possible, Andrei and Polygon have given it their all.
You can find more detailed pictures of the Romanian soldiers here.
As you can see our Romanian tanker is ready for battle. You might wonder what enemies he will be facing, so lets take a look at some early war Soviet armor. The T-26 was widely used in the early days on the Eastern Front, especially in the defense of Chisinau, where they played a significant role in trying to repel the invasion forces. Next to it, we see a BT-5 tank, a predecessor of the better known BT-7, which is also included in our modification. As you can see, our vehicle artist Sethodie did an excellent job of bringing these two to life for you to eventually experience in Carpathian Crosses.
If you can't get enough of tanks, check our other pictures.
Don't worry though, as an infantryman, you won't be totally defenseless against these tanks. To counter the tanks, you will find anti-tank grenades in Carpathian Crosses. When thrown correctly they can disable the tracks or even damage the tank. Since we're on the topic of weapons, we are also pleased to bring you the Romanian built Orita sub machine gun.
Naturally, all this stuff has to come to life somewhere, so lets take a look at the battlefields. We would like to show you two of them at the moment. One is Nalchik, a city in the Caucasus Mountains that saw quite some action in World War 2. This battle takes place in the winter of 1942 and its located further East than any other battle in Carpathian Crosses. It is one of the bigger cities in its area and was to serve as a logical step to reach the vast oil fields in the east. The other battle we would like to show is the one for Usatovo, which is near the city of Odessa. It takes place in the small rural town of Usatovo, which was on the way during the Axis thrust towards the crucial sea port of Odessa.
Be sure to check the media page on our website to see all the screenshots that weren't shown in this update. There are around 30 new shots of all the items we talked about.
Of course, we are always looking for more people to join us in our effort of portraying the Romanian army. There is always more than enough work to be done on a mod, so we are currently recruiting. To find out what we're recruiting, check the requests board or our website.
This modification will include several new vehicles, inlcuding the R35 to the extremely agile BT-7 armored vehicle. We will also introduce some of the most well known weapons of the Romanian army, such as the Czech ZB-30 Light Machine Gun and the Austrian M95 Rifle as well as others, not so well known.
Our maps will be focusing on scenarios where the Romanians had their most spectacular engagements, ranging from a climatic tank battle at Chisinau to the beach landing near the region of Dofinovka. Smaller battles, such as the ones outside the city of Odessa or in the Kaukasus mountains will also be included for the player to take part in.
Lets have a look at how this Add-on is going to look. We are proud to announce that we have completed our Romanian player models. We have different variations available, ranging from summer weight uniforms to winter uniforms and tanker to mountain infantry. You might wonder how youre going to distinguish these once you are deployed to the battlefield. The answer to that is the collar insignia and shoulder board insignia. Every variation will have different insignia to indicate rank and branch of service which is apparent in the screenshots below. We will also include plenty of headgear variations in order to accommodate various environmental settings in combat.
Since we are developing Carpathian Crosses for Red Orchestra: Ostfront, there has been a great deal of time spent on authenticating the field gear. As you can see, soldiers have the opportunity to wear glasses and they will all be wearing historically accurate ammunition pouches and holsters to match the weapon they are carrying. You can safely say that with the amount of variations possible, Andrei and Polygon have given it their all.
You can find more detailed pictures of the Romanian soldiers here.
As you can see our Romanian tanker is ready for battle. You might wonder what enemies he will be facing, so lets take a look at some early war Soviet armor. The T-26 was widely used in the early days on the Eastern Front, especially in the defense of Chisinau, where they played a significant role in trying to repel the invasion forces. Next to it, we see a BT-5 tank, a predecessor of the better known BT-7, which is also included in our modification. As you can see, our vehicle artist Sethodie did an excellent job of bringing these two to life for you to eventually experience in Carpathian Crosses.
If you can't get enough of tanks, check our other pictures.
Don't worry though, as an infantryman, you won't be totally defenseless against these tanks. To counter the tanks, you will find anti-tank grenades in Carpathian Crosses. When thrown correctly they can disable the tracks or even damage the tank. Since we're on the topic of weapons, we are also pleased to bring you the Romanian built Orita sub machine gun.
Naturally, all this stuff has to come to life somewhere, so lets take a look at the battlefields. We would like to show you two of them at the moment. One is Nalchik, a city in the Caucasus Mountains that saw quite some action in World War 2. This battle takes place in the winter of 1942 and its located further East than any other battle in Carpathian Crosses. It is one of the bigger cities in its area and was to serve as a logical step to reach the vast oil fields in the east. The other battle we would like to show is the one for Usatovo, which is near the city of Odessa. It takes place in the small rural town of Usatovo, which was on the way during the Axis thrust towards the crucial sea port of Odessa.
Be sure to check the media page on our website to see all the screenshots that weren't shown in this update. There are around 30 new shots of all the items we talked about.
Of course, we are always looking for more people to join us in our effort of portraying the Romanian army. There is always more than enough work to be done on a mod, so we are currently recruiting. To find out what we're recruiting, check the requests board or our website.
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These are all very slavic looking faces too. The Romanians I know are named luigi, constantino and christopher and look very southern european.