New Radars & The first soviet eight-wheeled APC

The S-75 Dvina (NATO reporting name SA-2 Guideline) is a Soviet-designed, high-altitude air defence system, built around a surface-to-air missile with command guidance. Since its first deployment in 1957 it has become the most widely deployed air defence system in history. This system first gained international fame when an S-75 battery, using the newer, longer-range and higher-altitude missile was used in the 1960 U-2 incident, when it shot down the high flying U-2 of Francis Gary Powers overflying the Soviet Union in 1960.

The missile system was used widely throughout the world, especially in the Middle East, where Egypt and Syria used them to defend against the Israeli Air Force, with the air defence net accounting for the majority of the downed Israeli aircraft. The S-75 typically uses the Spoon Rest early warning radar which has a range of about 275 km (171 mi). The Spoon Rest provides early detection of incoming aircraft, which are then handed off to the acquisition radar. All of our SAM battiers will be accompanied by radar, destroying the radar will be key to disabling the SAM sites, just like in the real conflict.

The Soviets supplied several SA-3s to the Arab states in the late 1960s and 1970s, most notably Egypt and Syria. The SA-3 saw extensive action during the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War. During the latter, the SA-3, along with the SA-2 and SA-6, formed the backbone of the Egyptian air defence network. The Sa-3 launchers were typically accompanied by a command building or truck and radar systems like the PRV-11 "Side Net" we show here.

Syria deployed it for the first time during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. We show the Syrian texture here, which tended to use the standard Soviet green color.

The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers. It was developed in the late 1950s as a replacement for the BTR-152. The BTR-152 and BTR-40, the first two Soviet mass-produced APCs developed after the Second World War, gave the Soviet Army useful experience with wheeled armoured personnel carriers. The low combat values of the BTR-152 and BTR-40 were exposed when the Egyptian Army used them during the Suez Crisis in 1956. This was one of the main reasons why the new APC was developed.

Development proceeded along two paths: a more expensive vehicle that would eventually become the BMP-1, for use in tank divisions, and a cheaper vehicle for use in motor rifle divisions, that would eventually become the BTR-60. BTR-60 was a revolutionary design for its time. It had a unique combination of armament, protection, mobility and amphibious capability. The hull armour is made from welded steel and provides protection against small arms fire and shrapnel. The BTR-60 was used by both the Egyptians and Syrians during the Yom Kippur War. We show here the Egyptian BTR-60 with its 3-tone camaflouge that was used on some vehicils during the Yom Kippur War of tan, green & brown. We will also have a Syrian & possibly and Iraqi texture as well.

Here we share with you our new armored command vehicle (ACV) for the Egyptians which includes a command version of the BTR-60 combined with a command tent. The Project Reality mod came up with this idea and has shared it with us. The ACV will replace the air control towers from the vanilla BF2 game that are present at your base area. The ACV's will give the commander all of the assets from BF2 plus maybe a few more.