Israeli Defense Force: Fight for Independence is a Total Conversion modification for the PC game Battlefield 2 (A.K.A. BF2). What we aim to achieve with this mod is to immerse the player into the historic wars involving Israel, Syria, Egypt, and Jordan, which are the 6-Day War, the War of Attrition, and the Yom Kippur War. The player will be able to play as a common soldier, crewmember, or pilot in these wars. The mod will feature historically accurate equipment such as the famous Russian AK-47, the fearsome SO-4050 bomber, the menacing IS3 and M48 tanks, and much, much more. Also, the maps will recreate actual battles that happened in these wars, to complete a historically-accurate and immersive modification. IDF:FFI is also a member of the acclaimed cooperative gaming studio Black Sand Studios.
To counter the new advanced helicopters and aircraft the Arab Armies will recieve a new man-portable SAM, the SA-7 Grail.
The 9K32 Strela-2 (NATO reporting name SA-7 Grail) is a man-portable, shoulder-fired, low-altitude surface-to-air missile system (MANPAD) It was the first generation of Soviet man-portable SAMs, entering service in 1968. Tthe Strela and its variants have seen widespread use in nearly every regional conflict since 1968.
The first combat use of the missile was in 1969 during the War of Attrition by Egyptian soldiers. An Israeli A-4 Skyhawk was hit with a shoulder-fired missile 12 miles west of the Suez Canal. Between this first firing and June 1970 the Egyptian army fired 99 missiles resulting in 36 hits. The missile proved to have poor kinematic reach against combat jets, and also poor lethality as many aircraft that were hit managed to return safely to base. The missile was used later in the Yom Kippur War, where Strela were fired in the hundreds, scoring few hits and fewer kills, but, together with Shilka and SA-2/3/6s, they caused very heavy losses to the Israeli Air Force in the first days. SA-7s were not that effective against fast jets, but they were the best weapon available to Arab infantry at the time.
The model and texture are shared with us by the USI and PR mod teams.
It was definitely effective against the Choppers though. The IAF also did modifications to the A-4 Skyhawk to increase its survival against a hit from the Sa-7.
Of course near the end of the war it became even more ineffective when the IAF stated using countermeasure flares.
Yeah and the IDF will not have a comparable weapon of there own. They didn't start using stinger missiles until after the war.
Let us face it, the Grail was never a sucessful MANPADS design.