Sudden Strike 3: Modern Arms brings modern weapons into Sudden Strike 3's 3D strategy game engine, striving for the same fidelity with which the original developers recreated World War Two. New infantry models and complete arsenals bring modern armies to life in full, including the Russian Army, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Royal Saudi Land Forces, the Syrian Arab Army and others. New structures and textures also help to present the new battlefields.
A full arsenal modern American weapons like the M60 Patton and M1 Abrams tanks are now available in Sudden Strike 3 for the first time, although in Saudi service in the war in Yemen. Meeting them in combat will be tenacious Yemeni resistance fighters, who exploit the terrain to turn the battle in their favour.
Download the two unique missions here.
AH-64 Apache attack helicopters and F-15E Strike Eagles swarm overhead as columns of American-made M-60 Patton tanks, M939 trucks towing M198 howitzers and M113 APCs advance cautiously into the mountainous terrain. Humvees and hardened MRAPs also move forward as escorts. Crews glance nervously at the peaks of the hills surrounding them. At any moment, AK-47 and RPG-7 fire could erupt in their direction. Will these men flee, or steel their nerves and find advantageous terrain to take the fight to their opponents?
This is the opening of the 2015 Saudi attack on Yemen, "Decisive Storm", perhaps named by Americans in the tradition of "Desert Storm" of 1990, which saw many of the same vehicles in service. Whether this operation goes smoothly or your American-supplied military equipment gets bogged down in fighting with skilled enemy troops is in your hands.
More dependent on your vehicles and air power than the fighters opposing you, this will be a test of cold Western technology against the hearts of the Yemeni troops.
A vast operation presented from the Yemeni perspective. This scenario allows Yemeni troops and resistance fighters to recapture historic locations of Yemen, including the ancient Marib Dam and the pillars of the Throne of the Queen of Sheba.
Opposing you will be large concentrations of US-supplied forces and equipment, including M1 Abrams tanks on the ground, and several groups of bandits from the AQAP insurgent group. You will mainly be using light irregular forces and you will have technicals, including some with mounted anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) like the Iranian-made "Toophan".
You will also have access to aging weapons still in service in Yemen, such that they are reskins of World War Two units from the original game. This will be your chance to prove that tactical skill is more important than technology, leading fighters through mountainous terrain to descend on the enemy's flanks and burn their vehicles.
Unlike the real operation, you will have the chance to go deeper into Marib, beyond the dam and into the city, if you are skilled enough.
The Yemeni Resistance pack was made alongside the Counteroffensive and Syrian Strike pack.
Download Counteroffensive - Mod DB
Download Syrian Strike - Mod DB
Of three recently released tasters of different modern conflicts, I am looking to see what people like most, so any feedback is welcome. Until then, if you want to see what I am working on throughout this month, check out my science fiction mod set in the violent world of the Quake games:
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Hello friends my first map for this map is out today.
you can download it from hear Moddb.com
Thanks to kane for helping me to make this map.
welcome, I hope to see more mapping in future. This mod is constantly getting new units and improvements, but maps have been scarce so far
hi, I like your mods, I was very pleased when I saw that the game of my childhood is being modified to this day. I would be interested to know if there will be any more mods on the topic of modern conflicts?
this depends on the level of interest. I have other mod plans but if interest in this mod increases then many further map packs can be made for this mod. The next campaign pack will release most likely next month
Would be cool if you could post some videos, especially of the new features, e.g. rotary wing combat and tunnels!
Screenshots are good but a quick video of a specific feature would be great to see too.
There are videos on the baldmanevil YouTube channel although of more dramatic new content so far. There aren't really new features in a gameplay sense, just units and objects.
Can you tell me how to add modern technology to these maps about Crimea by removing the old WWII era?
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I have not been able to edit the original maps, although there might be people who can do that. I find it is easy to just make new maps.
Great! But with modern/correct sound for vehicles and weapons will be much better!
I have decided to continue modding this game longer, and building a better library of sounds will be on my laundry list.
Hello friend, why didn't you start creating campaigns? ? Sudden Strike 3 are very excited to get started