Icon request LVTE7/AAVE7

Suhiir · #1 June 6th, 2007, 12:22 PM

There's an icon for the LVTE5 (#3229) that could maybe have it's dozer blade married to the LVTP7/AAVP7 icon (#107).

PlasmaKrab · #2 June 6th, 2007, 01:23 PM

Got pics of the engineer version with the blade? A quick green icon should be readily workable provided the blade is the same as on the LVTE-5.
And now a new icon series has made it to my own list

Suhiir · #3 June 6th, 2007, 03:10 PM

Looked for a pic, no luck.
It's one of those things they can do. but rarely do.
There's no "official" designation for an LVTE7/AAVE7 but ya put a blade on them and walla !
But I have seen them with the dozer blade attached and it looks the same as the one on the LVTP5.

While you're at it I very strongly suspect they'll do the same with the new EFV. Stick a blad on it when needed so an icon for it would be useful too.

Oh, if you're inclined to make icons, and there's room for them I can give you a whole list

I've been using work arounds for the most part.

Always been something Army types don't seem to quite grasp about the Marines.
"Improvise. Adapt. Overcome." isn't just a line from Clint Eastwood in "Heartbreak Ridge".

thatguy96 · #4 June 6th, 2007, 05:55 PM

Do you have any pictures of the LVTP/AAVP7 with the blade attached? All I've ever seen is with the Mk 154 Mod 0 line charge fitted, which basically gave the minefield breaching capability to the standard version.

EDIT: Whoops, somehow missed the first sentance of the last reply.

The only blade fitted variant I've seen a picture is the LVTEX3

Suhiir · #5 June 6th, 2007, 06:48 PM

I saw a different blade used in the minefields during Gulf I.
A 'V' shaped one with teeth on the underside to dig the mines out of the ground then push them to the sides. And they don't work perfectly cause I did see one trac burning where it had hit a mine the blade missed.

I did see that pic of the LVTEX3 but since it never got much past the drawing board I sorta ignored it.

My (no so) little project is intended to revise the USMC OOB to what they did and do have rather then the current "They need one of these for the Picklist and didn't have one so we'll give them what the US Army had".

thatguy96 · #6 June 6th, 2007, 08:32 PM

No, I feel your pain. I created a LVTP5/AAVP7 w/ Mk 154 Mod 0 unit (just used the standard icon) for my OOB set to get things to be more accurate too.

Suhiir · #7 June 7th, 2007, 12:35 PM

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thatguy96 said:
No, I feel your pain. I created a LVTP5/AAVP7 w/ Mk 154 Mod 0 unit (just used the standard icon) for my OOB set to get things to be more accurate too.

Once I get a little further along in my rebuild I'll be taking a close look at your Vietnam specific OOB.
No doubt you've caught a few things I'll have missed since you're looking at just that period rather then the whole OOB.

thatguy96 · #8 June 7th, 2007, 12:44 PM

Just remember, everyone's style is different. How I "solved" issues is not how you would solve them, and what I think is accurate you might think is inaccurate and vice versa.

I'm also not former military, which affects how I percieve the information I have found.

Suhiir · #9 June 7th, 2007, 01:09 PM

True, but as with most situations that don't require an immediate answer the more ideas one can gather to evaluate the better.

Tho I've probably annoyed Don and Andy a bit by being more concerned with "what was/is" then game balance I'm hoping to create something, that tho it of course won't be perfect for balance at least won't totally destroy it.