Nothing much to say: Imperial Ottoman WWI Infantry

http://www.mkutup.gov.tr/images/r15.jpg

It's Ready (no Turkish sounds yet though- where are you Spincrus ?) :(
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads7/Preview.gif
Go download it! (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=82076)

Woo hoo! Nice! I was wondering when somebody was going to do this.

i thought they wore Fezes in WWI.

No, actually, they had helmets that sort of resembled the old pith helmets...

http://www.tracks-n-troops.com/Hat/HAT8070.jpg

No, actually, they had helmets that sort of resembled the old pith helmets...

http://www.tracks-n-troops.com/Hat/HAT8070.jpg
Cheers guys- I actualy found several different pictures of that thing- err hat- so I went for the version that came out best... that said the unit looks its best in civ-colour 9 (brown) :)

There is one to in BeBro's list.

Interesting detail : the helmet had no visor for religious reason : one should not hide his eyes from the sun...
Very convenient in battle!

Nice unit, W.i.n.t.e.r :)

i like it and appreciate that you look for custom sounds. nice touch.

Great! Thank you. :goodjob:

Thank you guys :)

Is there a Turk in the house?? Anyone?

I didn't realize that Bayonets were still in use by WW1....weren't they discarded some time after the opening of the war and the devolving of the combat into Trench Warfare?

.. Bayonets were still in use in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.. some countries still use them. They were probably most used and most beneficial in WWI.

.. Bayonets were still in use in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.. some countries still use them. They were probably most used and most beneficial in WWI.

In use but not necessarily useful

Some countries indeed- even the US is developing future rifles that bear a possibility to attach bayonets. From the pic you can see, however, that since WWII the banonet is shorter, its blade meant more as a knife alternate rather than old style stabbing instrument.

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/oicwstripped.jpg

I've been very dissapointed by the slow advancement this century. They promised my parents that we'd have laser weapons, flying cars, and commercial and military spaceflight to other planets by now....wheres the beef? :confused:

:lol:

offT: (i do believe we do have laser weapons.)

offT: (and flying cars)

Nope....no ray guns, just laser guided missiles.....theres a huge difference. No flying cars either....unless the car dealers near you are different where you live.... :confused:

Well I didn't say you can purchase them- they have been designed and built and tested as prototypes- and they work...

Really? Interesting...You must be alot better informed than I..

Well, I happened to be buddy's with some people at my uni that got an award from BAE Systems in 2002 for designing a car that could fly (looked a tad like that James bond thing in "The man with the golden Colt") while retaining its basic useability, seat allocation and road-worthiness. Another point was the necesity for the vehicle to be able to take off from normal roads, not longer than (I'd have to lie were I to say I renember the length) an average few hundred yards.

Besides, such technology has existed for some time now, as was shown already several years ago when some man presented a laser guided flying vehicle to be used in metropolitan areas.

Lasers on the other side have been developed for blinding (and even microwaving) sattelites in orbit- just happens to be a very expensive (and under SALT2 illegal) as well as cumbersome approach so that it won't be used withing any forseeable period of time.

I was thinking more along the lines of a Star Wars style Blaster. With all this talk of near-future stuff, it would be nice to see some near-future units. It doesn't make sense that US soldiers would suddenly upgrade to Laser Troopers(Bebro's Blue Laser), there should be something in between. Its worth putting on my to-do-list once I master poser.

I doubt laser blaster guns would ever find tatical use for single troopers. The developments of the near future point to caseless ammunition rifles, automatic grenade launchers, active camouflage, lighter and more effective gear and protection, jet packs et al. The US have also developed a weapon that is supposed to blind the enemy via laser- has been discarded from the ressearch plan though for having been ruled out as "inhuman".

Laser Weapons should be a feature of weapon carriers...

Probably...because the real world is boring.

The world is ok- we just watch too many Sci-Fi series and can't stop dreaming as a result... ;)

Maybe in 500 years... :goodjob: We can dream can't we?

I think your best unit so far has been the French WW1 infantry. I saw a movie awile back that took place during WW1, the French soldiers had the misfortune of fighting at the dawn of the Age of Camo... :eek:

ISYN, in a catalogue (Sharper Image I think) I saw a single-person VTOL flying unit. It looked like an X-frame with Harrier turbojets above each shoulder. The model was wearing REALLY large ear-protection gear, and it stated that you need an FAA liscence to fly one. Why it hasn't become commercial is easy to understand.

Would you like to see the skies over your city cluttered with crazed commuters in flying units like this? How many air-traffic towers would it take? You think cellphone towers are cluttering the landscape? How bout air-traffic every 2 miles? Would there be an "express altitude" for hurried commuters?

We just ain't ready. Humans is sooooo stoopid. :lol:

Thank you for the contribution. Also please note that this thread hasn't been open since August of last year.