Armed Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: 198X

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Author: Delta-Gamma

Last revision: 1 Nov, 2025 at 16:07 UTC

File size: 1.1 GB

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The Soviet Armed Forces were the largest military force in the Eastern Bloc throughout the Cold War. Their highly modern mechanized force was the scourge of NATO forces for decades. With a large population to draw from and heavy industry to produce materiel, the Soviets were sure to be a formidable enemy–nearly unstoppable even–if the unthinkable should happen…

By the 1980s, economic struggles and a military quagmire in Afghanistan had weakened the Soviet Union, allowing NATO to catch back up in military development and leveling the playing field by 1986. Despite this, there was no timeline in which either side envisioned an easy win, and a world war–even if entirely conventional–would be devastating to both NATO and the Warsaw Pact.

Divided into three branches, the Soviet Armed Forces were divided into the Soviet Army, Navy, Air Forces, Internal Troops, and State Political Directorate. Expeditionary forces typically came from the Army, Navy, and Air Forces. This mod features elements of each of those branches with a special focus on forces that were stationed in East Germany or postured for rapid deployment there.

I have several models that will be eventually ported into this, including a BMD-1, a T-64B, and a GAZ-66. I would also like to port the BMP-2 from Arma 2. At some point I may rework some of the vest models. I’m also interested in adding more vehicles to expand the scope of Arma mods such as the 2S9 Nona.

UNSUNG https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2554978758 – Adds S-60, ZPU-2, ZU-23-2 Anti-aircraft guns, and D-20 and D-30 Howitzers

Pook Artillery Pack https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1312457117 – Adds 2S3, 2S5, and 2S7 SPA, TOS-1A, and Scud Launcher

Pook SAM Pack https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1154375007 – Adds SA-3 systems, S-300 systems, and 2S6

Pook Soviet Air Force Pack https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1595678775 – Adds SU-18, MiG-23, MiG-27, An-12B, and An-22

CLV Armored https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2490539128 – Adds T-62 Medium Tank

Load with Brian Hates Games’ GWOT assets to gain access to assets based on the Russian Democratic Union from Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon (2001).

Thanks to OokamiJamie for allowing me to use some of his models under APL-SA License.

All models based on models created by Simcardo, Justin N., Jujurat, Motta, and Goonworks with the exception of:
Flashlight, AK 4-cell, RPK 4-cell, SVD, and frag grenade pouches modeled by Delta-Gamma (i.e. me).
AK-74, AKS-74, GP-25, Soviet body armor (that served as the basis for the 6B5), and Tactical Vest modeled by Bohemia Interactive.
Obr. 88 field cap, 6B3 body armor (and pouches), and Sidor by OokamiJamie.
Panamka by OokamiJamie with edits by GeorgRavioli.
SSh-68 helmet by TomislavTomljenovic; go check him out on CGTrader.
Soviet Beret from 3DModels.org (artist credited to site owners).
Obr. 69 Officer Cap originally by JVR3D; check him out on CGTrader. ReUV’d and modified by Delta-Gamma (i.e. me).

The tanker suit has an open seam at the waist; I’ll fix this later
The GP-25 aim-down-sights mode is messed up; I’ll continue to try and fix this, but I am not sure I am skilled enough to ever fully resolve this
The AKS-74 bayonet doesn’t sit in the right place; this is something to do with GM’s AK proportions, and I don’t think it can actually be fixed without breaking other parts of the model