3D RECCES

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3D recce list (I'll edit new ones in as they're completed)

AA2 CHERNARUS MAP
Devil's Castle
Guba Inlet
Pobeda Dam
Kamenka Bridges
Electricity Relay Station
Vybor Plain
Green Mountain Radio Tower
The Factory
Veresnik Hill

AA2 UTES MAP
Coastwatch Station
Strelka Beach
The Boathouse
The Compound
The Cove
USS Khe Sanh

Arrowhead TAKISTAN MAP
Jilavur Choke Point
Nur Town
The Eagles Nest
Purple Heart Trail
Gur Dur Mountain
The Mine
Bala Pass
Badville

Arrowhead ZARGABAD MAP
The Villa
Ab-e Shur Dam
The Military Base
Zargabad City
The Building Site
Zargabad Mosque
Shahbaz Bridge
The Western River

Arrowhead SHAPUR MAP
Shapur Industrial Complex

Arrowhead DESERT MAP
Overview

Arrowhead PROVING GROUNDS MAP
Bridge 1
The Crater
The Farm
The Gas Station
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ARROWHEAD: (Zargabad map) The Villa photo recce.

It sits on top of a rocky crag surrounded on different sides by a wire fence, watchtowers, stone wall and a dry river bed, and would be a tough nut for any attacking force to crack

Overflying the Villa..

 

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Not such a tough nut if the attackers drop in by air..

Hmm..very quiet..

 

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Nice stonework, the Armed Assault programmers certainly know their job-

Nice and cool in here, anybody home?

 

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Up on the flat roof looking over Zargabad city-

Our chopper waits. That must be the guards barracks across the road-

 

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ARROWHEAD: (Zargabad map) The Ab-e Shur dam photo recce

A BAF Wildcat recces the dam-

And lands on it. The building and trees in the foreground would serve as an excellent strongpoint position against any force attempting to cross the dam-

The top floor offers good vantage points covering the dam-

 

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ARROWHEAD: Shapur Industrial Complex photo recce. It's a smallish map covering a sprawling industrial complex-

Aerial view of the Shapur area-

A Merlin over the Shapur 1 factory group-

Inside the Shapur 1 site. Some buildings are open, some have locked doors-

Plenty of ladders and walkways to climb-

 

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ARROWHEAD: Desert map photo recce. It's the easiest to explore because there's hardly anything on it, just this drilling rig in the middle-

Long lines of sight interrupted only by low contours and dunes-

The rig-

 

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ARROWHEAD: (Takistan map) The Jilavur choke point photo recce.

The town is situated on a critically important three-fork road intersection in the mountains..

which is protected by this permanent military garrison..

 

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ARROWHEAD: (Takistan map) Nur town photo recce

The town (foreground) is protected by desert on one side, and forest on the other, making the inhabitants feel quite secure..

A view of the forest from Nur..

A view of Nur from the forest..

 

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ARROWHEAD: (Takistan map) The Eagles Nest photo-recce. (it doesn't have a name on the map so I gave it that one)
It consists of 3 small buildings sitting cradled high in the mountains at the end of a steep road..

I've circled it in red, there's just this one steep road in and out..

A Blackhawk at the bottom of the climb..

..and after flying up to the bend..

Okay let's go in on foot to check it out..

All empty, ok guys let's saddle up and go home..

 

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Arrowhead: Gur Dur Mountain (Takistan map) photo-recce

A possible enemy hideout is spotted among the trees on its western slopes..

The mountain could prove a formidable stronghold with its rocky crags and woods..

A one-man foot patrol prepares to go in..

A building is located..

Nobody home, just the usual pots and blue shelves..

(Newcomer note- needless to say, the empty maps can be filled with enemy units of all kinds in the mission builder)

 

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ARROWHEAD: The Mine (Takistan map) photo recce

It perches on a saddle in the mountains and can only be approached by a hairpin bend..

View from the hairpin..

Checking the layout..

Completely derelict inside..

Empty shed..

Disused..

 

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ARROWHEAD: Shahbaz Bridge (Zargabad map) photo-recce

The bridge guards one of the vital southern approach routes into the heart of Zargabad..

A marvel of simplicity, the 'bridge' is just a road laid over two sunken pipes to form a culvert..

Hey guys it's only a few inches deep!..

I tried crawling through but it can't be done because the pipes are blocked with silt, but several men could take cover in there..

Humvee test, it forded across just fine.
Militarily speaking, the bridge is therefore not absolutely vital to attacker or defender, as units can simply bypass it and ford across.
Bypassing will however take more time than streaking straight across it at high speed, and when units are wading slowly through the water they're sitting ducks..
(NOTE- there are several other culvert bridges like this one dotted around the Zargabad map, but this is the only "wet" one, all the others cross completely dry river beds)

 

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ARROWHEAD: The Military Base (Zargagad map) photo recce.

Lower..

Lower...the chopper is a Mil-171Sh

Landed...the view West from the base centre-

South-

East-

North-

Barrack blocks-

Showers-

Rooms-

Not bad-

One of the watchtowers-

Nice view of the approach to the main entrance-

Take me to a nice lady nurse boys, I busted my ass falling out of the watchtower-

Mil-171Sh pilot's view-

 

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ARROWHEAD: Zargabad City (Zargabad map) photo recce

Zargabad city from the south..

Looking northwest across the city towards the airfield..

Low and slow across downtown looking south..

 

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ARROWHEAD: The Building Site (Zargabad) photo recce

Lower..

No workmen around, must be on strike..

Inside..

On roof..

Must explore that building down the road..

Empty lobby..

Upstairs all quiet too..

Empty office. Alright chaps, crank her up and let's go home for tea..

 

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ARROWHEAD: Zargabad Mosque photo recce

Great graphics work by the AA programmers.
(I disable 'Post process effects' in Options> Video> Advanced to get rid of all blur)

 

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ARROWHEAD: Purple Heart Trail (Takistan map) photo recce

It's a dry stream bed (X to X) that gives cover for patrols along the valley..

Squeezed between hills on either side, the trail could come under enemy fire from the heights at any time..

Leaving the chopper on the road, the crew begin their patrol at the southern 'X'..

Moving north along the trail..

A suspicious hut is discovered..

Rocks overlook the trail further north..

Nearing the buildings at the northern end of the trail..

End of the line, the trail peters out ahead..

 

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ARROWHEAD: Bala Pass (Takistan map) photo recce

The climb begins in Mullardost..

Halfway up....the badlands of the Chinari forest to the left of the road provide ample cover for an ambushing force..

Looking back at Mullardost..

The top at last..

Looking back from the top..

 

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ARROWHEAD: Proving Grounds map photo recce.

I just installed the 1.57 patch and it seems to be working alright so far. It gave me this new map 'Proving Grounds'.
It's a small map and there are no leaves on most of the trees even in midsummer. There's a huge crater in the middle so perhaps their leaves were blown off by a meteor ha ha..
These are the 5 map features of interest-