FDF Mod for Arma 19.12.2008 - FDFMOD Team

FDF Mod 1.0 for Armed Assault
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- FDF Rapid Deployment Force Soldiers with several variations
- FDF Special Jaegers with several variations
- Sisu XA-360 (Patria AMV)
- Landrover Defender
- Completely new Podaga island
- All Armed Assault sounds replaced
- 8 new Finnish radio voice profiles
- King's Gamble single-player campaign
- Multi-player missions


Requires Arma v. 1.14 or higher and Queen's Gambit expansion.
Please note you need to download and install both part I & II below!

Documentation for our first release (aka readme)
FDF Mod v. 1.0 - Part I & Part II - (Finland)
FDF Mod v. 1.0 - Part I & Part II - (Armedassault.info, France)
FDF Mod v. 1.0 - Part I & Part II - (Armed-Assault.de, Germany)
FDF Mod v. 1.0 - Part I & Part II - (Armaholic.com, UK)

Fixed campaign for non-English editions of Arma. Extract it to "YourArmaDir\FDFmod\Campaigns\" and overwrite existing fdf.pbo.

These are signed addons, server admins can download our key here.

cfc8aab16e6b2c3ce609559b532a1e54 FDF_Mod_v10_part_1.exe
b8cbc7836b097de298dae4f56856e2db FDF_Mod_v10_part_2.exe

Petri Honka's Blog 21.9.2008 - FDFMOD Team

Hello again, guys. Summer has turned to autumn and new breeze is blowing in my boring life too. First, I'd like to share with you some old snapshots from early 90s when I had just finished high school and made a holiday trip to nice little island called Pogada, located near United Sahrani. Communist regime had just been overthrown and people were enthusiastic and even naive about the prospects of capitalism. Now you may ask why these old photos?

Well guess what, I have re-enlisted back to service in the Finnish Rapid Deployment Force and assigned its HQ company. We are about to be deployed to Pogada. There's been a bit of unrest there after some dramatic events took place in United Sahrani sometime ago. Maybe the top brass thought I could be useful as a liasion officer since I do have some rare real-life experience in peace-enforcement operations.

Anyway, I'm off soon and maybe not able to update my blog for some time since internet connections are not my main concern when I get there. Wish me luck guys...CU.

Petri Honka's Blog 21.7.2008 - FDFMOD Team

Hello again, guys. This is a shot of some of the latest hardware that the Army possesses - the versatile Patria AMV - Armored Modular Vehicle.

The ride I was offered was more smoother and steadier than in the old tin can XA-185 PASI which hauled me during my conscription.

According to the manufacturer: "The AMV has the best protection level up to 30 mm APFSDS frontal arc and it has a top-class mine protection up to 10 kg TNT. The high payload allows various types of weapon systems to be integrated, from 7.62 mm to 105 mm turret systems or 120 mm AMOS."

This version is armed with American M2 HB machinegun in remote-operated turret similiar in fashion to that of Stryker APC.

Petri Honka's Blog 5.7.2008 - FDFMOD Team

Hi again, folks. This time I'd like to share with you a photo from a recent shooting competition in Haukisaari, near Karttula. I took part only to 25m/10 shot pistol competition but scored so bad I dare not to mention it here :)

Anyway after the official part was over we did some plinking with various firearms. The foreign gentleman at the front immediately wanted to try out my M31 'Suomi' submachinegun and Pertti, my old army buddy tested the M39 rifle from my modest historical firearms collection.

The elderly man liked how the M31 operated and sprayed two full drums at the target, despite forgetting his radio gear on which we used earlier on our practical-shooting expiriment. I didn't find out what he does for a living but I bet it involves handling various guns.

To sum it up, it was a fun weekend!

Petri Honka's Blog 19.6.2008 - FDFMOD Team

Sorry for the lack of updates but I've been working hard at my job, trying to get a big project finished during the summer.

Here are couple of shots from last summer's refresher course for you military enthusiasts, first of which shows beret-wearing reservist taking potshots with a "trusty" old M80 pistol. The latter one is a picture of 12.7mm ITKK equipped with optical anti-aircraft sight.

The heavy tube being wielded in the third shot by some AT guy is the infamous 112 RsKes Apilas, bringing memories from those long marches years ago when I had to haul two of them, one on each shoulder. At the refresher exercise I got to shoot with TRG-42 (8.6 kiv 2000) and kick was heavier than old TKKIV 85 but the ballistics is way better, extending range 100s of meters further than that of the old rifle.

Petri Honka's Blog 10.1.2008 - FDFMOD Team

Hi all, I just wanted to share some memories from last summer's refresher course which was held at Niinisalo drill area. The weather was hot but we got to wear the brand new M/05 camouflage suits which were comfortable enough, although an 'old hand' like me still prefers the old M/62 camo.

One of the officers in charge is my good mate, and allowed me to hang around as unofficial 'combat cameraman' after my part in the drill was finished.

Here's a shot of two conscripts from Pori ambushing 'friendly' BMP-2 with dummy 66 KES 88 AT launcher (although the yellow stripe indicating a dummy weapon is missing and guy at the front has lost the blank adapter from his RK 95 assault rifle!).

FDF Sound Pack 1.3 for ArmA 3.12.2007 - FDFMOD Team

To celebrate the coming of spring and awakening of nature, Goeth and his orchestra have composed a sound pack replacing most weapon and environment sounds in ArmA.

FDF Sound Pack is client-side only and it does not replace any of the original files. Have fun!

Update 3.12.2007: version 1.3 released!

DOWNLOAD, mirror #1 by Kyllikki, Finland.
DOWNLOAD, mirror #2 by our site, USA.
DOWNLOAD, mirror #3 by Ravens of the Nevermore, Finland.
DOWNLOAD, mirror #4 by Armedassault.info

DOWNLOAD FDFMod addon signing key

Debut album by Airut released 23.5.2007 - FDFMOD Team

Airut, the band featured on FDF Mod soundtrack has released their debut album: Langennut. The wait was long and painful but totally worth it. See Airut web site for detailed information about the album and how to acquire it.

FDF Modilla kuultavan Airut-orkesterin debyyttipitkäsoitto - Langennut - on pitkän ja piinallisen odotuksen jälkeen saatavilla. Tarkemmat tiedot levystä ja jakelijoista löytyvät bändin sivuilta.

Preliminary work with ArmA 15.12.2006 - FDFMOD Team

Finnish Rapid Deployment Forces soldier and BMP-2 from Armored Brigade take part in joint exercise in a forested area. Soldier is equipped with new M05 camouflage suit, M05 ballistic vest and M05 equipment vest and is carrying modernized version of Russian-manufactured PK machine gun.

Stay tuned for more news when modding tools are released, same FDF time, same FDF channel.

500th Mission at Repository 26.3.2006 - FDFMOD Team

500 FDF missions - a new boundary was recently breached as FDF Mod Mission Repository recently received its 500th uploaded mission. The repository was established on March 3rd 2004 by Jus and Dr Origo with file space provided by Daddl. While presenting missions in several categories the overwhelming majority are co-operative missions with over 300 submissions so far. A nice set of custom campaigns and SP missions are also hosted and users are also able to rate and comment on the missions.

The mission repository continues to evolve thanks to frequent submissions by mission designers like YOU and the dedicated site maintenance team!

Suursaari released! 6.2.2006 - FDFMOD Team

Our well-known travel agency Saarinen & Lahtinen, Helsinki, is proud to offer you this season's visits to the finest resort of Baltic Sea, romantic and peaceful island of Suursaari. No matter if you seek for quiet sceneries of natural beauty or possibility to show your swimming suit of latest fashion, Suursaari has it all!

High cliffs, mountains, deep woods, dramatic rocks and more natural beauty than you can imagine! Evening dancing (featuring jazz orchestra of Ville Haapasalo), row-boats for hire, fish restaurant, beach of Suurkylä bay and dozens more atractions only island in Baltic Sea can offer.

Accomodation in pleasant private residences across the island or in modern hotel rooms, both in unbelievably reasonable prices. We provide accomodation services in both villages, Suurkylä and Kiiskinkylä.

All you have to do is to visit our office and be offered the trip which will suit your taste and wallet. Special discounts for families and army officers on vacations!

Suursaari Project was made by Edge from CSLA Mod with support of FDF Mod developers as tribute to WW2 expansion.

DOWNLOAD, mirror #1 hosted by Tiscali, Czech Republic.
DOWNLOAD, mirror #2 hosted by OFP.info, Czech Republic.
DOWNLOAD, mirror #3 hosted by OFP.info, Czech Republic.

FDF Mod 1.4 released! 10.12.2005 - FDFMOD Team

- Many 1.3 bugs fixed, including fixed HALO script for multiplayer.
- Custom Islands "FDF: Rukajärvi" with new custom WW2 era   objects and typical Finnish outback terrain, summer and winter.
- Dozens of new buildings, fortifications, trenches, houses etc.
- Dozens of armored units and weapons for Finnish WW2 front.
- Historically accurate Finnish summer and winter soldiers.
- Historically accurate Soviets '39, '41 and '43 summer and   winter soldiers.
- Several Soviet and Finnish fighter planes of WW2.
- Tons of new sounds.
- Some new single and multiplayer missions.
- 2 new radio voice profiles, Finnish and one Finland-Swedish.
- Authentic WW2 music.
- New seagull feature for MP: Clicking the map moves you to   new location instantly.

Look at Downloads page for mirror listing.
Online version of readme documents.