ArmA 2's Operation Arrowhead expansion pack adds new factions, weapons, vehicles, gear, a co-op campaign, several new scenarios and showcases, and three new terrains for the Green Sea region nation of Takistan. It was released on June 29th, 2010.[1]
Overview
| « | Three years after the conflict in Chernarus, portrayed in the original Arma 2, a new flashpoint in the Green Sea region heats up and coalition forces led by the US Army are sent to Takistan to quickly restore peace and prevent further civilian casualties in this standalone expansion pack to the best military simulator of 2009 – Arma 2. You will enlist into various roles within the US Army, from basic infantrymen, through special operatives, to pilots and tank crew in this new installment in the award winning line up of military simulators for PC from Bohemia Interactive. Official Description
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The expansion's titular campaign, Operation Arrowhead, is set three years after the events of Operation Harvest Red. Like the original campaign, it is both single and multiplayer-compatible, and supports co-operative play with up to three other players either through LAN, direct connection, or through a dedicated server. An official Warfare mode has also been included exclusively for online play as well.
Along with the inclusion of new factions with a complete set of unique vehicles and other hardware, additional radio protocols have been recorded in Farsi and can be used in-game. More than fifty new Takistani and Western faces are also available, and most (post-ArmA 2) infantry units can now carry backpacks.
Many vehicles and weapons from the base game have been retextured for use in the arid environments of Takistan. The expansion pack also updates most content from ArmA 2 with the ability to use thermal vision modes, zeroing for heavy weapons and small arms, and deployable aircraft countermeasures.
Operation Arrowhead is available both as a standalone and major expansion pack for ArmA 2. It is designed to be playable without having the original copy of the game installed, though it is also available together with the original game as part of the Combined Operations bundle, which will allow access to content from both the base game and the expansion.
Content
Terrains
Factions
- BLUFOR
- REDFOR
- INDFOR
Campaign
Vehicles
- U.S. Army
- ATV quadbike
- CH-47F Chinook tandem-rotor transport helicopter
- AH-6J Little Bird light attack helicopter
- Stryker wheeled armoured modular vehicle/weapons carrier
- Stryker MGS wheeled tank destroyer
- M2A2 Bradley tracked infantry fighting vehicle
- M2A3 Bradley tracked infantry fighting vehicle
- M6 Linebacker tracked anti-air vehicle
- HMMWV CROWS remotely-armed light utility vehicles
- HMMWV GPK up-armoured light utility vehicle
- HMMWV SOV special operations fast attack vehicle
- MH-6J Little Bird light transport helicopter
- UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopter
- ATV quadbike
- NATO
- Military Offroad special operations fast attack vehicle
- Military Offroad special operations fast attack vehicle
- Takistani Army
- Takistani Militia
- Military Offroad armed troop transport
- BTR-40 wheeled armoured personnel carrier
- Military Offroad armed troop transport
- Takistani Rebels
- United Nations
- M113 tracked armoured personnel carrier
- M113 tracked armoured personnel carrier
- Civilians
Weapons
- U.S. Army
- NATO
- Takistani Army
- Takistani Militia
- M47 Dragon anti-tank missile launcher
- Lee-Enfield .303 sniper rifle
- M47 Dragon anti-tank missile launcher
- Takistani Rebels
- M47 Dragon anti-tank missile launcher
- Lee-Enfield .303 sniper rifle
- M47 Dragon anti-tank missile launcher
- Civilians
- Sa-61 Scorpion 7.65×17mm submachine gun
- M79 40mm grenade launcher
- Sa-61 Scorpion 7.65×17mm submachine gun
Multiplayer scenarios
- One Shot One Kill (multiplayer)
- Hike in the Hills (multiplayer)
- Steel Panthers (multiplayer)
- Armory (Takistan)
- Laser Show (multiplayer)
- Mountain Warfare (Takistan)
- Dogfighters (Takistan)
- Sector Control (Zargabad)
Box art variations
Screenshots
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Video
Trivia
- According to a pre-release review/walkthrough document bundled in the ARMA X Anniversary Edition, the expansion's name was chosen by the development team for two reasons:
References
- ↑ Bohemia Interactive a.s., 2010, 'Operation Arrowhead is a go; enlist now!', Developer's Blog, 29 June, viewed 20 June 2018, <https://www.bohemia.net/blog/operation-arrowhead-is-a-go-enlist-now>.
- ↑ Bohemia Interactive a.s., 2010, 'Arma 2: Operation arrowhead REVIEW', We wanted to find a good name for a military offensive aimed at defeating a totalitarian regime and we feel this is a codename for the operation that the US Army may easily use in the real world. It symbolizes the nature of the military operation we invented as a background: Alliance forces respond to Takistan's aggression with the aim of striking deep in the enemy's territory in order to neutralize the hostile army., ARMA X: Anniversary Edition, viewed 4 April 2023, <A2OA_Walkthrough.pdf>.
- ↑ Bohemia Interactive a.s., 2010, 'Arma 2: Operation arrowhead REVIEW', "Arrowhead" also sounds nice and it hasn't been used in the name of a similar product., ARMA X: Anniversary Edition, viewed 4 April 2023, <A2OA_Walkthrough.pdf>.
External links
See also
| DLC (ArmA 2) | |
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| Operation Arrowhead • British Armed Forces • Private Military Company • Army of the Czech Republic | |