Carpathian Crosses mod Released

At 1pm EST today (Friday 11 April, 2008) the Carpathian Crosses team are releasing the Beta version of their new mod for Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45. This mod brings the next new nationality to the game - the Romanians, who provided the single largest contingent of Axis troops on the Eastern Front, after the Germans themselves. The player will get to experience a completely unique setting, that has never been done before! On top of that, they are also adding the famous Russian Black Sea Naval Infantry - the "Black Death". The mod features new maps, new models, new vehicles and weapons including the first playable mortars.

Here is a short summary of the new features included:

• 5 new maps, including close-quarters infantry combat, combined arms and wide open tank maps
• 2 new tanks: the Romanian Renault R-35 and the Soviet T-26
• 9 new weapons, including anti-tank grenades, the ZB-30 machine-gun - and playable mortars
• A detailed mortar crewman and spotter system to support the mortars
• Romanian player classes with appropriate gear and uniforms; plus the Soviet Black Sea Naval infantry
• New tank system features
• Full support for custom mappers
• And the mod is integrated directly into the original Red Orchestra game

The mod will be available to download after 1pm Eastern/7pm Central European time on Friday. For more information on the mod and its content, plus links to the download mirrors, head over the to Carpathian Crosses website at www.carpathiancrosses.com

And here are some screenshots to get the juices flowing: