One of the long running complaints about ground units in the IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles Series were infantry or the general lack thereof. This time around, the developers have created new infantry units that will be part of the ground battles depicted in their Korean War simulation. Let’s have a look.
New infantry units
The developers of IL-2 Korea report that their new sim title will have three types of infantry squads. Rifle squads, assault squads and light machine gun squads. Each unit will have independently moving members with the ability for any one of them to be killed in the battle and the rest of the squad continues on. A much more interactive experience from before.
A new type of infantry unit has been added too. Mortar squads with light and medium varieties.
The devs have also reminded us that artillery will have animated infantry moving around.
All of this looks to be upping the ground battles for the sim which should be interesting for close air support pilots. It also makes me wonder if they are laying the groundwork for simulated ground battles in the future or perhaps just upping the level of simulation regardless of future plans.
Check it out in action with this video and read the latest diary here.
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