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Desert Combat (DC) is a mod
Mod (computer gaming)

Mod or modification is a term generally applied to Personal computer game, especially first-person shooters, Role-playing games and real-time strategy games....
 for the first-person shooter
First-person shooter

File:Freedoom aaa.pngFirst-person shooter is a Video game genres, featuring a First person , with which the player views the action as if through the eyes of the protagonist and in which the primary element is combat based around shooting....
 (FPS) Battlefield 1942
Battlefield 1942

Battlefield 1942 is a 3D computer graphics World War II first-person shooter computer game developed by Swedish company Digital Illusions CE and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh ....
, created by Frank Delise, Brian Holinka and Tim Brophy. DC features many new weapons and new Conquest
Conquest (gametype)

Conquest is a gametype used mainly by EA and Digital Illusions CE's Battlefield franchise. To win a game of Conquest, the teams in the game must capture pre-determined spawnpoints labelled by flags....
 and Capture the flag
Capture the flag

Capture the flag is a traditional outdoor sport often played by children or sometimes adults where two teams each have a flag and the objective is to capture the other team's flag, located at the team's "base", and bring it safely back to their own base....
 Maps. DC is set in Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
 during the first Gulf War
Gulf War

"Persian Gulf War" and "First Gulf War" redirect here. For other uses, see Persian Gulf War .The Persian Gulf War was a United Nations-authorized military conflict between Iraq and a Coalition of Gulf War from 34 nations commissioned with expelling Iraqi forces from Kuwait after Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait of Kuwait in August 1990....
. It acquired popularity since the 2003 invasion of Iraq
2003 invasion of Iraq

The 2003 invasion of Iraq, from March 20 to May 1, 2003, was spearheaded by the United States, backed by United Kingdom forces and smaller contingents from Australia, Spain, Poland and Denmark....
 by Coalition forces
Multinational force in Iraq

The Multi-National Force - Iraq is a military command , led by the United States, that is fighting the Iraq War against Iraqi insurgency. Multi-National Force - Iraq replaced the previous force, Combined Joint Task Force 7, on May 15, 2004....
 and has been featured on many media websites.

eptember 1, 2004, Digital Illusions CE
Digital Illusions CE

EA Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment Aktiebolag is a Sweden video game developer, wholly owned by Electronic Arts, best known for the Battlefield video game series and the recent Mirror's Edge....
 (DICE) bought Trauma Studios
Trauma Studios

Trauma Studios was an United States computer game developer company founded in 2003. They were most known for having created Desert Combat, the most successful mod of Battlefield 1942....
, the developers of the Desert Combat Battlefield 1942 Modification.


U.S Aircraft


US Small arms


Iraqi Vehicles


Iraqi Aircraft


Iraqi Small arms


e have also been secondary mods for Desert Combat, such as Desert Combat Extended, Desert Combat Realism, and Desert Combat Final, which modify gameplay and add new content such as additional armies and features.






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Desert Combat (DC) is a mod
Mod (computer gaming)

Mod or modification is a term generally applied to Personal computer game, especially first-person shooters, Role-playing games and real-time strategy games....
 for the first-person shooter
First-person shooter

File:Freedoom aaa.pngFirst-person shooter is a Video game genres, featuring a First person , with which the player views the action as if through the eyes of the protagonist and in which the primary element is combat based around shooting....
 (FPS) Battlefield 1942
Battlefield 1942

Battlefield 1942 is a 3D computer graphics World War II first-person shooter computer game developed by Swedish company Digital Illusions CE and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh ....
, created by Frank Delise, Brian Holinka and Tim Brophy. DC features many new weapons and new Conquest
Conquest (gametype)

Conquest is a gametype used mainly by EA and Digital Illusions CE's Battlefield franchise. To win a game of Conquest, the teams in the game must capture pre-determined spawnpoints labelled by flags....
 and Capture the flag
Capture the flag

Capture the flag is a traditional outdoor sport often played by children or sometimes adults where two teams each have a flag and the objective is to capture the other team's flag, located at the team's "base", and bring it safely back to their own base....
 Maps. DC is set in Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
 during the first Gulf War
Gulf War

"Persian Gulf War" and "First Gulf War" redirect here. For other uses, see Persian Gulf War .The Persian Gulf War was a United Nations-authorized military conflict between Iraq and a Coalition of Gulf War from 34 nations commissioned with expelling Iraqi forces from Kuwait after Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait of Kuwait in August 1990....
. It acquired popularity since the 2003 invasion of Iraq
2003 invasion of Iraq

The 2003 invasion of Iraq, from March 20 to May 1, 2003, was spearheaded by the United States, backed by United Kingdom forces and smaller contingents from Australia, Spain, Poland and Denmark....
 by Coalition forces
Multinational force in Iraq

The Multi-National Force - Iraq is a military command , led by the United States, that is fighting the Iraq War against Iraqi insurgency. Multi-National Force - Iraq replaced the previous force, Combined Joint Task Force 7, on May 15, 2004....
 and has been featured on many media websites.

Trauma Studios

On September 1, 2004, Digital Illusions CE
Digital Illusions CE

EA Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment Aktiebolag is a Sweden video game developer, wholly owned by Electronic Arts, best known for the Battlefield video game series and the recent Mirror's Edge....
 (DICE) bought Trauma Studios
Trauma Studios

Trauma Studios was an United States computer game developer company founded in 2003. They were most known for having created Desert Combat, the most successful mod of Battlefield 1942....
, the developers of the Desert Combat Battlefield 1942 Modification.

List of Vehicles, Aircraft and Small arms


U.S Vehicles
  • Main Battle Tank M1A1 Abrams
    M1 Abrams

    The M1 Abrams is a Tank classification#Main battle tank produced in the United States. The M1 is named after General Creighton Abrams, former Army Chief of Staff of the United States Army and Commander of US military forces in Vietnam from 1968 to 1972....
  • Infantry Fighting Vehicle M2A3 Bradley
    M2 Bradley

    The M2 Bradley IFV and M3 Bradley CFV are United States infantry fighting vehicles manufactured by BAE Systems Land and Armaments, .As with other infantry fighting vehicles, the Bradley is designed to transport infantry offering at least some armored protection while providing fire cover to dismounted troops and suppressing enemy ta...
  • Armoured Personnel Carrier M1126 Stryker
    M1126 Infantry Carrier Vehicle

    The M1126 Infantry Carrier Vehicle is an armored personnel carrier of Stryker-family, used by the United States Army....
  • 4WD Vehicle Humvee with TOW rocket launcher
    BGM-71 TOW

    The BGM-71 TOW is an anti-tank guided missile. "TOW" stands for "Tube-launched Optically-tracked Wire-to-command-Link" guided Missile Set. The TOW was first produced in 1970 and is the most widely used anti-tank guided missile in the world....
  • 4WD Vehicle Humvee with M2 Browning machine gun
  • 2WD Vehicle Desert Patrol Vehicle
    Desert Patrol Vehicle

    The Desert Patrol Vehicle , formerly called the Fast Attack Vehicle , is a high-speed, lightly-armored sandrail-like vehicle first used in combat during the Gulf War in 1991....
  • Self Propelled Anti-Aircraft Vehicle M163 Vulcan
    M163 VADS

    The M163 Vulcan Air Defense System is a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun that was used by the United States Army. The M168 gun is a variant of the General Dynamics 20 mm M61 Vulcan rotary cannon?the standard cannon in most US combat aircraft since the 1960s....
  • Self Propelled Rocket Artillery M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System
    M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System

    The M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System is a multiple rocket launcher, a type of rocket artillery.The first rocket systems were delivered to the United States Army in 1983....
  • Self Propelled Howitzer M109 howitzer
    M109 howitzer

    The M109 is an United States-made Self-propelled artillery 155 mm howitzer, first introduced in the early 1960s. It has been continually upgraded and improved to today's current version, the M109A6 Paladin, currently only used by the United States Army....


U.S Aircraft
  • Close Air Support A-10 Thunderbolt II
    A-10 Thunderbolt II

    The A-10 Thunderbolt II is an United states single-seat, twin-engine, straight-wing jet aircraft developed by Fairchild for the United States Air Force to provide close air support of ground forces by attacking tanks, armored vehicles and other ground targets with a limited air interdiction capability....
  • Fighter-Bomber F-14 Tomcat
    F-14 Tomcat

    The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, variable-sweep wing aircraft. The F-14 was the United States Navy's primary maritime air superiority fighter, fleet defense Interceptor aircraft and tactical reconnaissance platform from 1974 to 2006....
  • Tactical Fighter F-15 Eagle
    F-15 Eagle

    The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is a twin-engine, all-weather military tactics fighter aircraft designed to gain and maintain air superiority in aerial combat....
  • Tactical Fighter-Bomber F-16 Falcon
  • Tactical Bomber F-117 Nighthawk
    F-117 Nighthawk

    The Lockheed Corporation F-117 Nighthawk is a stealth technology ground attack aircraft formerly operated by the United States Air Force. The F-117A's first flight was in 1981, and it achieved Initial Operational Capability status in October 1983....
  • Gunship AC-130 Gunship
  • Attack Helicopter AH-64 Apache
    AH-64 Apache

    The AH-64 Apache is an all-weather day-night military attack helicopter with a four-bladed main and tail rotor and a crew of two pilots who sit in tandem....
  • Attack Helicopter MH-6 Little Bird
    MH-6 Little Bird

    The MH-6 Little Bird, and its attack variant, the AH-6, are single-engine light helicopters used for special operations aviation in the United States Army....
  • Attack Helicopter UH-60L Battlehawk
  • Troop-Transport Helicopter UH-60 Blackhawk
  • Troop-Transport Helicopter UH-60Q Blackhawk Medevac
  • Troop-Transport Helicopter OH-6 Cayuse
  • Troop-Transport Helicopter CH-53E Super Stallion
    CH-53E Super Stallion

    The Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion , is the largest and heaviest helicopter in the United States Military of the United States. Sailors commonly refer to the Super Stallion as the "Hurricane Maker" because of the downward thrust the helicopter generates....


US Small arms
  • Knife KA-BAR
    Ka-bar

    Ka-Bar is a knife-manufacturing company most known for its 11-3/4-inch fighting and utility Bowie knife used by the United States Marine Corps and United States Navy in World War II....
  • Main Pistol M9 pistol
    M9 Pistol

    The M9 pistol, formally Pistol, Semiautomatic, 9mm, M9, is a 9x19mm Parabellum pistol of the Military of the United States adopted in the 1980s....
  • Secondary Pistol Mk 23
  • Main Assault Rifle M16A2 with M203
  • Secondary Assault Rifle CAR-15
    CAR-15

    The Colt Automatic Rifle-15 Military Weapons System or CAR-15 was a family of AR-15 and M16 rifle-based firearms marketed by Colt's Manufacturing Company in the late 1960s and early 1970s....
  • Primary Sniper Rifle M25
    M25 Sniper Rifle

    The M25 is a joint venture sniper rifle built for the Special Forces and the United States Navy SEALs. It was originally developed by the 10th Special Forces Group, based at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, to fulfill a challenge for a sniper rifle based on a match grade M14 rifle that satisfied the requirements of the Army Special Forces and th...
  • Secondary Sniper Rifle M82
  • Light-Machine Gun M249 SAW
  • Sub-Machine Gun MP5
  • Shotgun Remington 870
    Remington 870

    The Remington Model 870 is a United States-made pump-action shotgun manufactured by Remington Arms It is widely used by the public for target shooting, hunting, and self-defense....
  • Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher SMAW Personal Rocket System
    Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon

    The Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon is a shoulder-launched rocket weapon, based on the Israeli B-300, with the primary function of being a portable anti-armor rocket launcher....
  • Anti-Air Rocket Launcher FIM-92 Stinger
    FIM-92 Stinger

    The FIM-92 Stinger is a personal portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile developed in the United States and entered into service in 1981....
  • Hand Grenade M67 grenade
    M67 grenade

    The M67 grenade is a fragmentation hand grenade used by the US armed forces and Canadian Forces - where it is referred to as the C13. The M67 is a replacement for the M61 grenade used during Vietnam war and the older Mk 2 grenade "pineapple" grenade used since World War II....
  • Mortar M224 Mortar
    M224 Mortar

    |}The M224 60 mm Lightweight Mortar is a Smoothbore, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon used for close-in support of ground troops....


Iraqi Vehicles
  • Main Battle Tank T-72
    T-72

    The T-72 is a Soviet Union-designed main battle tank that entered production in 1971. It is a further development of the T-62 with some features of the T-64#T-64A and has been further developed as the T-90....
  • Infantry Fighting Vehicle BMP-2
    BMP-2

    The BMP-2 ? Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty ? is a second-generation, amphibious infantry fighting vehicle introduced in the 1980s, following the BMP-1 of the 1960s....
  • 8WD Ural-5323 Armed Transport
  • 6WD BM-21
    BM-21

    The BM-21 Grad is a Soviet truck-mounted 122-mm multiple rocket launcher, developed in the early 1960s. BM stands for boyevaya mashina, ?combat vehicle?, and the nickname means ?hail?....
     MRL
    Multiple rocket launcher

    A multiple rocket launcher is a type of unguided rocket artillery system. Like other rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers are less accurate and have a much lower rate of fire than batteries of traditional artillery guns....
     System
  • 4WD BRDM-2
    BRDM-2

    The BRDM-2 is an Armoured patrol car used by Russia and the former Soviet Union. It was also known under designations BTR-40PB, BTR-40P-2 and GAZ 41-08....
     with KPVT
    KPV heavy machine gun

    The KPV heavy machine gun is a Soviet Union designed 14.5 x 114 mm-caliber heavy machine gun, which first entered service as an infantry weapon in 1949....
     and PK LMG
    PK machine gun

    The PK is a 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun designed in the Soviet Union and currently in production in Russia. Its NATO equivalents are the FN MAG, MG3, and M60 machine guns....
  • 4WD BRDM-2
    BRDM-2

    The BRDM-2 is an Armoured patrol car used by Russia and the former Soviet Union. It was also known under designations BTR-40PB, BTR-40P-2 and GAZ 41-08....
     with AT-5 Spandrel Rocket Launcher
    AT-5 Spandrel

    The 9M113 Konkurs SACLOS Wire-guided missile Anti-tank missile of the Soviet Union. "9M113" is the GRAU designation of the missile. Its NATO reporting name is AT-5 Spandrel....
  • 4WD Technical-Pickup Truck
    Technical (fighting vehicle)

    A technical is a type of improvised fighting vehicle, typically a civilian or military non-combat vehicle, modified to provide an offensive capability....
     with M2 Browning machine gun (Improvised Fighting Vehicle)
  • 4WD Technical-Pickup Truck
    Technical (fighting vehicle)

    A technical is a type of improvised fighting vehicle, typically a civilian or military non-combat vehicle, modified to provide an offensive capability....
     with SPG-9 recoilless rifle (Improvised Fighting Vehicle)
  • 4WD Technical-Coupe
    Technical (fighting vehicle)

    A technical is a type of improvised fighting vehicle, typically a civilian or military non-combat vehicle, modified to provide an offensive capability....
     (Improvised Transport)
  • Self Propelled Anti-Aircraft Vehicle ZSU-23-4 Shilka
  • Self Propelled Howitzer 2S1 Gvozdika
    2S1

    The 2S1 Gvozdika is a Soviet 122-mm Self-propelled artillery that resembles the PT-76 but is essentially a version of the MT-LB APC. "2S1" is its GRAU designation....
  • Self Propelled TBM MAZ-543 Scud Launcher
    Scud

    Scud is a series of tactical ballistic missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War and exported widely to other countries. The term comes from the NATO reporting name SS-1 Scud which was attached to the missile by Western intelligence agencies....


Iraqi Aircraft
  • Ground Support Aircraft Sukhoi Su-25
    Sukhoi Su-25

    The Sukhoi Su-25 is a single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by the Sukhoi. It was designed to provide close air support for the Red Army....
  • Tactical Fighter MiG-29 Fulcrum
  • Tactical Fighter Mirage F1
  • Attack Helicopter Mi-24 Hind
  • Attack Helicopter MD-500 Defender
  • Troop-Transport Helicopter Mi-8 Hip
    MI-8

    MI-8 may refer to:* MI8, the WWII British signals intelligence agency* Mil Mi-8, the Soviet-designed helicopter* Mitten im 8en, an Austrian TV soap/comedy series...
  • Troop-Transport Helicopter SA-342 Gazelle


Iraqi Small arms
  • Knife KA-BAR
    Ka-bar

    Ka-Bar is a knife-manufacturing company most known for its 11-3/4-inch fighting and utility Bowie knife used by the United States Marine Corps and United States Navy in World War II....
  • Main Pistol Browning Hi-Power
    Browning Hi-Power

    The Browning Hi-Power is a single action, 9x19mm Parabellum semi-automatic firearm pistol. It is based on ideas conceived and patented in 1922 by American firearms inventor John Browning, and later patented by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal of Herstal, Belgium....
  • Secondary Pistol PSS
    PSS

    PSS may refer to:In science:*Packet Switch Stream, a British packet-switched network*Periodic Steady State:** Periodic Steady State Analysis...
  • Main Assault Rifle AK-47
    AK-47

    The AK-47 is a 7.62x39mm assault rifle developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov in two versions: the fixed stock AK-47 and the AKS-47 variant equipped with an underfolding metal shoulder stock....
     with GP-30
    GP-30

    The GP-30 Obuvka , GP-25 Kostyor and BG-15 Mukha are Russian under barrel grenade launchers for the AK-47 of assault rifle. They were first seen by the west in 1984 during the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan....
  • Secondary Assault Rifle AKS-74U
  • Primary Sniper Rifle Tabuk Sniper Rifle
    Tabuk Sniper Rifle

    The Tabuk Sniper Rifle is an Iraqi Designated_marksman#Weapons_2, made from a modified version of the RPK light machine gun. The Tabuk Sniper Rifle, like all the AK-47 and Dragunov SVD derivatives made in Iraq, was manufactured at the Al-Qadissiya Establishments using machineries sold to Iraq, with the power at the time still firmly in...
  • Secondary Sniper Rifle VSS Vintorez
    VSS Vintorez

    The VSS , also called the Vintorez , is a suppressed sniper rifle developed in the late 1980s by TsNIITochMash and manufactured by the Tula Arms Plant....
  • Light-Machine Gun PKM
    PK machine gun

    The PK is a 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun designed in the Soviet Union and currently in production in Russia. Its NATO equivalents are the FN MAG, MG3, and M60 machine guns....
  • Shotgun Saiga 12
  • Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher RPG-7V
    RPG-7

    The RPG-7 is a widely-produced, portable, Shoulder-launched missile weapon, anti-tank rocket propelled grenade weapon. Originally the RPG-7 and its predecessor, the RPG-2, were designed by the Soviet Union, and now manufactured by the Bazalt company....
  • Primary Anti-Air Rocket Launcher FIM-92 Stinger
    FIM-92 Stinger

    The FIM-92 Stinger is a personal portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile developed in the United States and entered into service in 1981....
  • Secondary Anti-Air Rocket Launcher SA-7 Grail
  • Hand Grenade M67 grenade
    M67 grenade

    The M67 grenade is a fragmentation hand grenade used by the US armed forces and Canadian Forces - where it is referred to as the C13. The M67 is a replacement for the M61 grenade used during Vietnam war and the older Mk 2 grenade "pineapple" grenade used since World War II....
  • Mortar M224 Mortar
    M224 Mortar

    |}The M224 60 mm Lightweight Mortar is a Smoothbore, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon used for close-in support of ground troops....


Notable modifications

There have also been secondary mods for Desert Combat, such as Desert Combat Extended, Desert Combat Realism, and Desert Combat Final, which modify gameplay and add new content such as additional armies and features. When Trauma Studios was purchased by DICE, some of the Desert Combat team chose not to join DICE and continued on to make Desert Combat Final, an update to Desert Combat. It was released on October 16, 2004 though it was not an official release by Trauma Studios or by the Desert Combat team.

Awards

  • FilePlanet
    FilePlanet

    FilePlanet is a video game download service that provides free game patches, mod files and media downloads to its users. FilePlanet was launched, and is run by, GameSpy, which is now a subsidiary of IGN, and is one of the most used video game download sites on the internet....
    's Best New Mod of 2004 for Desert Combat Final
  • FilePlanet's Best Mod of 2003
  • GameSpy
    GameSpy

    GameSpy, also known as GameSpy Industries, is a division of IGN Entertainment, which operates a network of game websites and provides online video game-related services and software....
    's 2003 PC Modification of the Year
  • FilePlanet's Best New Mod for 2002


See also

  • List of Battlefield 1942 mods
    List of Battlefield 1942 mods

    This is a list of mod s for the first-person shooter computer game Battlefield 1942.An October 2004 public release from EA notes quote "Not long after the release of Battlefield 1942, several groups of dedicated fans looked at DICE's creation and imagined the maps populated with modern vehicles and weapons, or early 20th century prop planes...


External links

  • Desert Combat official site: http://www.desertcombat.com/
  • DICE buys Trauma: http://www.traumastudios.com/press.html
  • IGN interviews Desert Combat founders: http://pc.ign.com/articles/383/383326p1.html
  • Mac OS X Downloads: http://macinfront.macologist.org/mirror/macologist/files.php?cat=20