Middle East Wars mod (MEW)

[Keltos01]

finished the M3 120mm and you can see the 81mm M3 for comparison, those two were the fire support mules of the IDF

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playing a Golan Campaign now that I have M3 Mortar support !

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NEW RELEASE ! 07-18-25

Middle East Wars Mod version 4.0

The inside of the M3/5 halftrack has been overhauled with a real coaxial MG port and MG-34, back floor, seats and still wip on the crew

now has real models for the
M3/5 20 mm HS 404 gun Halftrack
M3/5 57 mm / 6 pounder gun Halftrack
M3/5 90 mm F1 Gun Halftrack

support:
M3/5 81mm mortar Halftrack
M3/5 120 mm mortar Halftrack
Makmat 160 mm mortar (M3 mortar placeholder for now)

Middle East Wars Mod version 4.0
link:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/pbsfuaqi ... .0.7z/file

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Working on the next support, editing a M7 model

They were also used in SPG mode or direct support and or anti tank!

[Ikerzuasti]

Does the mod work for the Steam version? Thank you so much for your work.

[Keltos01]

I do not have the steam version. Earlier someone put it there for me

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M7 Priest IDF wip
separated in hull, turret, gun base, mantlet and wpn_main_recoil
edited free model from web
Textures from RL photos as always M7-Priest-beit-hatotchan-3.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... chan-3.jpg

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M7 wip

So you can see the uv map source image

Trying to get the right mix of 3d and texture

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with reference photo from beit hatochan

am refining and simplifying the model

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In game works as howitzer

Will wanna do an SPG version as it also was use to demolish fortifications and hunt tanks and fire flechette caniater rounds at infantry

The first image is the wip, the model had lots of flipped faces

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getting some details in both 2d and 3d

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and more

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so we now have both

a M7 Howitzer

a M7 SPG

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Middle East Wars Mod 4.1

includes both the M7 Priest Howitzer and the SPG versions

now I understand how much direct support it gave during the six days war !

still a win so there might be a couple flipped normals and the MG needs to be changed to the .50 from the MG34

https://www.mediafire.com/file/h7yhyxcv ... .1.7z/file

[Keltos01]

Now in game :

M7 Priest

Both SPG amd Howitzer

As the game does not allow for both roles in one unit as it was in real lite i made one howitzer M7 and one bunker busting SPG M7

They both have dedicated ammunition.

The SPG also fires the heat round, the canister round and the high esplosive one.

Some license as i added the small m51 mortar seen on israeli halftracks on the M7

[Keltos01]

Now editing a new sherman m4a3 model by

Low Poly M4A3(76) HVSS- 3D Model by
Dezryelle

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/low-pol ... 80ce07163a

To morph it into the M50 isherman from Latrun

And still need to rework the one m51 that is already ingame

Now working on the texture too, the colors are taken directly from the real life models

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wip....

keeping the core details

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the devil's in the details ...

texturing the MGs from RL ones

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Got it in-game lol

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So as always I got some RL pictures to texture the model, might simplify the sides though

or make a couple 3d boxes

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