G'day all,

Just a quick note about static guns and launchers; I'll provide more details in forthcoming FAQ series but these questions about statics weapons are quite common especially with the edition of the three new NATO launchers.

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Static Guns & Launchers

What's available?
2 x Static .50s (Requires matching stand)

• CSAT .50 (Requires CSAT Stand [Lowered])
• NATO .50 (Requires NATO Stand [Raised])

2 x Launchers (Requires NATO Stand)

• NATO AA
• NATO AT

They are sold at the Spec Ops trader and are deployed in an disassembled manner in backpack form.

How to place?
You obviously require both the weapon barrel and the stand to assemble. Place one part, it doesn't matter which, in your backpack slot and another on the ground. Scroll wheel on the one on the ground (looking in the direction you roughly want it to point) and select assemble. Placement will be 1-2m ahead of you so bear this in mind when placing by rocks, in your base, slopes etc.

For ease and more convenient placement I suggest you use the Bergen Heavy Patrol and place both weapon parts inside. Placement out of backpack is a bit more involved and requires more steps due to an ARMAism so assuming a starting position that both weapon parts are already in your backpack the assemble steps are.

1. Drop barrel and stand on floor.
2. Place backpack on floor (I tend to do this away from where I have dropped the static parts).
3. Put one part of the static in your backpack slot (doesn't matter which).
4. Place that part roughly where you want to assemble.
5. Place second gun part in pack pack slot.
6. Scroll on gun part on ground and click assemble.

For some reason, hence the ARMAism reference, if you go straight from a safe/vehicle with the gun parts you have to put them on your back for them to register as "static capable" - hence steps 3-5.

How to rearm?
To rearm a static gun/launcher assemble it near an ammo truck, get in it and point the weapon towards the truck; then select rearm via the mouse scroll wheel.

How to store?
Erected statics are not persistent and will be deleted upon restart if left in an assembled state. Disassemble the weapon and store in a safe or a vehicle.

Note, statics assembled at your base will appear on the VG (Virtual Garage) store list however; if it is stored you will not be able to retrieve it and just like garaged spawned AI vehicles it will be deleted out of your VG upon server restart.

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That's it for now but as always if you have any questions please feel free to ask.

Cheers!
Woody