The Iron Harvest is a mod about the very real dangers of unexploded ordnance while farming.
History
Somewhere around 1.5 billion artillery shells were fired across all fronts during WWI, and up to a quarter of them failed to explode. That left somewhere in the region of 300 million unexploded rounds buried across parts of Germany, Russia, Belgium and France. The worst affected areas in the latter are known as ‘Zone Rouge’, and the yearly discovery is called ‘The Iron Harvest’. WWII would compound the problem with millions of tons of aerial bombs scattered across Europe and the Pacific, still causing problems to this day.
Over 1000 civilian and ordnance collectors have died in France and Belgium from accidental detonations since 1919.
Lest We Forget.
Features
- Zone Rouge brings the risk of unexploded ordnance to Farming Simulator 2025.
- When the mod is enabled, cultivating or plowing a field gives you a chance to unearth something. Recently sown or planted fields are less likely to contain ordnance than meadows or newly plowed ground.
- When you find something, you have to investigate it and make a choice. Some devices can be recognised as duds if you know what to look for.
- Most devices are probably unlikely to explode after so long in the mud and dirt, but there is always a risk. Be gentle. Large knocks and impacts greatly increase the chances of a detonation.
- Lighter devices can be carefully moved by hand to a roadside collection point, or transported using a tractor or telehandler bucket.
- The store sells armored buckets that can reduce damage to your equipment from smaller devices if they explode.
- For anything really big, you can call the authorities from the very beginning. They will come out and dispose of it for you, but that might take several hours, during which you will not be working that field.
- For total peace of mind, you can buy the Rebo RACK armored tractor from REBO Landmaschinen. This heavily modified John Deere 6R can withstand a blast from almost anything without taking major damage.
Recommended Mods:
Advanced Damage System
or
Real Vehicle Breakdowns
Zone Rouge applies custom damage to both systems from exploding ordnance.
