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The Scarlet Pigs is an ARMA 3 unit originally made up from two distinct smaller groups that merged, namely the Scarlet Banner Regiment (german) and the Flying Pig Games (english) group. Our groups met through coincidence and came to talking, deciding to try out a game together and to all of our enjoyment, that has been quite successful.

Nowadays the group has truly merged, becoming a cohesive whole that has grown ever-since to be larger, more faceted, more diverse. Today we sport nearly 100 members, about 20 of them highly active and attending nearly every weekend operation we run.

We pride ourselves on a rather relaxed atmosphere out of game, where hierarchies are flat and nobody has to address another by rank or anything like that. We are open to all comers, so long as you fulfill the basic requirements below.

ARMA is a game that can be played in a lot of different ways, and it is vital to know how a group plays so you can see if it is compatible with what you want out of the game.

We play a semi-serious milsim game, meaning once the mission starts, there is a strict hierarchy and you are expected to follow orders, do your assigned job and take the game seriously. Goofing off in periods of rest is fine, so long as you get your gameface on the moment an order comes in or bullets start flying — and you're not overdoing it.

We orient ourselves around some military doctrines and realities, but in the end we are still playing a game and thus going our own way in terms of equipment guidelines, organization and how we approach certain things. While we try to be realistic on principle, we do not enjoy full-on hardcore realism milsim to the fullest.

Nearly all our missions are infantry-focussed, though we do typically enjoy and even prefer a mixed-unit experience when we have the manpower to do so. That means we try to utilize attached armor, Close Air Support (fixed-wing and rotary), SpecOps forces (sniper groups, etc.) and artillery. Missions are pre-made cooperative or run by a Zeus Gamemaster and will nearly always feature premade loadouts made to fit the operations we typically run (i.e. no free Arsenal choice).