---------- Updated September 10, 2016 ----------

Well Insurgency is already of course one of the most thrilling, explosive, adrenaline-rush experiences in PC gaming today, but even a game this excellent can be improved upon.

So here you go. Here is a list of excellent highly rated mods from the workshop that will make your insurgency at least 100 times more TACTICOOL than your friends. We all know deep down every insurgency player has that inner operator just waiting to be unleashed. So here is a list of various weapon skins, tactical gloves, special forces skins, and realistic sound enhancements to bring out that inner operator that you know is lying dormant within you. Heck, you'll be such a tacticool badass GI Joe commando Navy SEAL MARSOC Green Beret demolitions Special Ops SWAT sniper in the game that you'll feel like one in real life. You'll be so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ TACTICOOL that people walking past you on the street will be green with pure envy at your ridiculous TACTICOOLNESS. "Look at him! What a tacticool badass!"

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SKINS
-Many weapons have been given new and more unique appearances to replace the vanilla game weapons.
-Some insurgent weapons remain the same, but many are altered in the way they look, such as camoflage or a more battle-worn look. I have included a few excellent weapons replacements for the insurgents, however, such as the Dragunov SVD by analblaze which replaces the SKS, one of my favorite mods for the insurgents.
-Many of the security weapons have received a complete overhaul, including a brand new more tactical looking MK18 and a beautiful MR28 Heckler & Koch rifle to replace the vanilla M16.
-One of my personal favorites for the security side is the MK46 by Farengar that replaces the M249.
-The sidearms in the game have been completely overhauled, with some of the mods of particular note including a beautiful Inox Beretta, a black Desert Eagle to replace the .45 pistol, and a Glock to replace the Makarov. One of my favorite mods in particular is the replacement of the M1 Carbine with the Colt Model 733 Commando from Farengar's workshop.
-Player models have been overhauled as well, with the Insurgents receiving new skins from the excellent and extremely detailed Call of Duty inspired Mod from Venom's workshop.

SOUNDS
-I have tested many different sound mods from the workshop and have chosen the ones I feel are the most realistic and intense.
-One of the most INDISPENSABLE mods on this list is Realistic Urban Weapon Sounds 1.5 by Mossarelli. Seriously, if you get no other mods on this list, get this mod. It makes the game sound much more intense than any other shooter out there, with gun sounds actually cracking and blasting loudly instead of making the usual cheesy popping sounds we're used to hearing in video games.
-There's a bunch of other sound mods as well, including mods that enhance explosions, footsteps, bullet shells falling, supersonic bullet cracks, glass shattering, and even a cool mod by Gooby that makes the radio static actually have the sounds of gunfire in them.

OTHER MODS
-That's pretty much it, I really focused on more tactical, realistic, and modernized weapons, sound mods to enhance the intensity of the gameplay, and improved character skins. There's a few other cool mods I threw in as well, such as the high-res Skeleton tactical gloves by Desiire. I would also reccomend checking out the mechanix tactical gloves created by Devious_Methods, a really nifty mod that gives you a custom two-tone glove for the first person view. Check out his workshop for a bunch of custom Mechanix gloves to suit your taste in color and style.
-Last but not least...a fun little mod I use is the battle-worn GMV humvee by CROOOOW!, a neat little mod that gives the humvees found on most of the maps a slightly more post-apocalyptic/mad max kind of look.

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Anyways...here is the list. DISCLAIMER: None of these mods are mine, they are other people's, I just thought I'd put together a list for everyone out there to make insurgency more intense and realistic, with a bunch of cool gun and reskin mods. None of these mods conflict with each other, this is my personal list that I use and play with. 90% of these mods are top rated mods in the workshop, all with either five or four star ratings, and the few that don't have enough ratings yet certainly meet the criteria for a top quality mod.

PLEASE THUMBS UP THIS COLLECTION, NOT JUST FOR ME BUT ESPECIALLY FOR THE PLAYERS WHO HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO GIVE THE INSURGENCY COMMUNITY THESE AWESOME MODS. THANKS GUYS!