I figured it out, thanks for the help, I got it to work in clientarchives.con by adding the lines above the 'rem' hash at the top of the file. Not sure if the clientarchives is technically proper but i have a few guinea pigs to test it out online with.
fileManager.mountArchive mods/watchtower1001/sounds.zip Objects
rem fh2 archives
fileManager.mountArchive Objects_client.zip Objects
fileManager.mountArchive Objects_Vehicles_client.zip Objects
fileManager.mountArchive Objects_Weapons_client.zip Objects
fileManager.mountArchive Objects_Statics_client.zip Objects
fileManager.mountArchive Common_client.zip Common
fileManager.mountArchive Menu_client.zip Menu
fileManager.mountArchive Fonts_client.zip Fonts
fileManager.mountArchive ../../mods/fh2/Shaders_client.zip Shaders
rem bf2 archives
fileManager.mountArchive ../../mods/bf2/Objects_client.zip Objects
fileManager.mountArchive ../../mods/bf2/Common_client.zip Common
fileManager.mountArchive ../../mods/bf2/Menu_client.zip Menu
fileManager.mountArchive ../../mods/bf2/Fonts_client.zip Fonts