Hello and welcome back to another Forgotten Hope 2 update.

We'd like to thank everyone who turned out last weekend for our map testing event. We have already received a lot of very useful feedback on our Discord, and we welcome any more that you have. The maps will continue to be played in the normal rotation up until the start of the next event.

Just like last year, we are going to be marking the occasion of D-Day, with an event running this weekend:

Saturday 10th to Sunday 11th June

The map list will be the following:

• Brecourt Manor
• Gold Beach
• Omaha Beach
• Pegasus
• Pointe du Hoc
• Port-en-Bessin
• Purple Heart Lane
• St Mere Eglise

We hope to see you on the servers!

That's all for this week, but be sure to come back next time for another update. Until then, feel free to visit our Discord, our public forums, our Twitter, our subreddit, and/or Facebook pages to discuss this update and other news.

Hello and welcome back to another Forgotten Hope 2 update.

Today we are announcing our upcoming Beta Event, that will be running between:

Saturday 3rd to Sunday 4th June

After the success of the first beta event, we decided to run another one, this time with 4 maps from the beta for gameplay testing. 2 were in the first event and were improved thanks to your feedback, and 2 new maps are presented. We hope to get some good feedback on how these maps play that can hopefully lead to their eventual full release in a future update to FH2. These four maps are:

Bir Hakeim
by SputnikFighter & CptBocquier

This map is set in May-June of 1942, with the Free French forces trying to hold their remote defensive position in the Libyan desert, encircled by the AfrikaKorps.

Merdorp
by Guinho

This map is set in May of 1940, with the French and German tanks clashing in the area of Hannut. The map focuses on the village of Merdorp where the French have set defensive positions.

Operation Little Saturn
by La Hire

This map is set in December of 1942, with the Soviet followup offensive to their creation of the Stalingrad Pocket crashing into the Italians dug in to the north along the River Don.

Pogostje
by John Tomasson

This map is set in the early part of 1942, at the site of a Soviet offensive to break through into the besieged Leningrad pocket. The Germans in this location have dug in on a reinforced railway embankment.

You can see more of them and a little more of the history and background to the making of these maps in this interview video made by The Valiant:

The full map list for the event is as follows:

• Bir Hakeim 64, 32, 16


• Merdorp 64, 32, 16


• Operation Little Saturn 64, 32, 16


• Pogostje 64, 32, 16

That's all for this week, but be sure to come back next time for another update. Until then, feel free to visit our Discord, our public forums, our Twitter, our subreddit, and/or Facebook pages to discuss this update and other news.

Hello and welcome back to another Forgotten Hope 2 update.

Today we are showing off the primary light machinegun of the Belgians in May 1940, the Fusil-Mitrailleur Modèle 1930.

The Belgian army prior to WW1 had some experience with light machine guns, notably the Hotchkiss Portative and the Madsen, which were in service with the cavalry. However, once both sides had entrenched themselves they were replaced with heavy machine guns. With renewed emphasis on offence in the second half of the war, the Belgian army regained interest in light machine guns and adopted the French Chauchat, which served them throughout the rest of the war.

After the war Belgium obtained considerable quantities of German arms and ammunition as war reparations, including MG08/15 machine guns. Since this left the army with weapons in three different calibres, a modernisation program rechambered the MG08/15s to 7.65mm and upgraded the Chauchats to the Modèle 15-27 standard, featuring numerous dust covers, and a new 15-round magazine to go with the standard Belgian 7.65mm rifle round. This would only be a stopgap, with these guns obsolete by the end of the 20's.

In 1919, FN acquired the licence to produce and sell commercial variants of the Browning Automatic Rifle. By 1921 FN was producing BARs for the Swedish military, where they would be known as the Kg m/21. Another military contract would follow later in the decade, this time for the gun that became the Polish RKM wz.1928. Apart from the military contracts, FN also became the exclusive vendor for the Colt R75 and Monitor variants. FN, with the help of gunsmith Dieudonné Saive, modified the R75 to feature a new gas valve and a mechanical fire rate reducer. The Fusil-Mitrailleur Modèle 1930 was born, and promptly adopted by the Belgian army.

Production of the FM30 ran from 1930 to 1933, with 5,126 guns made. With the general mobilisation of 1939, production was restarted. All branches of the standing army, and part of the active reserve would eventually be equipped with the new guns. The second-line reserve would continue to use the Chauchat 15-27. Mostly used as an infantry weapon fired from the bipod, it was also pressed into the medium machine gun role from a tripod, and used as a light anti-aircraft gun. It could also be found mounted in the turrets of the T-13 tank destroyer.

The FM30 was well liked by the troops, although they noted a tendency to overheat. This critique would eventually lead to the development of the 1932 FN-D (Démontable) with a quick-change barrel. A small number would also see service in the German army after the surrender as the 7,65 mm leMG 127(b). Ours was made by Ashton and RedRogueXIII.

That's all for this week, but be sure to come back next time for another update. Until then, feel free to visit our Discord, our public forums, our Twitter, our subreddit, and/or Facebook pages to discuss this update and other news.