Hello and welcome back to another Forgotten Hope 2 update.

Today we are showing off the first major revision to the first major combat tank designed and built by Germany that saw combat in WW2.

In the aftermath of the First World War, the much reduced German army was forced to re-evaluate its tactics and strategies. One of the main learnings was that the army of the future would need to be mobile, and tanks would play a large role in this aim. The Versailles Treaty had placed a ban on the production and use of tanks by Germany, which meant that testing ideas for how to conduct armoured warfare had to be conducted first with dummy tanks, and then later in secret inside the Soviet Union.

With the take over of the Nazi Party, the Versailles Treaty was to be effectively ignored and tank development could increase in intensity. While the ultimate aim was to re-equip with the tanks that would eventually become the Panzer III and IV, it was eventually agreed that in the shorter term a lighter vehicle was needed. In 1933, designs from 5 manufacturers were evaluated, with Krupp's hull and Daimler Benz's superstructure and turret winning. Redesigned after the evaluation, the series 2 La.S. began to roll of the production lines in 1934. This would later be renamed the Panzer I Ausf.A.

With over 1000 examples being produced in 2 years, the shortcomings with the Ausf.A design rapidly became apparent. The 60hp Krupp air cooled engine was underpowered and prone to overheating. This was to be solved in the Ausf.B with the 100hp water cooled Maybach NL 38 Tr. To fit the larger engine the hull was lengthened, which allowed a change to the suspension. The idler wheels were moved up off the ground and a 5th road wheel added. The new tank was now more reliable, faster and less likely to break its tracks turning.

The Panzer I Ausf.B would serve in Spain, as well as Germany's invasions of Poland, Denmark, Norway, France and the Soviet Union. The survivors were largely removed from active combat by 1942, after which they performed policing duties or had their hulls re-purposed. In total, 399 Ausf.B were constructed with a further 147 hulls mated to Ausf.A turrets. Ours was made by Toddel and Matt Baker.

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Hello and welcome back to another Forgotten Hope 2 update.

Today we are showing off some of the equipemnt that the Norwegians were issued... or not.

The Norwegian Army of 1940 was in a sorry state after years of budget cuts and delayed procurement. This was made painfully clear by the hand grenade situation during the German invasion.

Despite Norway sometimes being referred to as the birthplace of the modern hand grenade, the Norwegian Army only showed limited interest in this invention. An early design by the pioneering arms inventor Nils Waltersen Aasen had been adopted in 1917 despite its complexity and questionable safety, and the sour experiences with this design lead to production and grenade training being phased out in the 1920's. In 1940 only a few hundred remaining grenades were available to Norwegian forces during the fighting, and they were distributed in minuscule numbers between units.

Most units therefore had to improvise or rely on captured hand grenades. Our improvised hand grenade is based on written descriptions from the campaign detailing how tin cans filled with dynamite proved to be an adequate, if somewhat unsafe, substitute for a more standardized model.

The Røkboks M/28 smoke candle was adopted in 1928. Like other smoke candles, the M/28 was meant to provide troops with a handy tool for signalling and screening. Its small size made it throwable, giving troops more flexibility in its deployment. A simple design, the smoke filling was activated by striking a friction fuse protected by a removable lid.

The M/28 would see service with both military and police forces up until 1940. Both grenades were made by Ashton.

Finally today, we have a promotional video for FH2 put together by Slayer.

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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!

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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.