Red Christmas

Hello and welcome back to another Forgotten Hope 2 update.

With the D-Day event drawing to a close, we would like to take this opportunity to announce our next named release, which will be launched this month:

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Red Christmas

Join us in the cold days of the harshest winters of World War II, in vicious battles on the Eastern and Western Fronts. While some would have preferred to be home by Christmas, new offensives are launched, tainting the snow red. This update will include 2 new maps, as well as new vehicles, new weapons, and many changes to existing content.

In January 1938, the armored vehicle BA-10 started to be mass produced using the GAZ-07 shortened chassis from the 3-axle GAZ-AAA truck. The hull was welded from armor plates and attached to the chassis by six brackets. The vehicle was also equipped with attachable tracks on the rear sides of the hull that could be installed on the rear wheels to provide reliable off-road driving.

The armament consisted of a 45 mm 20-K Model 1934 gun in a conical turret and two 7.62 mm DT machine guns, one coaxial with the main gun and the other mounted on the front hull. For aiming the main gun, a TOP telescopic sight and a PT-1 panoramic sight were used.

The BA-10 debuted in combat during the Battle of Khalkhin Gol on May 30, 1939, with the 9th Motorized Armored Brigade when a Manchurian cavalry detachment crossed the Mongolian border. From December 1939 onwards, the BA-10 was improved and revised, becoming the BA-10M. The main features of the later version included the installation of the new 71-TK-3 "Jackal" radio station and two armored fuel tanks over the rear fenders, instead of being placed behind the driver.

Of the 3,377 BA-10s produced from 1938 to 1941, roughly 1,950 were BA-10Ms. Our BA-10M was made by Veaceslav Condraciuc and Matt Baker.

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.