J-Day

Hello and welcome back to another Forgotten Hope 2 update.

With the fifth edition of our D-Day anniversary event closing in, we wanted to show you a unique vehicle made especially for the allied landings, the LCA "SCAM" with J-Projectors.

In April 1944, it was decided that Ranger Force A, under the command of Lt. Col. Rudder, would assault the formidable cliffside coastal battery at Pointe du Hoc, Normandy. While planning the mission, the Rangers worked closely with the Combined Operations HQ, which had been working on a variety of devices to assist the British Commandos in rapidly scaling cliffs, a common obstacle during their raids along the Atlantic coast.

One of the devices that caught the Rangers' attention was a type of rocket-propelled grappling hook. These 2-inch launchers, known as J-Projectors, traced their origins back to British maritime rescue devices developed by William Schermuly. To facilitate their use during the assault, the planners launched Project SCAM, which involved attaching six J-Projectors on the gunwales of the Rangers' assigned LCAs for D-Day. Each LCA carried three pairs of rope boxes : one pair with plain ropes, another with toggle ropes and the last with rope ladders.

On June 6, Ranger Force A crossed the Channel in the two LSI(H)s, the "Amsterdam" and the "Ben My Chree", each carrying six SCAM LCAs. Due to the rough crossing, many of the ropes became waterlogged by the time of the landing, preventing them from reaching the top of the cliff. Of the 54 J-projectors on the LCAs, only 19 hooks successfully reached the cliff top. The crew of LCA 887, recognizing this issue, dismantled their remaining four launchers and carried them ashore, where they fired the rockets by hand using a battery.

Our SCAM LCA was made by Matt Baker, based on the LCA made by Toddel. The J-Projectors will be usable ingame thanks to the work of Ekiso.

You can check an ingame preview of the SCAM LCA in the video below !

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