Welcome back for a special Forgotten Hope community news bullletin. Starting on July 17th, Wolfgaming.net will be hosting Fan map Pack #5 on their regular FH server at 65.206.113.131:14567.

Fan map #5 includes:

• A Day of Zitadelle by benseras
• Chartres by Civius
• Cretan Village by Mr_Cheese
• Nuenen 1944 by mArs
• Road to Ramelle by Sgt. Country Boy
• Trois Ponts by Knoffhoff
• Tulagi by Real-BadSeed
• Vuoksi by Civius

Fan maps sometimes don't get the attention they deserve, so this is a special opportunity to check out these cool maps on a busy, well run server. You can download these maps from links on this page.

That's all for today, but be sure to check back again next Sunday for a regular Forgotten Hope news update. Visit our public forums to discuss this and other news updates!

Welcome back for this weeks update of Forgotten Hope. I am happy to be able to show you the first images of the long awaited Panzerkampfwagen III. These will get their first taste of combat in Forgotten Hope 0.7 for Battlefield 1942, but as you can see, they will also be available for the first release of Forgotten Hope 2.

The first item in the showcase today is the Panzer III Ausf J, early and late versions. First produced in 1941, the Ausf J was the first Panzer III designed from the beginning to carry a 50mm gun, as the 37mm gun specified for earlier versions had difficulty penetrating the armor of some Allied tanks. The main difference between the early and late Ausf Js was the longer L60 gun used in the late version, in place of the shorter L42. In total, Ausf Js were the most numerous of all Panzer IIIs constituting all most half of all produced. The Panzer III Ausf J was modeled and skinned by Rad

After encountering heavily armed T34 and KV tanks during operation Barbarossa, it became apparent that the Panzer III, as Germany's main tank killing vehicle, was dangerously vulnerable. The Panzer III Ausf L, first produced in 1942, represented an attempt to improve the survivability of the Panzer III. Armor thickness was increased from 30mm to 50mm on the front turret and 20mm spaced armor was added to the front hull and mantlet. Some were also given schurzen for added protection. Other improvements included modifications intended to keep the engine running smoothly in extreme environments and simplifications to speed up production. The Panzer III Ausf L was modeled and skinned by Rad.

The Panzer III Ausf M, manufactured in Late 1942-early 1943, was the last version of the Panzer III was intended for the role of fighting other tanks. Similar to the Ausf L in its armament and protection, the Ausf M was equipped for wading rivers that were too deep for earlier versions. Ausf Ms were factory-equipped with schurzen. The Panzer III Ausf M was modeled and skinned by Rad.

The Ausf N was the last Panzer III produced. Equipped with the same 75mm KwK 37 L/24 used in the early Panzer IVs,the Ausf N was intended for infantry support, as by this time, the Panzer III's tank fighting role had been superseded by other vehicles. The Panzer III Ausf M was modeled and skinned by Rad.

That's all for today, but be sure to stop by our public forums to discuss this and other news updates!

Hello and welcome to another update of the Forgotten Hope Mod. Sorry that we missed an update last week, we are all spoiled from having Bug$ take care of this task for us. To make up for it, we have some extra goodies for you to look at today.

First of all, Forgotten Hope is participating in another Topsite Listing, this time one being run by frag4fun.com. A link for this and for Doomlab's list have been added to the left hand side of the page. You don't actually need to click either of them to add to Forgotten Hope's site score, it registers automatically once a day, the first time you visit our homepage (the one you are reading right now). But, by visiting the toplist sites, you can rate Forgotten Hope, post comments and check out a lot of other BF2 sites, but it does not affect the FH site ranking. If you do decide to visit, please be considerate of the other mods and pages--it just makes us look bad to have negative remarks about other mods and sites, connected with FH.

Getting to the actual new stuff, first we have a reskin and remodel of the the T34-76 Model 1941. This was unquestionably the best all around tank at the beginning of the war and is one of the most influential tank designs of all time. Its balanced combination of mobility, protection and firepower made it a uniquely formidable weapon for its time. Although T34s were only available in relatively small numbers to resist the 1941 invasion, by 1943, T34s made up over 50% of the entire Soviet Tank force.

The new FH T34-76 is based on the current FH T34 with a turret modeled by Master Minder, and based on the original DICE hull. StrangerThanFiction revised the hull and (very slightly) the turret, and Rad modeled completely new wheels (some of you got an unauthorized preview of this, a few weeks ago). The skin is entirely new, with the tracks and wheels being by Rad, and everything else by StrangerThanFiction.

The Heer was unprepared to deal with the T34 and had to revise existing armor tactics to deal with its superior qualities. Being both impressed and short on equipment, German armored troops were not slow to press captured T34s into service, as the Panzerkampfwagen T34 747(r). Crews were aware of the danger that their own troops might fire on them (a feeling familiar to anyone that has ever stolen an enemy vehicle in FH), and tended to paint on extra-large insignia to aid in recognition by friendly troops. The PzKpfw T34 747(r)was created by Dice, Master Minder, Rad, and StrangerThanFiction.

In late August of 1943 high ranking officials of the Soviet armaments industry discussed the difficulty that the T34s 76mm gun had in dealing with the new, heavier, German tanks that had appeared during the summer, especially during the heavy fighting at Kursk. They concluded that The T34 badly needed a more powerful gun to deal with these new threats. The new T34-85s, equipped with an 85mm gun, began to reach the troops in the winter of 1944. In addition to greater firepower, The T34-85 featured a roomier 3-man turret, that allowed the crews to fight more effectively. The T34-85 model is also based on a revised Dice hull with a new turret by StrangerThanFiction plus wheels by Rad. The skin is by Rad and StrangerThanFiction.

As a final treat we have some ingame screens of the Rad's new Kübelwagen and Mange's civilian truck. These screens should lay to rest any fears that these will only look good in news renders. They will, of course, look even better in FH2.

That's all for today, but be sure to stop by our public forums to discuss this and other news updates!