Hello and welcome back to another update of Forgotten Hope. Today, we would like to show some equipment for the US army in Normandy.

The render below shows (from left to right) the D-day "Cricket" clicker, made by Knoffhoff, the AN-M8 smoke grenade, made by Toddel, the M1917 Revolver, made by K96, a set of Composition B explosives, by Seth Soldier and the US Carlisle Dressing, also made by Knoffhoff.

The "Cricket" clicker was a small device given to US paratroopers on D-day, to be used as a means of identification. If you bumped into someone in the dark, you would click your cricket once and if the other person was also a paratrooper he would respond by giving two clicks. The crickets were only used on D-day.

The M1917 Revolver was developed during the First World War to supplement the M1911 Pistol, but although they remained in use during the Second World War and indeed also the Korean War they were generally only issued to secondary troops. About 300,000 of them were produced between 1917 and 1920.

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In Remembrance...

Hello and welcome back to another update of Forgotten Hope. Today's update shows the render of the Hawker Typhoon and some in game screenshots of our M10 Tank Destroyer. These two allied weapons greatly contributed to the war against the heavy German tanks like the Tiger and Panther.

First up is the render of the Hawker Typhoon, made by Agus.

The Hawker Typhoon was originally intended as a front line fighter, but when compared to the Supermarine Spitfire in 1941 it quickly became apparent that the Typhoon was vastly inferior. It wasn't until 1943 that the Typhoon's problems had been fixed and since the need for a new front line fighter had gone, it was turned into a fighter-bomber. Thanks to its powerful Napier-Sabre engine, the Typhoon could carry up to 1000kg of explosives. In late 1943, the Typhoon was equipped with rockets, 4 under each wing. This rocket variant proved to be highly successful in Normandy. In all, 3300 Typhoons were made during the war.

Next up we have 4 in game screenshots of the M10 Tank Destroyer, modeled and skinned by Agus, exported and coded by Kev4000.

Finally, we have an M10 Wallpaper. Download by right-clicking the link and selecting "Save Link As".

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Hello and welcome back to another update of Forgotten Hope. Today we have some more renders of allied equipment used in Normandy.

Firstly, we have the M1A1 Thompson sub-machine gun, made by Remdul and Seth Soldier.

The M1A1 Thompson is quite different from the M1928 Thompson used by the British in North Africa. The newer design moved the charging handle to the side of the weapon, replaced the vertical front grip by a horizontal one, removed the muzzle brake and significantly reduced the rate of fire. These changes made the weapon much more reliable, but also cut its production costs in half. Nearly 1.4 million M1 and M1A1 Thompsons were made during World War 2.

Next up is the PIAT made by Toddel.

As more and more powerful tanks rolled onto the battlefield, the need arose for more powerful anti-tank weapons. Whereas the Americans developed their rocket-launcher the Bazooka and the Germans their recoilless gun the Panzerfaust, the British went in yet another direction. Their PIAT (Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank) launched a HEAT projectile using a spring. This method, unlike the Panzerfaust and Bazooka created no smoke at all, however it had some unique problems of its own. When fired the spring would push forward a heavy 5kg ballast, which would then also ignite a small charge on the projectile, pushing the ballast back and locking it into place again, so the spring would not have to be cocked after firing. This system was quite unreliable and often failed to lock the spring back in place. The operator would then have to cock the PIAT manually, which required a force of 900 Newton. The ballast also made the PIAT very heavy. It was first used in the Sicily campaign and remained the primary portable anti-tank weapon for the British throughout the war.

Finally we have the Bangalore Torpedo, also by Toddel.

The Bangalore Torpedo was invented in 1912 by a British Army Captain in Bangalore, India. In World War 2 the US Army adopted the Bangalore Torpedo and the allied forces used it to great success during D-day. The M1A1 Bangalore Torpedo could be deployed from behind cover. It would be build up by connecting multiple 1.5 metre sections to a length of 15 metres. A complete torpedo could clear a path of barbed wire and mines up to 15 metres long and 1 metre wide. Surprisingly, the Bangalore Torpedo is still in use with the US Army to this day.

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Hello and welcome back to another update of Forgotten Hope. This week we are proud to present the Forgotten Hope 2.15 trailer. This trailer features many (but not all) of the new things we have added in our latest patch. You will see the Tiger tank in action on Mareth Line, the grappling hooks on Giarabub and the tough street fights on Tunis. The 2.15 Trailer was filmed and edited by Bob Sacamano.

View the trailer now, by clicking on the play button above or download the high resolution version from filefront using the link below.

That's all for this week, but be sure to come back next time for another update. Until then, feel free to visit our IRC channel and our public forums to discuss this update and other news.