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ARCHIVES >>> 1/2013
Mooning the Enemy by: Eat Uranium 24.01.2013 22:00 GMT
Hello and welcome back to another Forgotten Hope 2 update. Today we have an announcement from Forgotten Honor as well as a couple of renders of an important Soviet assault gun, the SU-76 (also known as the SU-12) and it's more successful derivative, the SU-76M.
At the start of the war, the Red Army could call on only a handful of self-propelled guns for infantry support and tank destroying. In late 1942, orders were given for a light self-propelled gun armed with the 76.2 mm Divisional Gun ZiS-3. The winning design was Factory 38's SU-12. This used a lengthened version of the T-70's hull, fitted with an enclosed or canvas roofed case-mate at the rear.
The SU-76 had the same twin engine setup as the early T-70, and the problems this caused were severe enough that production was halted after just 350 had been made. The update to the SU-76M took about 3 months, and involved moving the two engines over to the righthand side of the hull, and lowering the armour protection at the rear. This later change led to the nickname 'bare-arsed Ferdinand', and made the crew extremely vulnerable. The SU-76M replaced almost all the infantry tanks in the Red Army. It had such a low ground pressure that it could follow infantry through swamps no other vehicle could, and the large cannon and ease of communication between the crew and supporting infantry made it effective in urban environments too. Both our SU-76 and Su-76M were made by Toddel.
Forgotten Honor Proudly Presents PRONE TO STORMS
This time we will take you from the mountains of Greece, to the hot deserts of North Africa and bloody engagements over Italy and France.
Climb mountains and stand your ground in challenging infantry actions as an infantry soldier.
This campaign will have you experience all the gigantic fighting for the Mediterranean.
The maps that will be played in this twelve battle, action packed campaign include specially made maps for the Forgotten Honor community... Experience World War II fighting from the comfort of your home:
 
MAKE YOUR CHOICE! With this brand new Forgotten Honor campaign, Prone to Storms, you will experience:
Experience the exhilaration of victory and the soul-searching after a defeat, as you stand or fall together with your teammates. Duty is calling you to battle, we are waiting for you!
www.forgottenhonor.com Our winners for this week's screenshot competition is mopskind. You can view the winning submission here. We are now accepting entries for the week of January 28th. If you think you have the best FH2 screenshot, post them here. 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, our public forums, and/or our Twitter and Facebook pages to discuss this update and other news.
04.01.2013 20:00 GMT
Hello and welcome back to another Forgotten Hope 2 update. We'd like to take this opportunity to wish everyone of our loyal fans a happy new year. To start off 2013, we have a render of perhaps a lesser known Soviet tank: the T-70 light tank.
Even as early as 1942 the Soviets considered light tanks to be obsolete, especially compared to the T-34. However, light tanks had the advantage that they could be constructed in small factories that were unable to manage with the larger medium and heavy tanks. In 1942 the T-70 was introduced to replace both the obsolete T-60 reconnaissance tank and the complicated and expensive T-50 light infantry tank. The first T-70s to roll off the production line were fitted with two engines, each of which powered one track. This was not an ideal setup, and the tank was soon modified to the T-70M with both engines mounted on the right and working together. The turret was also simplified and the mounting moved to the left hand side. One big drawback of its design was its cramped turret, which was only big enough for one crew member. A version with a bigger turret was produced as the T-80 starting in 1943, but by that time there was enough lend-lease matériel flowing into the Red Army that the light tank was declared obsolete and all production stopped. 8226 T-70s were constructed in total, and ours was made by Toddel. Our winners for this week's screenshot competition is United_Stealth. You can view the winning submission here. We are now accepting entries for the week of January 7th. If you think you have the best FH2 screenshot, post them here. 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, our public forums, and/or our Twitter and Facebook pages to discuss this update and other news.
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