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ARCHIVES >>> 11/2023
Canned Slaughter by: Eat Uranium 26.11.2023 20:00 GMT
Hello and welcome back to another Forgotten Hope 2 update. Today we are showing off a grenade that will be replacing the RGD-33 in our later war maps, the RG-42.
The Soviet Union entered the war with the RGD-33 as their offensive grenade, but it quickly became clear that its complicated design meant that sufficient numbers were difficult to produce. The short lived RG-41 designed by N. P. Belyakov was the first attempt at a replacement, and was considered to be reasonably successful. Within a year the RG-42 designed by S. G. Korshunov had replaced it, with the main innovation being the switch to the UZRG fuse that was shared with the F1 defensive grenade. The RG-42 was easy to make and would be produced up until it was replaced in the 50s. Ours was made by Ashton and RedRogueXIII. 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.
The Luftwaffe's Launcher by: Eat Uranium 19.11.2023 19:00 GMT
Hello and welcome back to another Forgotten Hope 2 update. Today we are showing off a new rifle grenade for the K98k, and also using this opportunity to fill another blank in our set of renders.
The Gewehr-Granatpatrone 40 was a rifle grenade developed to give the Fallschirmjäger a light and portable anti-tank weapon. The design request went out in 1940, but the first grenades did not reach the field until the 1941 invasion of Crete. The GGP40 was found to be short ranged, inaccurate and not very powerful, and while plans to improve it were drawn up by 1942 the army had a much better alternative. The GGP40 was fired with a wooden bullet and launched from a spigot attached to the end of the rifle. This meant it was incompatible with the army's later Schiessbecher 30mm cup based system. Our GGP40 was made by Seth Soldier. 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.
Vast Variety of Violence - Part 10 by: Eat Uranium 12.11.2023 19:00 GMT
Hello and welcome back to another Forgotten Hope 2 update. We have a rather unusual and little known variant of the MG34 to show off today, the MG34/41.
The MG34 was a very capable general purpose machinegun and had proved itself in the opening years of the war, however there was always room for improvements. The MG34/41 was one of these experiments, with a number of changes made to the internal components with more use of stampings, as well as most visibly obvious a barrel that was shortened by about 9.5 cm. Perhaps the most significant change though was to the recoil and buffer springs, which resulted in a rate of fire close to 1200 rpm. However, despite its compact size it was only barely lighter than the MG34. The MG34/41 was produced only in very limited numbers. Around 1700 were made in 1941 and primarily shipped to several Jäger units on the Eastern Front for testing. Several would also turn up in the hands of Fallschirmjägers in Tunisia. The weapon was not overly successful since the high rate of fire caused significant stress on the internal components. Ours was modified by Seth Soldier from our original MG34 that was made by Master Minder, Subbo, Razer and McGibs. 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.
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