【新闻】FH2 8月27日更新新闻，意军士兵模型，BAR自动步枪以及Sten冲锋枪

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目前的游戏里已经有了一些意大利士兵，但是这些士兵的模型并不完整，用的是德军的帽子，头盔等等。今天展示的是完整的意大利军队士兵的模型，这些士兵将会出现在2.15版本中，在之前的更新新闻中已经展示过完备的意大利军队的武器，比如步枪和机枪等。 接下来要展示的是美制勃朗宁自动步枪（简称BAR）M1918A2型。这种枪早在1918年的一战期间就开始服役了，起初的设计目的是给前线的士兵提供压制火力，因为常规的机枪实在太重了。在二战期间，这种枪的角色开始转为班用轻机枪。它在提供压制火力的作用上还不如其他国家的一些轻机枪或者冲锋枪，因为它的弹仓容量只有20发，并且没有可替换的枪管。1940年设计了BAR的最后版本，M1918A2型，这种型号有了支撑脚架，并且能够切换射击速率。BAR直到二战之后还在继续使用，在越南战场上仍然能看到有一部分的BAR。 最后要展示的是英制Sten冲锋枪MK II型。自从1940年的敦刻尔克大撤退后，英军对冲锋枪的需求就空前增大。然而，从美国进口的汤普森冲锋枪的价格实在太昂贵了，在数量上完全不能满足军队的装备需求。于是1941年便有了Sten冲锋枪。Sten冲锋枪的主要设计理念就是要便宜，要易于大规模的批量生产。然而， 早期以及中期的Sten冲锋枪并不可靠，在使用中非常容易卡壳，甚至不小心掉在地上也会容易让它出故障。后期版本的Sten冲锋枪性能就可靠多了，它们一直在英军中服役，直到60年代才被其他枪所替代。

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An Italian walks into a BAR... by: Lightning




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Hello and welcome back to another update of Forgotten Hope. Today, we can finally show off our Italian player models as they now have their own helmets, hats, bags and pouches. We also have two new weapons for the allied forces in Normandy.

You have probably already noticed our Italian player models in Forgotten Hope 2.0 and 2.1, but we never showed them in any of our news updates because they were still missing much of their own equipment. They were still using German helmets, for example. In the upcoming 2.15 patch we are getting rid of all these placeholders. We have already shown the new Italian weapons in an earlier news update, now here are the finished Italian player models. These Italians soldiers were all modeled, skinned and coded by Jodonnell.







Next up are the two new allied weapons for Normandy. First up is the US Browning Automatic Rifle or BAR for short. This gun was modeled by Remdul and Dauntless and skinned by Seth Soldier.



The BAR first entered service in September 1918, during World War 1. Its use was very limited, as the war was over two months later and the US military was afraid the BAR would fall into enemy hands. The idea behind the BAR was that it would be able to provide advancing soldiers with suppressive fire, a role for which the ordinary machinegun was far too heavy. In World War 2 however, the role of the BAR changed to that of a squad light machinegun. It performed poorly in this role compared to the light machineguns of other nations such as the Bren, because it only had a magazine capacity of 20 rounds and no replaceable barrel. The final version of the BAR, the M1918A2, was introduced in 1940 and had a bipod, flash hider and the ability to switch between two different rates of fire. The BAR continued to be used after World War 2, even seeing limited use in Vietnam.

Finally we have the British Sten, modeled by Hail of Nails and skinned by Seth Soldier.



After the evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940, the British army was in desperate need for more submachineguns. The Thompsons purchased from the US were too expensive and too few to arm the necessary divisions needed to fight the Germans and Italians. In 1941, this led to the introduction of the Sten (an acronym for Shepherd, Turpin and ENfield). The main focus of the Sten design was to have it cheap and easy to produce and although it covered these conditions excellently, it proved to be prone to jamming, especially if not properly maintained. The mid production Stens were also notorious for their accidental discharges if dropped while cocked. Perhaps the most famous example of the Sten's unreliability is the 1942 assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague, during which assassin Jozef Gabcik's Sten immediately jammed, not having fired a single shot. Later versions of the sten were much more reliable and they continued to serve in the British army until replaced by the Sterling in the 1960s.

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.

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