United Front News Update 6: Run to the HillsWelcome to yet another update of United Front. This time we are gonna show you the ingenuity of the Allied Forces as well as some other great stuff. On Tuesday of last week UF invited people to come participate in a movie of sorts and we shot two movies on different maps. One was an actual movie with scenes that is not ready yet, and then we decided to actually have the people fight it out on the second map and see what happens. So, to that end here is the movie titled Ostmark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI78LsxpRGgNow some explanations about why this movie is significant for our update.
Ostmark is a map based on the Alps. It is essentially an American Force with Italian alpine troops supporting them vs German soldiers holding positions. It will be included as one of our first maps when it is entirely bug tested and play tested.
There are only two Shermans in this Video.
The M4A3R3 flame tank, known to us lovingly as Trogdor the Burninator. The flame tank in warfare is generally used to supplement the attacks for fortifications, such as bunkers, trenches, forts, etc. The flame tank in WW2 was utilized by every major combatant.For example, you had the US M4A3R3 [Sherman], German Flammpanzer 3[Panzer 3 chassis], the British Churchill Crocodile [Churchill], and the T34 Variant, as well as others.
The other Sherman was the M4(105), which was a Sherman fitted with a 105mm Howitzer. Its AP ability was unsatisfactory against heavy German Armor, as evidenced by the 105mm vs Tiger II shoot out in which both scored a hit, but only the 105 was hurt. So its main use came with its HE ability as basically a mobile artillery piece.
At time 2:20 you can see a German shoot a Panzerfaust at a tank, while it is not apparent due to the closeness of the shot. What he shot was a Panzerfaust 100, which was the final version produced in large quantities, it was available from November of 1944 till the end of the war. The difference between this and the Panzerfaust 30 is that the 100 had a bigger penetration (220 vs 200) and a bigger max range (100 vs 30)
At time 2:40 and 3:36 you can see a Fully Automatic M1A1 Carbine. This was known as the M2 Carbine, which was a select fire [single or full auto] weapon introduced in 1944.
Now on to the thank yous.
We would personally like to thank the FH2 devs for creating the Base Panzerfaust, M1 Carbine, and the base Shermans. Without which the variants of said weapons and vehicles would be impossible.
We would also like to thank the FH2 Forum members Arisaka, Kettcar, and Achtungsnow as well as the plethora of World at War Members who showed up to help us with this movie and the other movie that should be online soon.
Well that is all for today, but not by far all we have to show you. We will see you next week for another update from The United Front.
As always if you would like to donate anything, work with us, or want to trade equipment we are more then happy to oblige, just PM Paasky or visit our forums at
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