Mines

Mines are some of the least used weapons in Fh2, due to the team kills amounted by it, therefore it is rarely used. The only map I have seen it used on is El Alamein, and then not even properly used. This section will explain proper uses and how to avoid team kills.

An important thing to note is how people drive often on the sides of the roads, this all changes in fh2, most people do not drive on the roads unless it is on small maps like fall of Tobruk. Therefore 1-2 mines is not going to stop an enemy assault, it might take out 1-2 vehicles if your lucky. Therefore large minefields are the most effective in my experience. Fh2, limits each player to placing up to 5 land mines, you want to place them in a rectangular box in order to get the most effective defensive line, place flags 20 meters away on the side friendly units approach from, other wise enemies will see the flags and go around the minefield, this is also a useful tool for deception as flags can randomly be placed on roads, in order to distract the opponents into going right into an ambush.

Roads are easy to block with mines, place them on one side of the road and tell your team to drive on the left or the right side in order to prevent team kills, this way you will get less team kills.

Battle of Ortona Known as "Little Stalingrad", the small village of Ortona on the Adriatic coast of Italy became the scene of a fierce battle between the advancing First Canadian Division and the elite German 3rd Parachute Regiment of the First Parachute Division.

The bitter street fighting, snipers and booby traps claimed so many lives on both sides that the battle was known as "Little Stalingrad" or, the "Stalingrad of Italy."

Hitler ordered the town be held at all costs. Ortona became a symbol, as important as Rome. The battle was a matter of national prestige at home & abroad.

1,375 Canadians were killed in and around Ortona in December 1943, 2,339 were casualties.

Juno Beach Juno Beach was the code name for the Canadian landing site on D-Day. Appropriately, our visit to Juno Beach was on a cool, cloudy, breezy day. The D-Day beaches and monuments fall in the must see in your lifetime category.

Today, the bunker has been converted into a museum (the Atlantic Wall Museum to be exact) featuring landing craft, a V1 rocket and tanks outside and multi-level displays of WWII guns, grenades and other equipment inside, as well as maintaining features of the defence bunker itself.

The video features some general views inside and outside the bunker and ends with a model showing a cross section of the German beach defenses at Normandy.

Please take a look at Video History Today http://www.videohistorytoday.com , the first web site to offer unique collections of re-usable original video clips designed for teachers and students.

The idea behind Video History Today is to give schools the raw material to make mini-documentaries and video essays on historical subjects.

Initial packages focus on World War I (Somme and Ieper areas), The Holocaust, the American Civil War and D-Day & Normandy 1944.

V2 Launching site map http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD-ZdWd4Jac&feature=related

Omaha Beach http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSyTV2gKWOE&feature=related

Fox Armoured Car
Specifications
Weight   8 t
Length   4.6 m (15 ft)
Width   2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Height   2.4 m (8 ft)
Crew   4
Armor   up to 15 mm
Primary
armament   0.50 in (12.7 mm) MG
Secondary
armament   0.30 in (7.62 mm) MG
Engine   GMC 6-cyl petrol
Power/weight    ?
Suspension   Wheel 4x4
Operational
range   250 km
Speed   71 km/h (44 mph) The fox Armored car for Canada. From Wikipedia

Grizzly I

The Grizzly resembled a Sherman tank, but had thicker armor.
Type   Medium tank
Place of origin    Canada
Service history
In service   1943-45 (Canada)
1945-?? (Portugal)
Used by    Canada
 Portugal
Wars   Second World War
Production history
Designed   1941
Manufacturer   Montreal Locomotive Works
Produced   1943-44
Number built   188
Specifications
Weight   29.91 t (30 tonnes)
Length   19 ft (5.816 m)
Width   2.626 m
Height   2.997 m
Crew   5 (Commander, gunner, loader, driver, co-driver/hull gunner)
Armour   75 mm
Primary
armament   High Velocity 75 mm M3 L/40 gun
Secondary
armament   2 x .30-06 machine gun
Engine   Continental R-975 9-cyl radial gas
400/340 hp (298/254 kW)
Suspension   Vertical volute spring
Operational
range   193 km
Speed   24 mph (38.64 km/h) For Canada from Wikipedia

Battle of the Scheldt The Battle of the Scheldt was a series of military operations of the First Canadian Army, led by Lieutenant General Guy Simonds. The battle took place in northern Belgium and southwestern Netherlands during World War II from October 2, 1944 to November 8, 1944[1]
By September, 1944, it had become urgent for the Allies to clear both banks of the Scheldt estuary in order to open the port of Antwerp to Allied shipping, thus easing logistical burdens in their supply lines stretching hundreds of miles from Normandy eastward to the Siegfried Line.[2] Since the Allied forces had landed in Normandy, France on D-Day, June 6, 1944, the British Second Army had pushed forward into the Low Countries and captured Brussels and Antwerp, the latter with its ports still intact. But the advance halted with the British in possession of Antwerp, while the Germans still controlled the Scheldt Estuary.
Nothing was done about the blocked Antwerp ports during September because most of the strained Allied resources were allocated to Operation Market Garden, a bold plan for a single thrust into Germany which began on September 17. In the meantime, German forces in the Scheldt were able to plan a defense.
In early October, after Market Garden had failed with heavy losses, Allied forces led by the First Canadian Army set out to bring the Antwerp ports under control. But the well-established German defenders staged an effective delaying action. Complicated by the waterlogged terrain, the Battle of the Scheldt proved to be an especially grueling and costly campaign. Historians have largely ignored it until recent years.
After five weeks of difficult fighting, the First Canadian Army, bolstered by attached troops from several other countries, was successful in winning the Scheldt after numerous amphibious assaults, crossing of canals, and fighting over open ground. Both land and water were mined, and the Germans defended their retreating line with artillery and snipers.
The Allies finally cleared the port areas on November 8, but at a cost of 12,873 Allied casualties (killed, wounded, or missing), half of them Canadians.[3]
Once the German defenders were no longer a threat, it was an additional three weeks before the first ship carrying Allied supplies was able to unload in Antwerp (on November 29, 1944) due to the necessity of de-mining the harbors. From Wikipedia

Terrapin

Terrapin (to the left) during the Battle of the Scheldt in the Netherlands, 1944.
Type   Armoured personnel carrier
Place of origin    United Kingdom
Production history
Manufacturer   Morris Commercial
Number built   200
Specifications
Weight   7 tonnes
Length   7.01 m
Width   2.67 m
Height   2.92 m
Crew   2
Armour   mm
Primary
armament   none
Secondary
armament   none
Engine   2 x Ford V8
190 hp ( kW) in total
Power/weight   hp/tonne
Operational
range   240 km
Speed   24 km/h, 5 mph in water For England From Wikipedia

M-18 Hellcat 76 mm Gun Motor Carriage M18

Type   Tank destroyer
Place of origin    United States
Service history
In service   1944-1957 (USA)
Specifications
Weight   17.7 tonnes (39,000 lb)
Length   6.68 m (21.9 ft) (with gun)
5.28 m (17.3 ft) (without gun)
Width   2.87 m (9.4 ft)
Height   2.57 m (8.4 ft)
Crew   5 (Commander, gunner, loader, driver, co-driver)
Armor   5 to 25 mm (0.2 to 1.0 in)
Primary
armament   1× 76 mm (76.2 mm) M1A1 gun
45 rounds
Secondary
armament   1× .50 cal M2HB machine gun
800 rounds
Engine   Continental R-975-C4, 9-cylinder, radial piston gasoline engine
340 hp (253 kW)
Power/weight   18.9 hp/tonne
Suspension   Torsion bar
Operational
range   168 km (105 mi) Wikipedia

Cruiser Ram Tank mk1
ype   Medium tank
Place of origin    Canada
Service history
Used by   Canada
Wars   Second World War
Production history
Designed   1941
Produced   1941–43
Specifications
Weight   29.5 t
Length   5.79 m
Width   2.67 m
Height   2.9 m
Crew   5 (Commander, gunner, loader, driver, co-driver/hull gunner)
Armour   87 mm
Primary
armament   Mk III QF 6 pdr (92 rds.)
Secondary
armament   2 × .30 cal machineguns (4,440 rds.)
Engine   Continental R-975 9-cyl radial gas
400/340 hp (298/254 kW)
Suspension   Vertical volute spring
Operational
range   232 km
Speed   25 mph (40 km/h) According to wikipedia.

Wasp Mk IIC Well the Wasp is a universal Carrier variant with a Flamethrower! The flamethrower has a range of 110m. As the Universal Carriers aren't the best vehicle to use, but the wasp is really helpful and would maybe make the Germans jealous(they got Panzars, Tigers and like invincible tanks. I mean it would be sweet burning your way through to the enemy.  

I have read people don't want the wrench to fix vehicles, well I don't want a handheld welder so I have found a better idea the Chevrolet Field Repair Workshop, It would make it more realistic ww2 experience and I think some people will agree.

Chevrolet C60L will be a replacement to the Bedford for the Canadians it is a Canadian vehicle to so ya.

Churchill Crocodile flamethrower, You know how cool it would be.

Humber Humber Armoured Car

Humber Mk IV Armoured Car
Place of origin  United Kingdom
Production history
Manufacturer Rootes Group
Number built 3,652
Specifications
Weight 7 t
Length 4.6 m
Width 2.2 m
Height 2.4 m
Crew Mk I, II, IV: 3
Mk III: 4

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Armour 15 mm
Primary
armament Mk I-III: 15 mm Besa machine gun
Mk IV: US made M5 or M6 37 mm gun
Secondary
armament 7.92 mm Besa machine gun
Engine Rootes 6 cyl petrol engine
90 hp (67 kW)
Power/weight 12.9 hp/tonne
Suspension Wheel 4x4, rigid front and rear axles, rear wheel drive with selectable four wheel drive
Operational
range 400 km
Speed 72 km/h

M19 Gmc Engine moved to the center of hull, twin 40 mm M2 AA mounted at hull rear (336 rounds). 904 were ordered in August 1944, but only 285 were delivered.
M37 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage