Interesing. Do you happen to have more photos of british Matildas in the 1940 campaign?

I found some boxes without collision at Sammatus today (see attachment). It's not a big deal but you can partially hide yourself in them while shooting at the enemy.

This definitely intigues me. I checked two ideas that I had, Arracourt and Radzymin, but those towns don't look like this minimap at all. Glad to see that more content is in the works. 

I can recommend "The Siege of Tsingtau: The German-Japanese War 1914" by Charles Stephenson. Despite it's title, it covers the whole 1914 pacific campaign, from the historical background of the various powers involved, to the naval actions, the Australian-Japanese invasions of the german colonies, and of course the capture of Qingdao.

Do any other games use it? 

RO2/RS1 has squadleader spawn much like FH2, and the community seems to be fine with it. Sure, you sometimes get spawnkilled, but you can always choose to spawn in a standard (fixed) spawnpoint. Unlike FH2, IIRC the deathcam shows your SL by deafult, meaning that you have more information to help you decide wether spawning on the SL is worth the risk or not.

Additionally, you can also spawn in APCs and in certain fixed MGs, but that is far rarer and map-dependant.

In RS2 there are both systems present: USA/Australia have squadleader spawn, while VC/NVA have tunnel spawn (anlogous to the RP, but of course much closer to BF:VN's squad tunnels). Having played ~40h of that game, I have to say that SL spawn is better, just because it is more foolproof. Both systems can be camped, but SL spawn just requires the SL to be alive in order for it to work. Far to many times I've played rounds as VC/PAVN and no one would be bothered to place the tunnels, or placed them at useless or horribly exposed positions.

 In order of appearance in the poll:

1) Sidi Rezegh

Definately the most intense of the non-push FH2 maps. Whenever I have taken breaks from FH2, and then come back, this is the map that remembers me why I love this mod. The armour imbalance between defenders and attackers creates some really intense and desperate fights for the airfield and the surrounding trenches. Tanks clashing with anti-tank guns, infantry trying to leapfrog from crater to crater, machine guns sweeping the ground, the threat of artillery always looming - it's definately not the most infantry friendly map, and I like it for that.

2) Vossenack

This is one of the few maps where I tank regularly. It has a good compromise between tank-friendly plains and the close-quarter forests and towns. You can flank around the edge of the map if you feel like it, or meet the enemy at the center of the map, or support infantry in their pushes in the town-flags. As infantry, playing in Vossenack itself is really fun. The flags feel well connected, meaning that fighting between flags is also fun and relying on transport rushes isn't the best option.

3) Arad

A new classic. The eastern-european atmosphere is top notch, and the variety of terrain means that all flags feel unique. It provides space for close to medium range fighting, in the towns and the center forest, but also long-range fighting around the northern field. Tanking is fun and you have a nice selection of vehicles to choose from.

Honourable mention goes to Siege of Giarabub. You're storming an ottoman fort, as australian soldiers, against italians. How cool is that? The only problem is that the map is a bit dated desing-wise; I guess if it were to be made nowadays it wouldn't be so maze-like.

According to War Without Garlands, during the late-1941 fighting around Moscow the germans started cannibalising specialised personnel, such as tank crews, to bolster the mauled rifle divisions. Soviets would often shoot on the spot any tanker-turned-infantrymen they captured, since they mistook the tank crew outfits for SS uniforms.

I know that's not the answer you were looking for but I thought it was a nice piece of trivia.