U.S. Tanks of Battlegroup42
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U.S. Tanks of Battlegroup42 for BF:V
This week, we'd like to share with you
some of the U.S. Armor of Battlegroup42 as it appears in the BF:V
engine. We are proud of our armor models and texturing and are
happy to share these screenshots from the forthcoming release.
The US enjoyed an advantage in the Pacific
Theater with their armor. Japan had concentrated a lot of resources
on their ships (such as the largest ever battleship, the Yamato).
This, in turn resulted in less attention being paid to their tanks.
This proved a fatal mistake as the American tanks were an extremely
dangerous opponent with their thicker armor and better firepower.
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The standard tank for
the early part of the war in the Pacific was the M3 Stuart, with
its 37mm gun, so we have converted our BG42 version. This conversion
includes the coaxial turret top 30cal MG and front hull MG positions.
Improvements include the addition of normalmaps and an exhaust
smoke effect. Future versions planned include the M3 Stuart Satan
flamethrower tank and the M5A1 Stuart with its thicker armor.
As the war progressed
the Stuart was gradually replaced in the front line by the M4A3
Sherman with its thicker armor and 75mm gun. We are using the
Sherman from the BFV_WW2Mod with its normal maps, but we have
added a front hull MG position and an exhaust smoke effect.
As well as using tanks,
the Marines, of course, fielded a variety of amphibious vehicles,
including the LVT4 (Landing Vehicle Tracked) softskin Amtrac.
However, appearing in our Iwo Jima map, you'll be able to hit
the beach firing a "big gun" with the LVT(A)1 Amtank,
armed with the turret from a Stuart tank
Also appearing on our
Iwo Jima map is the M4A3 Sherman Ronson Flametank. This uses the
flamethrower code which was originally developed for the BG-Vietnam
mini-mod, the first release of a flamethrower on the BFV engine,
and which was later adapted to the BF42 engine for BG42 1.0.
Battlegroup42 for BF:1942 Map Pack Update
While BG42 for BF:1942 continues beta testing,
the folks over at MOB have been hard at work putting together
the first officical BG42 Map Pack! Still a work-in-progress, they
are looking at the inclusion of the following maps: 4207-kokoda_path,
4306-operation_corkscrew, 4504-volkssturm.zip, 4410-clash_on_surigao.zip,
4410-battle_of_overloon.zip as well as BG42 adapted versions of
the following maps from the EA Map Pack: Faid_Pass, Remagen, and
The Great Pursuit. Old favorites, Berlin and Stalingrad will likely
appear in a "no tank" version each. You can see much
more of their work in progress at the German
Language Battlegroup42 Website.
The Axis will have to
fight of an Allied invasion in Operation Corkscrew!
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We've put together another treat for our
BG42 fans. Two BG42 wallpapers with our new BG42 logo. A "black
logo" and an "embossed logo" version are available
at 1600x1200, 1280x960, 1152x864, 1024x768, and 800x600.
