The Battlegroup42 mod team has posted an update with some sad news about the loss of a team member, as well as some new maps for their next release. Check it out:
Hi, and welcome to another news about Battlegroup42. This time we are presenting to you some new maps which will be available in version 1.6 - there are seven of them! But first we have to bring you some very sad tidings. Our long time team member and BG42 mapper Lt. Moeder Theresa, whom most of you will know as a player on the MOB server and other servers, has died at the age of 30. We are mourning our beloved friend and great colleague, his friendly and humoristic soul will be missed deeply.
The incomprehensible death of our colleague is the reason for us to honor his tireless and committed work for the team in this news. He was unable to finish his last map - Sarge Surfat took over the sad duty of finishing the map, just as Moeder would have wanted it. We´ll present you this map first. Its name is Merderet Bridge, a typical Moeder Theresa map with focus on infantry combat. It´s based on the famous battle in the fictive town of Ramelle which is the highlight and end of the movie "Saving Private Ryan" and portraits a battle which could have happened in this way in June 1944, shortly after the invasion in Normandy. The American troops have to conquer the bridge first and then continue their fight into town. The German troops have to counter this attack, supported by tanks and drive the American forces back across the bridge.
The presentation of the other new maps, which have all been created by Sarge Surfat, will be in chronological order. Let´s start on the Western Front of 1940. In May of this year the German troops were en-route to the English Channel coast. In order to stop them two columns of the British Expeditionary Force attacked them with infantry and tanks near the town of Arras. The British Matilda tanks proved to be almost invulnerable to the German anti tank guns and tank guns and therefore the British could advance well at first. But massive Stuka attacks and the first use of the famous 88mm AA guns as an anti tank gun stopped the British who retreated after heavy losses, especially among the infantry.
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As always, check out the full news post on the Battlegroup42 website for more great screenshots and info.
Hi, and welcome to another news about Battlegroup42. This time we are presenting to you some new maps which will be available in version 1.6 - there are seven of them! But first we have to bring you some very sad tidings. Our long time team member and BG42 mapper Lt. Moeder Theresa, whom most of you will know as a player on the MOB server and other servers, has died at the age of 30. We are mourning our beloved friend and great colleague, his friendly and humoristic soul will be missed deeply.
The incomprehensible death of our colleague is the reason for us to honor his tireless and committed work for the team in this news. He was unable to finish his last map - Sarge Surfat took over the sad duty of finishing the map, just as Moeder would have wanted it. We´ll present you this map first. Its name is Merderet Bridge, a typical Moeder Theresa map with focus on infantry combat. It´s based on the famous battle in the fictive town of Ramelle which is the highlight and end of the movie "Saving Private Ryan" and portraits a battle which could have happened in this way in June 1944, shortly after the invasion in Normandy. The American troops have to conquer the bridge first and then continue their fight into town. The German troops have to counter this attack, supported by tanks and drive the American forces back across the bridge.
The presentation of the other new maps, which have all been created by Sarge Surfat, will be in chronological order. Let´s start on the Western Front of 1940. In May of this year the German troops were en-route to the English Channel coast. In order to stop them two columns of the British Expeditionary Force attacked them with infantry and tanks near the town of Arras. The British Matilda tanks proved to be almost invulnerable to the German anti tank guns and tank guns and therefore the British could advance well at first. But massive Stuka attacks and the first use of the famous 88mm AA guns as an anti tank gun stopped the British who retreated after heavy losses, especially among the infantry.
As always, check out the full news post on the Battlegroup42 website for more great screenshots and info.
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