Forgotten Hope News Update: 16th July 2008

[John_McClane]

Is "Hl. Gr.39 (High Explosive Anti-Tank)" AP-ammo in FH2 then? And "Sch Sprgr. Patr. L/4.5 (Incendiary Shrapnel)" is HE-ammo?

[ctz]

Originally Posted by Mokusaku

How good was 88 HEAT ammo? Was it better than PzGr.40 in terms of penetration?

I believe it was worse than APCBC and APCR, both of which slice through every current allied tank with ease unless you do really, really badly with the angle.

To answer, the african Tiger gets 8 rounds of APCR, 30 of HE and 54 of APCBC.

[[79th]Sgt-D]

In other words, any Tiger won't survive enough longer to spend all its shell dotation.

[[DVDF]Merlin]

It will be interesting to see how the devs balance out the advantages of the tigers armour and its 88 with it deadly flat trajectory.To the allies inferior armour and guns.Oh and i cant wait to be teamkilled for a Tiger by some kid when the update is released

[[FtN|GT] Die Happy]

as stated before best eay to dispose of the tiger will be the beaufighter
i guess a good spotter+25pdr will also do the trick, since the tiger is so huge it is hard not to hit it.

sticky bombs are also effective 4-5 of them will kill it,and of course one humble little mine and boom

[John_McClane]

Shouldn't a mine just make him drive-incompatible? Btw, why are all tanks instantly killed through a mine? Shouldn't they all be drive-incompatible then (excluded light tanks, I better speak just of middle and heavy tanks). I've also liked the feature from FH1, when your tank was burning and not able to drive and your turret was very slow...

And:

What means APCR and APCBC?

Has Tiger also Pzg 40-ammo?

[LIGHTNING [NL]]

Originally Posted by John_McClane

Shouldn't a mine just make him drive-incompatible? Btw, why are all tanks instantly killed through a mine? Shouldn't they all be drive-incompatible then (excluded light tanks, I better speak just of middle and heavy tanks). I've also liked the feature from FH1, when your tank was burning and not able to drive and your turret was very slow...

Unfortunately, this is not possible in BF2.

Originally Posted by John_McClane

What means APCR and APCBC?

Has Tiger also Pzg 40-ammo?

APCR = Armour Piercing Composite Rigid
This is a shell made from a core of very dense material like Tungsten and a mantle of lighter material like Aluminium. The German Panzergranate 40 is such a shell.

APCBC = Armour Piercing Capped Balisitic Capped
The APC shell is one of metal, but with a softer metal cap. This cap makes sure that the shell doesn't shatter on impact and delivers all its kinetic energy into the armour of the target. Because this soft cap doesn't have a very aerodynamic shape another cap is added, the Balistic cap. The German Panzergranate 39 are of this type.

[archjtect]

Originally Posted by John_McClane

Has Tiger also Pzg 40-ammo?

Originally Posted by ctz

To answer, the african Tiger gets 8 rounds of APCR, 30 of HE and 54 of APCBC.

^^^

[Uberhauptstormfuhrer]

Tiger can be blown up with stickies??

Isn't that unrealistic

[hslan.Faust]

WW2s most popular tank will finally be featured in FH2! and as usual it looks superb!

anyway i am a bit worried about some devs attitude concerning the use of this masterpiece, which, without a doubt, will help spread FH2s glory when properly implemented.

but if i read correctly, the current plan for mareth line is this one:

a beaufighter carrying two 1000kg bombs (desert arado-blitz?) without an opposing fighterplane? even more allied tanks and tank-destroyers while reducing axis mechanized forces? and ultimately, the single tiger only spawns at a certain combination of flags, with a huge respawn delay when killed??

devs! please...