
Oosterbeek - Operation Market Garden was a bold attempt to get allied troops across the Rhine and into Germany before the end of 1944. This was an encounter between the best troops of both sides and involved bitter street to street battles. Port Brest - During the brutal fighting for the key port of Brest from 7 Aug to 19 Sept 1944, the 2 Fallschirmjäger-Division defend against the US 2d Ranger Battalion. This was the first encounter between US airborne troops and their German counterparts in the Western Front theater. Carentan - Immediately after the invasion of mainland Europe on D-Day, units of the US 101st Airborne division fought to capture the key town of Carentan from the Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6. Omaha Beach - The US 29th Infantry Division storm the bloody beaches of Normandy during the 'Longest Day', June 6th 1944, battling against well dug-in Wehrmacht troops of the 352. The initial release of Heroes of the West on Steam will feature 4 maps: It includes 4 new maps, 5 new character sets and 10 new weapons. The mod has been developed with support from the developers, Tripwire Interactive. It also introduces a whole new faction, the British, bringing the 'Tommies' to the RO2 experience. Heroes of the West is a mod created by the RO2 community which brings the RO2/RS experience to the Western European theater, pitting the US forces against the German Wehrmacht. Set during operation Cobra, the US forces have to fight field to field and road to road through this terrain, fending off German ambushes.Ībout This Game COMMUNITY-MADE MOD FOR RED ORCHESTRA 2/RISING STORM
This map is based on the fighting through the difficult terrain of Normandy with its imposing hedgerows. This was the first mass-produced AT rocket launcher to be introduced in the war and, with its 60mm HEAT ammunition, it was an effective infantry anti-tank weapon, levelling the playing field against enemy armor.Īll of these new features can be seen on the newest addition to our map-list, WF-Bocage. The update also brings in the US M1A1 Bazooka. With its low profile it was an effective infantry support, and anti-tank, vehicle in most theaters where it saw action. G was the most common variant of any Armored Fighting Vehicle used by the Germans in WW2. We present to you the mid-production variant with the standard 75mm gun. Many were in use and deployed in the Normandy theatre. The M4A3 Sherman was a common model of the famous Sherman tank. In this latest update of Heroes of the West mod for Red Orchestra 2/Rising Storm we are proud to introduce 2 new tanks, the American M4A3 Sherman and the German Sturmgeschutz III ausf.