Forgotten Hope 2 is an award-winning World War II modification for Battlefield 2TM and is based on the original Forgotten Hope, a modification for Battlefield 1942TM, one of the most popular multiplayer games ever. Battlefield 1942TM featured land, sea and air combat in a way never before seen. It was the goal of the development team to maximize the game experience by adding both a realistic and enjoyable gameplay to FH and now to FH2.
Originally invented in 1869 by the Danish officer Mads Linnemann, this small entrenching shovel would go on to see widespread use across Europe, being adopted in some form or other by the Danes, Austrians, Germans, Romanians as well as the two nations of interest to us: the French as the Pelle-bêche modèle 1879 and the Russians as the MPL-50. Ours was made by Ashton.
However, a small entrenching shovel struggles in harder ground and the French had taken note that the larger sapper tools did not always end up in the same place as infantry needing to dig in. The solution to this was to provide a mix of different small tools between various members of an infantry squad, and the Pelle-pioche Mle 1909 fulfilled this purpose. Ours was made by Cpt Bocquier.