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.

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Today we show of a render of the Soviet Lavochkin La-5FN fighter.

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Hello and welcome back to another Forgotten Hope 2 update.

Today we have yet another render of a Soviet aircraft. This time, we will be showing you the Lavochkin La-5FN fighter.

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The Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-1 was a 1938 design for a lightweight fighter built from laminated wood. The design was promising, and Soviet aircraft losses in the Winter War led to it being placed into production. In the field, it was found to be underpowered, and improvements led to the LaGG-3. While this was a better aircraft, it still had many problems and was not liked. Eventually, factories were switched to production of the rival Yak-1 and Yak-7.

The La-5 began life as an unofficial experiment to mount the powerful radial ASh-82 engine onto the LaGG-3, using the nose section on the Su-2. The prototype flew in March 1942, and was found superior to the Yak-7. Stalin ordered the La-5 into production in July.

La-5FN

The La-5FN was a further refinement of the design, and while it suffered at high altitudes, in the more common low altitude combat on the Eastern Front, it proved a worthy match to the Luftwaffe's fighters. 9,920 La-5 of all types were produced, and ours was made by Kraetzer, with a cockpit by Fred.


Our winners for this week's screenshot competition is Laboraffe. You can view the winning submission here.

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0rpheus
0rpheus

Oh god I'm stupid. Kept looking for the "solution to lag problems" bit after reading the article -_-

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MasterofMetal
MasterofMetal

You must not feel too bad.
I too hath been fooled by the temptation of less stuttering.

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babehunter1324
babehunter1324

Nice, I had been looking forward for the announcement of a Soviet fighter plane for quite sometime, the model looks amazing.

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Roughbeak
Roughbeak

Beautiful!

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Simcardo
Simcardo

laGG guys GG

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bignolan1
bignolan1

I used to love flying this old bird in IL-2. Can't wait for the eastern front!!!

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DickyArya
DickyArya

LAGGG

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