Forgotten Hope Secret Weapon (FHSW) is an unofficial continuation of the famous Forgotten Hope (FH), a Battlefield 1942 modification. We say unofficial since FHSW is developed by FH fans, not the original FH creators. In 2007 it started as a small addon but since then it has grown to be one of the biggest mods of all time! What makes this mod special is that it adds lots of - but not only - Secret Weapons which saw limited or no action at all during WW2 like jet fighters and super heavy tanks. Some of the maps feature "what-if" battles like a landing operation on the Japanese mainland or attacking a secret German base in the African desert.

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Because it increases loading times a lot there hasn't been a new handweapon for FHSW in a long time. Now the FHSW devs have found a solution and present us new Japanese AT weapons for late war maps in the next release.

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New Arisaka AT Grenades


The Type 2 rifle grenade launcher was an attachment for the Japanese Type 38 and Type 99 rifles that allowed them firing special grenades to fight armored targets. The standard grenades used were the 30 mm and 40 mm grenade. As always there were plans to improve the penetration power to counter the better armor of newer US tanks. Two suggested weapons were the Type 2 75 mm HEAT grenade and the Spigot HEAT grenade. They were never used in combat and it's also not documented how much armor they were able to penetrate.


The FHSW devs estimated that they probably were able to penetrate up to 90 mm of armor and because it's a heavy warhead it also does a lot of damage. So with this weapon the Japanese soldiers are now able to even fight heavy US tanks like the M26 Pershing in their defense of the Japanese mainland.


Type 3 AT grenade


An AT weapon which actually saw action in WW2 is the Type 3 AT grenade which had a shaped charge explosive inside. Because the Japanese manufacturing infrastructure was heavily damaged by Allied bombing it was a very simplistic design using expendable materials like wood and cloth. Three different versions existed which differed in the used explosive charge.


The model in FHSW is the Type B with a maximum penetration power of 70 mm. You use it similar to the Russian RPG-43, in that you sneak up on your target and throw the grenade on it. Of course you should aim for the weaker parts like the rear armor to maximize the damage.


Source: Wbmuse.blog89.fc2.com

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illicitSoul
illicitSoul

nice update :)

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Guest
Guest

happy to see that

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historybuffofworld
historybuffofworld

How do we update to this stuff, I mean where do we get this update or is it directly put on when a person joins the server that has the update?

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Guest
Guest

There is no new version yet. All this updates are goint to be included in the next update wich you and the servers you join will have to download

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Stinkynet
Stinkynet

There is no new version yet. All this updates are goint to be included in the next update wich you and the servers you join will have to download

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Thirsty_Hirsty
Thirsty_Hirsty

Beautiful :) Thanks!

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