RWR: EDELWEISS

**RUNNING WITH RIFLES: EDELWEISS**, also known as *RWR: EDELWEISS*, EDELWEISS *DLC* or simply EDELWEISS, is the second official DLC for *RUNNING WITH RIFLES*, released on December 15, 2020.

RWR: EDELWEISS brings the real-life World War II European theater into RWR by adding new weapons, equipment, vehicles as well as an authentic campaign - including 8 maps - and two new factions.

Not to be confused with RWR: PACIFIC.

Features

## Factions

RWR: EDELWEISS introduces two brand new factions:

* The United Kingdom Forces
* The Wehrmacht

Alongside them returns the United States, albeit with a modified arsenal containing both old and new weapons:

* United States Forces

## Maps

RWR: EDELWEISS features 8 new maps, two of which are boss maps, *Operation Varsity* and *Operation Sealion*.

## Weapons and equipment

**General notes**

* An asterisk(\*) next to a weapon name indicates it has a bayonet version as well. The bayonet may be swapped to by using the "weapon mode switch" keybind, "X" by default. Any differences between the two version of the weapon are shown with parenthesis () which indicates a difference on the bayoneted variant.
* The commonness of a certain weapon depends on their xp requirement too. The ANM2 Stinger for example, despite having a relatively high 0.15 commonness value, may only spawn if the wielding soldier has more than 10000 xp.
* Certain weapons, such as the flamethrowers, mobile machine guns and the katana, don't always drop when the wielding soldier is killed.
* Numbers in accuracy for specific stances are modifiers, to get actual accuracy of the weapon in a specific stance multiply base accuracy by a corresponding modifier. If figure for prone modifier is missing, treat it as 1.

### Armor / Special Gear

**Notes:**

* The sentry gear worn by AIs provides more protection than the one available to players.
* The assault gear worn by AIs provides less protection, but grants a greater speed bonus compared to the one available to players.

## Vehicles and emplacements

Vehicles will spawn in the same place every time, except special vehicles which spawns in one of several random locations (to avoid predictable matches).

Destroyed vehicles will **respawn** (reappear undamaged) in their original location (except some special vehicles, which gets a new random location).

You can hijack a vehicle by entering at the driver's door. You will drag him out! Don't forget to stab him, before he stabs you!

Some vehicles allow passengers to shoot from their seats, which allows various weapons to be used on otherwise unarmed vehicles.

Vehicles can only be damaged by **explosives**: mines, grenades, bazookas.

## History and development

**RUNNING WITH RIFLES: EDELWEISS**, was first announced on September 24, 2018.

Like its counterpart RWR: PACIFIC, RWR: EDELWEISS was announced to take place during World War II except it will focus on the Western Front. The background was described as "Allied Paratroopers fighting their way across Europe". It "will begin with the Allied airborne landings in Normandy, before moving on through the Netherlands and the Battle of the Bulge". Three new factions were announced: US, British, and Germans coming with new weapons, vehicles and abilities.

EDELWEISS was originally due for Q2 2020, however it was ultimately delayed to Dec 15, 2020.

## References

1. ↑ https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/270150/view/2933496588903302400
2. ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/games/270150/announcements/detail/1694933128094826134
3. ↑ https://discordapp.com/channels/181119538664964097/342563114333765653/613636258794569747
4. ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/games/270150/announcements/detail/2098056028201610476