Updates

## Update History

### Early Access

Hell Let Loose was released as an Early Access title on June 6th, 2019, the 75th anniversary of the Normandy landings.

* St Marie Du Mont, Hürtgen Forest, and Foy first available maps
* M4A1 Sherman and the Panther first available tanks

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### Update 1 - Utah beach

Update 1 *Utah Beach* was released on June 18th, 2019.

* Utah Beach was added as a playable map.
* The resource system was overhauled. Resource nodes were added as player buildable structures.
* Lean, vaulting, and mantling were added.
* The M5A1 Stuart and Panzer II light tanks were introduced.

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### Update 2 - Tiger Tank

Update 2 *Tiger Tank* was released on August 29th, 2019.

* The cosmetic system was overhauled.
* The progression system was introduced to allow players to unlock cosmetic items with XP gained during gameplay.
* The unit management system was overhauled.
* The Tiger I tank was introduced as the first heavy tank.

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### Update 3 - Omaha Beach

Update 3 *Omaha Beach* was released on October 10th, 2019.

* Omaha Beach was added as a playable map.
* The UI and HUD was overhauled, new player icons were introduced.
* Offensive mode was introduced, creating gameplay closely mirroring the historical events of the battlefields.
* Server queuing is introduced, to ease the process of joining a server. Queuing process is optimized.

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### Update 4 - Winter Warfare

Update 4 *Winter Warfare* was released on December 10th, 2019.

* Sainte-Mère-Église was added as a playable map. This was the first attempt by the devs to add extensive CQB action on a map.
* Reserved server slots were introduced.
* The progression system was expanded to loadouts, allowing a limited

number of infantry roles to unlock and use different weapon loadouts.

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### Update 5 - Road to Carentan

Update 5 *Road to Carentan* was released on February 18th, 2020.

* Purple Heart Lane was added as a playable map.
* The sound engine was rewritten to provide higher quality audio. The

first sound to take advantage of the new engine are armor projectiles.

* The M4A3E2 75mm Sherman and M4A3E2 76mm Sherman tanks are introduced as American heavy tanks.
* The pinging and map marker system was overhauled.

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### Update 6 - Assault on Hill 400

Update 6 *Assault on Hill 400* was released on April 30th, 2020.

* Hill 400 was added as a playable map. This map was the first attempt at increasing the level of detail of map terrain and environments.
* The commander orders system was overhauled and expanded.
* The M8 Greyhound and Puma vehicles were introduced as the first recon vehicles.
* The ballistics system was rewritten from a hit-scan method to a simulated projectile, giving most firearms a time of flight.

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### Update 7 - Battle of Carentan

Update 7 *Battle of Carentan* was released on July 14th, 2020.

* Carentan was added as a playable map.
* Foy was remastered to increase the level of detail, and to balance gameplay.
* Omaha Beach was remastered.
* FPP and TPP animations have been replaced, allowing for fully dynamic and smooth movement.
* The MP40 will be the first weapon to be remastered with a high level of detail.
* Dynamic dirt and blood system will be added to the players arms and hands.
* Firearm audio overhaul.
* Firearms dynamic audio overhaul.
* Vehicle MG fire now adheres to the updated ballistics model.
* Garrison placement was overhauled.
* Airhead added as a Commander ability.
* All weapons were given unique and dynamic recoil patterns.

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### Update 8 - The Red Ball Express

Update 8 *The Red Ball Express* was released on December 3rd, 2020.

* Hürtgen Forest was remastered.
* Supply and Transport Trucks were added.
* Satchel Charges were added.
* Upgradable fortifications were introduced alongside the Engineer overhaul.
* The M3 Grease Gun was added.
* Bullet penetration was added.
* Improved hitboxes and limb damage was added.

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### Update 9 - Blood and Steel

Update 9 *Blood and Steel* was released on March 23, 2021.

* Melee was added
* The MG34 was added
* Player max level increased to 500
* 2 minute warmup period added
* Admin camera for server owners added

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### Update 10 - The Eastern Front

Update 10 *The Eastern Front* was released on July 27, 2021. This is the first release leaving early access.

* Left early access
* 2021/2022 Roadmap
* Stalingrad and Kursk maps added
* Soviet faction added
	+ Katyusha strike commander ability
	+ Uniforms
	+ ZIS-2 AT-Gun
	+ Soviet Artillery
	+ T-34 Medium Tank
	+ IS-1 Heavy Tank
	+ Ba-10 Recon Tank
	+ Soviet weapons
* Sainte Marie du Mont was remastered
* Changes to the resource meta

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### Update 11 - Outflank

Update 11 *Outflank* was released on December 7, 2021.

* Halftracks added
* Panzer IV tank added
* Panther tank temporarily removed
* German FG-42 added
* US M97 Trench Gun (shotgun) added
* Several new achievements

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### Update 12 - Falling Dark

Update 12 *Falling Dark* was released on July 19, 2022.

* M4A3 75W US medium tank added, replacing previous medium tank
* Halftrack machine guns added
* Flare guns added
* Precision Strike commander ability added
* Remagen map added
* Panther added back and reworked
* Night maps added for select maps
	+ Remagen
	+ Foy
	+ PHL
	+ Hurtgen
	+ Kursk
* Several new achievements

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### Update 13 - Burning Snow

Update 13 *Burning Snow* was released on December 6, 2022.

* Kharkov added as a playable map
* US M2-2 Flamethrower added for Support 8
* German Flammenwerfer 41 added for Support 8
* Soviet Molotovs added for several classes
* Soviet T-70 light tank added
* US Willys Jeep added
* German Kubelwagon added
* Soviet Gaz-67 added
* Soviet AT 8 given a lend-lease Bazooka
* Winter uniforms for all factions

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### Update 13.5 - Health Update

Update 13.5 *Health Update* was released on April 5, 2023.

* Removed Teddy bear easter eggs on SMDM
* Removed Worms figurine easter egg on Kursk
* Many fixes for all the maps
* Fix for crashes on Kursk allowing the map to be played again
* Redesigned game start screen

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### Update 14 - Commonwealth Expansion

Update 4 *Commonwealth Expansion* was released on May 25, 2023.

* Driel and El Alamein maps
* British faction
	+ Lanchester MK1
	+ Sten Gun
	+ Bren MK2
	+ Lee-Enfield Pattern 1914 (P14)
	+ Lewis Gun
	+ PIAT
	+ Rifle No.4 MK1
	+ Webley MK VI
	+ Fairbairn Sykes Knife
	+ Sherman 76mm Firefly heavy tank
	+ Cromwell medium tank
	+ Tetrarch light tank
	+ Daimler recon tank
* Map refresh for community chosen map

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## Upcoming Updates

NOTE: The following information is speculative at best, and may be subject to change.