The Glorious Return of the British
Hello commanders,
Welcome back to another DevBlog. In today’s post, we’ll discuss a nation jostled into the spotlight rather repeatedly in recent times: the British.
Hold on to your teacups, lads!
[h2]An End to Misery[/h2]
The British: they sure had it tough - oh, the suffering, dear WARNO community, it was great and unrelenting (for all of us)...
So, to rest a community’s rather vocal minority’s excited hearts and pouty mouths, we decided to collect some new units into one DevBlog.
[h2]WARRIOR APPLIQUE[/h2]
Make way for the WARRIOR APPLIQUE (a most fitting title), coming to the 1st Armoured Division. This Milan-equipped Warrior IFV has additional bolt-on armor, granting it +1 Front and Side armor.
This type of applique protection was first added to Warriors deployed for Operation Desert Storm. The ATGM on the IFV has also been upgraded from MILAN 1 to a more advanced MILAN 2. This transport option will be only available to ARM. RIFLES squads.
[h2]SARACEN and SALADIN[/h2]
That’s not all. The next two units are coming to the 2nd Infantry Division. This formation was responsible for rear-area defense for the British I Corps in NORTHAG. As such, it could count on plenty of old equipment stored throughout West Germany, which would equip its Territorial reinforcements rushing from the UK. These pre-positioned war stocks included lots of SARACEN APCs, as well as a few SALADIN armored cars. Both have been modeled and will be added to the 2nd Infantry Division.
SARACEN
The venerable FV103 SARACEN is a 6x6 wheeled APC, lightly armored and armed only with a 7,62mm machine gun. Introduced in 1952, the vehicle was only removed from active service in the 1980s to be replaced by the Saxon. In 1989, the British Army still employed hundreds of them, mainly in Northern Ireland, where it was a familiar sight during the Troubles. Other SARACEN were in storage in the United Kingdom or West Germany (as mentioned above). In-game, it will be a transport option for specific TERRIERS units.
SALADIN
The FV601 SALADIN was a heavy armored car, sharing the same 6x6 wheeled chassis as the SARACEN but sporting a turret armed with a low-velocity 76mm gun (the predecessor to the weapon mounted on the SCORPION recon vehicle). The SALADIN mostly saw service in Northern Ireland and Cyprus as part of the United Nations. In WARNO, these vehicles will be made available as older (and thus cheaper) recon vehicles featuring the Reservist trait.
[h2]BUCCANEER[/h2]
Last but not least: the BUCCANEER. We already mentioned in the previous DevBlog that this iconic British unit would make a “cameo” appearance in WARNO’s Left Hook Army General campaign. The Blackburn BUCCANEER was the RAF’s prime ground-attack aircraft until the introduction of the TORNADO. Mostly replaced in this role, the “Bucs” were kept in the UK for maritime and nuclear strikes. Still, they were very capable of performing a range of ground-attack sorties, even more so than the newer TORNADO thanks to their versatile loadout: “heavy” bombing, air-ground missiles, SEAD, and even hauling laser-guided bombs.
In WARNO, the BUCCANEER will be only playable in the Army General campaign for now. The unit will be featured in all its glory in a future NORTHAG expansion.
[h2]A Meeting of the Like-Minded[/h2]
In other, exciting news, the Eugen team had a very nice encounter with fellow game developers and Cold War enthusiasts Radian Simulations known from the excellent Gunner, Heat, PC! armor simulator.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1705180/Gunner_HEAT_PC/
Eugen’s own Matthieu “MadMat”, Stephan “Panzer”, and Luka “HrcAk47” were invited for a “Developer Chat” discussing all things related to game design, rationale of making games, production issues, unit research, and more!
[previewyoutube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRb82C3uqA4[/previewyoutube]
[h2]Until next week[/h2]
That’s all for this DevBlog. Keep the discourse civil, commander. And, before spamming or instigating flamewars or other nefarious campaigns, yes, we are working hard on WARNO, and no, we don’t have a release day for the full launch out of Early Access. And don’t get us started on “what about X unit’s mustache?” or “X is under/over/backward performing,” “or WARNO should be a cozy dystopian hack&slash anime.” All will be revealed in due course, commander. And no, we won’t stop with our Napoleon historical tidbits - they are a well-cherished Eugen tradition!
Join the WARNO community. Check the latest news on the Steam News page or visit the Steam Forums. Get together with other players on either the excellent Discord server, Reddit page, YouTube or our Instagram.
Until then. See you on the battlefield.
Welcome back to another DevBlog. In today’s post, we’ll discuss a nation jostled into the spotlight rather repeatedly in recent times: the British.
Hold on to your teacups, lads!
[h2]An End to Misery[/h2]
The British: they sure had it tough - oh, the suffering, dear WARNO community, it was great and unrelenting (for all of us)...
So, to rest a community’s rather vocal minority’s excited hearts and pouty mouths, we decided to collect some new units into one DevBlog.
[h2]WARRIOR APPLIQUE[/h2]
Make way for the WARRIOR APPLIQUE (a most fitting title), coming to the 1st Armoured Division. This Milan-equipped Warrior IFV has additional bolt-on armor, granting it +1 Front and Side armor.
This type of applique protection was first added to Warriors deployed for Operation Desert Storm. The ATGM on the IFV has also been upgraded from MILAN 1 to a more advanced MILAN 2. This transport option will be only available to ARM. RIFLES squads.
[h2]SARACEN and SALADIN[/h2]
That’s not all. The next two units are coming to the 2nd Infantry Division. This formation was responsible for rear-area defense for the British I Corps in NORTHAG. As such, it could count on plenty of old equipment stored throughout West Germany, which would equip its Territorial reinforcements rushing from the UK. These pre-positioned war stocks included lots of SARACEN APCs, as well as a few SALADIN armored cars. Both have been modeled and will be added to the 2nd Infantry Division.
SARACEN
The venerable FV103 SARACEN is a 6x6 wheeled APC, lightly armored and armed only with a 7,62mm machine gun. Introduced in 1952, the vehicle was only removed from active service in the 1980s to be replaced by the Saxon. In 1989, the British Army still employed hundreds of them, mainly in Northern Ireland, where it was a familiar sight during the Troubles. Other SARACEN were in storage in the United Kingdom or West Germany (as mentioned above). In-game, it will be a transport option for specific TERRIERS units.
SALADIN
The FV601 SALADIN was a heavy armored car, sharing the same 6x6 wheeled chassis as the SARACEN but sporting a turret armed with a low-velocity 76mm gun (the predecessor to the weapon mounted on the SCORPION recon vehicle). The SALADIN mostly saw service in Northern Ireland and Cyprus as part of the United Nations. In WARNO, these vehicles will be made available as older (and thus cheaper) recon vehicles featuring the Reservist trait.
[h2]BUCCANEER[/h2]
Last but not least: the BUCCANEER. We already mentioned in the previous DevBlog that this iconic British unit would make a “cameo” appearance in WARNO’s Left Hook Army General campaign. The Blackburn BUCCANEER was the RAF’s prime ground-attack aircraft until the introduction of the TORNADO. Mostly replaced in this role, the “Bucs” were kept in the UK for maritime and nuclear strikes. Still, they were very capable of performing a range of ground-attack sorties, even more so than the newer TORNADO thanks to their versatile loadout: “heavy” bombing, air-ground missiles, SEAD, and even hauling laser-guided bombs.
In WARNO, the BUCCANEER will be only playable in the Army General campaign for now. The unit will be featured in all its glory in a future NORTHAG expansion.
[h2]A Meeting of the Like-Minded[/h2]
In other, exciting news, the Eugen team had a very nice encounter with fellow game developers and Cold War enthusiasts Radian Simulations known from the excellent Gunner, Heat, PC! armor simulator.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1705180/Gunner_HEAT_PC/
Eugen’s own Matthieu “MadMat”, Stephan “Panzer”, and Luka “HrcAk47” were invited for a “Developer Chat” discussing all things related to game design, rationale of making games, production issues, unit research, and more!
[previewyoutube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRb82C3uqA4[/previewyoutube]
[h2]Until next week[/h2]
That’s all for this DevBlog. Keep the discourse civil, commander. And, before spamming or instigating flamewars or other nefarious campaigns, yes, we are working hard on WARNO, and no, we don’t have a release day for the full launch out of Early Access. And don’t get us started on “what about X unit’s mustache?” or “X is under/over/backward performing,” “or WARNO should be a cozy dystopian hack&slash anime.” All will be revealed in due course, commander. And no, we won’t stop with our Napoleon historical tidbits - they are a well-cherished Eugen tradition!
Join the WARNO community. Check the latest news on the Steam News page or visit the Steam Forums. Get together with other players on either the excellent Discord server, Reddit page, YouTube or our Instagram.
Until then. See you on the battlefield.