Heroes of the West

COMMUNITY-MADE MOD FOR RED ORCHESTRA 2/RISING STORM

• Omaha Beach - The US 29th Infantry Division storm the bloody beaches of Normandy during the 'Longest Day', June 6th 1944, battling against well dug-in Wehrmacht troops of the 352. Infanterie-Division.
  
• Carentan - Immediately after the invasion of mainland Europe on D-Day, units of the US 101st Airborne division fought to capture the key town of Carentan from the Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6. This was the first encounter between US airborne troops and their German counterparts in the Western Front theater.
  
• Port Brest - During the brutal fighting for the key port of Brest from 7 Aug to 19 Sept 1944, the 2 Fallschirmjäger-Division defend against the US 2d Ranger Battalion. This was an encounter between the best troops of both sides and involved bitter street to street battles.
  
• Oosterbeek - Operation Market Garden was a bold attempt to get allied troops across the Rhine and into Germany before the end of 1944. In this map, troops of the British 1st Airborne defend the town of Oosterbeek against a mixed bag of German troops pushing into the key Rhine crossing at Arnhem, attempting to seize it back from the lightly armed British before the arrival of relieving mechanised ground forces.

Key Features

• New player character models for the European Theater:
  
  • German 1944 Heer
    
  • American Rangers
    
  • American Temperate Army
    
  • American Airborne
    
  • British Airborne.
• New weapons:
  
  • M3 Grease gun
    
  • G43 rifle
    
  • G43 Scoped
    
  • STG44
    
  • Sten MK V
    
  • Lee-Enfield No.4 MkI
    
  • Bren MkII
    
  • FN Browning Hi-power
    
  • Mills bomb
    
  • PIAT