So the gun in this tank's turret is actually completely inactive, a dummy weapon purely meant to intimidate any potential enemies from engaging the vehicle. Specifically, a shortage of Panther turrets combined with the need for frontline commanders to be better protected in an enclosed command vehicle. This particular vehicle resulted from a myriad of circumstances. In fact, it is not a production model chassis at all. The strangely low Hard Attack value of this vehicle is very much intended, because it is not meant to be a combat vehicle. Some astute players have found this strange tank in the game files earlier than we anticipated, and now the time has finally come to talk about it! By the spring of 1942, the first designs were being prepared, and by early 1943 they were being produced for combat!Ĭaptured Soviet tanks had a very clear influence on these designs, as this particular Prototype Panther tank shows a very close resemblance to the Soviet T-34/76 tank. Jokes aside, this attention to historical characters definitely adds extra flavor to Axis Operations 1943, and could be an intriguing trend for future campaigns to really spotlight specific historical characters! Maybe one day we'll see the likes of Patton, Bradley, Zhukov, or Nimitz done in such detail?Īs has been tradition with the new Axis Operations DLC series, we once again have a few new units to showcase!Īfter the rude shock of seeing Soviet heavy tanks as early as Operation Barbarossa, German engineers were working overtime to close the gap between their Panzers and Soviet tanks. When I inquired what this tester meant by that, they elaborated with this visual they created. In fact, one of our BETA testers gave us feedback that described our depiction of him as 'the Gigachad himself'.
Additionally, players will get deep insight into Field Marshal von Manstein's mannerisms, thought processes, and abilities in this campaign, as we scoured many historical sources to properly represent this historical figure in the campaigns of 1943. We really wanted to do this historical figure justice, so we armed him with amazing looking new portraits as you can see here.
Even before his infamous combat career on the Eastern Front, he lent his genius to the Western Front of 1940, with the so-named 'Manstein Plan' that resulted in the collapse of France in just six weeks! Considered by some to be the most brilliant German military mind during this conflict, von Manstein's list of battles and victories is extensive as it was incredible. In our extensive historical research of the Eastern Front of World War II, one name seemed to come up time and time again: Erich von Manstein.
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Everyone should be seeing these awesome new portraits begin to appear in any German campaign they play as soon as the update rolls out.įield Marshal Erich von Manstein, new and improved This change is actually not unique to the upcoming Axis Operations 1943 campaign, but will be available to all owners of any edition of Panzer Corps 2. And the six images you see here are just a few of the added portraits! This new batch of heroes is focused very heavily on Panzer and StuG crew portraits, to complement the existing infantry and Luftwaffe portraits we already have in game. Panzer Corps 2 has expanded its German hero portrait variety with a number of new images, which should reduce the repetition of seeing the same hero image repeatedly. One request we have received time and again is to increase the portrait variety of heroes the game hands out, especially from those players with highly veteran and many times imported CORE forces.
With no time to waste today, we're going to jump right into a general game improvement first with.Ī collection of new German hero portraits Because the upcoming Axis Operations 1943 is so jam packed with goodies, we have a very special second Developer Diary for you to get another preview of even more of the upcoming additions to Panzer Corps 2!įirst off, the important news! Axis Operations 1943 is releasing the 26th of May!