Hey commander!
This week’s post will be a break from our installments detailing Steel Division: Burning Baltics. Instead, we are circling back to an event we promised previously: a new round of voting to decide which Nemesis DLC should be released next.
There is something special, though. Each of today’s contenders competed in a Nemesis vote last year. While these silver medalists didn’t make the cut then, today is their second chance!
You’ll be able to cast your vote on the three Nemesis divisions in the new Nemesis DLC Run 5.
Nemesis DLC Run 5
The new Nemesis DLC Run 5 community vote is now live!
You can find the Nemesis DLC voting page by following this link here.
Voting will close on Wednesday, March 10th, at 1:30 PM (CEST) / 12:30 PM (BST) / 7:30 AM (EDT).
As before, you can vote multiple times, but only your LAST vote will count! Be respectful of the vote and your fellow player. No cheating, bullying, or insults will be tolerated. You have been warned!
Before you vote, take some time to give each runner-up option a quick once-over.
Nemesis: Slovak Uprising
The first runner-up is Nemesis: Slovak Uprising. If chosen, this DLC will feature a completely new nation - Czechoslovakia - including new indigenous weaponry, vehicles and units, a complete voice-over, and more. The Slovak Uprising, which began at the end of August 1944, would be represented by this expansion.
If chosen, Nemesis: Slovak Uprising brings:
- A new nation plus one new Axis division, the German Panzerdivision Tatra, and one Allied division, the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) partisans.
- A select number of tanks for Panzerdivision Tatra including Panzer IV, StuG III G, StuG 40 and Panzer 38 (t). And exactly three Tiger Es. Soldier squads will be made up of Volkssturm, more reliable Hungarian SS, and elements from Sturmbrigade Frankreich.
- The SNP features a large amount of multinational partisans, from escaped Soviet and French POWs, to American OSS and British SOE teams, Czechoslovakian Airborne Brigade, and rebelling Slovak Army troops. New tanks can also be found, such as LT-40, Vz.33 tankette, T-35 (Panzer 35) and T-38 (Panzer 38).
Read all about the Nemesis: Slovak Uprising in this detailed blog post.
Nemesis: Raid on Drvar
Number two on the lists of number twos is Nemesis: Raid on Drvar, featuring a duo of unusual battlegroups from an equally unique front: the partisan-infested Balkan theater.
If Nemesis: Raid on Drvar is the winner, the following will become available:
- A fully-voiced new nation with the Allied battlegroup (Yugoslav partisans) and a minor new nation with the Axis (ally Croatia).
- For the Axis, a mixed battlegroup, Unternehmen Rösselsprung, featuring not only the fanatical SS-Fallschirmjäger-Bataillon 500, but also Brandenburg special forces and SS-Gebirgsjäger. Croatia brings its own infantry units: regular Kro. Legionäre, Domobran (Home Guard soldiers) and Ustashe auxiliaries.
- The Allies get the unique partisan formation NOV - the the Yugoslav Liberation Army. NOV troops as a whole feature the Raider trait and can deploy a large variety of captured material, mostly Italian weaponry, with even some limited armor support available! Not only that, they can also count on powerful air support from the multinational Allied Balkan Air Force.
Read all about the Nemesis: Raid on Drvar in this detailed blog post.
Nemesis: Ligurian Standoff
Number three is Nemesis: Ligurian Standoff, highlighting two special divisions occupying a “quiet” sector of the Italian Front in late summer 1944.
By choosing Nemesis: Ligurian Standoff, you’ll get:
- For the Axis: the 20. Luftwaffe-Felddivision with a mix of reluctant Luftwaffe ground crew fighting as foot soldiers, backed up by experienced cavalry officers and paratrooper NCOs.
- The Allies get Task Force 45, which very much like its German counterpart is made up of reluctant AA gunners turned infantrymen. Furthermore, it not only introduces the Brazilian Expeditionary Force but also the hard-fighting Japanese-American troops of the 100th Infantry Battalion.
- Several new units, including Italian AS-43 (Sahariana) trucks mounting a Flak 38mm, as well as 149mm artillery guns. The Americans will bring the powerful dual-purpose M2 90mm gun. American and British 15-men squads made up of anti-aircraft troops will be available, as well as the 8-inch/203mm howitzer.
- Update: it appears that many Brazilians in Task Force 45 fought with the older M1903A3 Springfield rifles. Of course, we will incorporate this to make these soldiers look even more distinct from their American counterparts.
Read all about the Nemesis: Ligurian Standoff in this detailed blog post.
Nemesis DLC Overview
Neme-what? If you have been caught unawares: our Nemesis DLC concept not only brings you new Steel Division 2 in the form of a pair of new battlegroups but puts the decision on which mini-expansion should be released first in your hands.
Each Nemesis DLC option presents two new battlegroups from a different theater of operations or front. New nations and new units are likely to be encountered in these expansions!
The following Nemesis DLCs are already out in the wild.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1405650/Steel_Division_2__Nemesis_1__Sandomierz
Nemesis: Battle of Sandomierz Bridgehead is the first Nemesis DLC and available for free now! It features the 16. Panzerdivision and the 97th Guards Rifle Division from the Eastern Front, bringing a number of new units, including the most powerful German tank of World War II, the Königstiger (H).
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1418230/Steel_Division_2__Nemesis_2__Lvov_Offensive
The second Nemesis DLC, Nemesis: Lvov Offensive, is available now for €4.99 / $4.99. This Nemesis DLC contains the German 20. Panzergrenadier-Division and the Allied 10th Guards Tank Corps, bringing new units such as the heavy tank destroyer Elefant, the unique Bef. Tiger (P) and Bef. Panzer V/IV tanks, Muniwagen Panzer III, Flakpanzer T-34(r) and Flakpanzer Panther, and captured T-5 Pantera..
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1477780/Steel_Division_2__Nemesis_3__Battle_of_Rimini/
Nemesis: Battle of Rimini is our third Nemesis DLC, available now for €4.99 / $4.99. It features the 1. Fallschirmjäger-Division for the Axis, and the combined Allied battlegroup of the 2nd New Zealand Division with the 3rd Greek Mountain Brigade attached.
Nemesis: Storming Toulon is our fourth confirmed Nemesis DLC. It contains two divisions from Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of Southern France in August 1944. Verteidigungsbereich Toulon and the 1e Division Française Libre. The expansion will also feature the new Panzerturm bunker, a casemate mounting a tank turret. We are hard at work on this one - we hope to tell you soon when you can expect it!
Until next week
The voting booths are now open. Go and let us know your choice! Check in next week to see which option will become the next Steel Division 2 Nemesis DLC!
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