Hello commander!
We hope you are well. Not too long now, for a massive new drop of content for Steel Division 2. We are very close to the release of our next expansion, Tribute to the Liberation of Italy, coming on February 3rd.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1640470/Steel_Division_2__Tribute_to_the_Liberation_of_Italy/
The new Italian-based expansion has seen quite a gestation period. By the by, you might have lost track of what to expect.
In today’s blog post, we’ll do a quick recap of all the good things that came to pass for Tribute to the Liberation of Italy.
A Brief History
Initially revealed in April last year, we took pains to detail each new feature, unit, and battlegroup in Tribute to the Liberation of Italy. This includes the typical Versus posts, highlighting a pair of new battlegroups.
In case you’ve forgotten, each of these Versus brings a whole load of information, including division histories, strengths and weaknesses, and (of course) all the new units specific to each battlegroup. Check them out below!
- Read more about the Armored battlegroups: the 26. Panzerdivision with its special AA forces and the supersized 6th South African Armoured Division in the first Versus blogpost here.
- Check out the two Mountain formations, the German 5. Gebirgs-Division and the specialised 8th (Indian) Infantry Division in the second Versus blogpost here.
- Discover more of two unique Infantry battlegroups, the Axis 4. Fallschirmjäger and the US-led international Task Force 45, in the third Versus post here.
- Last but not least, the Italians! You can find more about the opposing Italian battlegroups, the Axis 4a Divisione Alpini “Monterosa” and the Allied Corpo Italiano di Liberazione in the fourth Versus blog post.
- Read all about the Italian Air Forces, both Axis and Allied, and the unique planes they fielded in this in-depth blog post.
- Our two new Aces, both Italian but from opposing armed forces, can be studied in this dedicated blog post.
Take a good look
We also took time to highlight a range of new models and skins for both the Axis and Allied units to be shipped in our upcoming expansion:
- Some unique Italian equipment gets the spotlight treatment in this Axis model preview blog post.
- We looked at some new Allied units in this dedicated blog post here.
- The latest new camouflage paint jobs and skins for a selection of Allied units can be viewed in one of the most recent posts here.
What can you expect?
Our new expansion brings a ton of juicy stuff. See below what you can expect.
- Command 8 new meticulously researched divisions and access four fully voiced new nations: South Africa, Brazil, and the competing Repubblica Sociale Italiana and the Allied-aligned Kingdom of Italy.
- Four new Axis battegroups: the 5. Gebirgsjäger, the Italian-German mixed 4. Fallschirmjäger, the 26. Panzerdivisionor the Mussolini-loyal 4a Divisione Alpini “Monterosa”.
- Four new Allied battlegroups: the 6th South African Armoured Division, the Italian Corpo Italiano di Liberazione, the 8th Indian (Infantry) Division, or the diverse Task Force 45.
- Over 300 new units, including infantry squads, with 22 brand-new vehicle models, 4 new plane models, as well as many new variants. This includes a wide variety of Italian equipment, from the P-26/40 tank, to the ubiquitous Semovente 47/32, the rare Semovente M41 90/53 and other versions, AS.42 heavy recon jeep and MotoGuzzi side-cars. Other new units include the uncommon German FAMO 88mm, Indian ACV-IP Mk.2 APCs, South African Bedford QL 6pdr Portee, American M2 90mm AA guns, British BL 4,5-inch howitzer, and many more. Take to the skies with the C.202 serie VIII Folgore, G.55 serie I Centauro, Re.2002 Ariete fighters, or Z. 1007bis serie VI Alcione bomber.
- New infantry model sets, such as South African, Brazilian, Indian including Sikh and Gurkhas, German Gebirgsjäger, and many different types of Italian soldiers in both Axis and Allied divisions.
Au revoir and until next week!
That’s it for this week. Not long now, commander!
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See you on the battlefield!