World War II: Sandstorm - 0.5 RELEASED!

[RNV]

Great initiative!
But i have noticed that the soldiers have the face skin as uniform, is it a bug?

[Admiral Van Tromp]

@davism:

Strange . Try turning off "distortion effects"

@RNVITTORIOVENETO:
Could you tell us in which units did you notice that?

[RNV]

all the units, i have tried them all. After some experiments i think it was because i was not running the sub-mod with TGW. With TGW it all looks ok .

[Admiral Van Tromp]

@RNVITTORIOVENETO: Oh, ok. Enjoy and give feedback!

[RO Citizen]

Davsim: It works well at me. Try another battle, maybe that one was bugged.

King Sama: Wonderful submod, never though a WW2 (sub)mod woulds work that well on NTW.

[King Sama]

Thanks for the feedback guys, I appreciate it. And it seems Dogderna has taken care of all the bug concerns already.

King Sama: Wonderful submod, never though a WW2 (sub)mod woulds work that well on NTW.

Thanks! Good to hear

[irontaino]

Great sub-mod only thing is I'm having a problem with unit and faction names not showing up

[RO Citizen]

Definitely you either don't have the WorldWarText file or you have more movie files from mods in your data folder.

[Admiral Van Tromp]

Definitely you either don't have the WorldWarText file or you have more movie files from mods in your data folder.

Yes that would also be my first guess. Also I am going to do a small preview of my campaign until the end of 2010, so stay tuned.

[irontaino]

Definitely you either don't have the WorldWarText file or you have more movie files from mods in your data folder.

All fixed, thanks for the help

[RO Citizen]

You're welcome kind sir, I'm eager to help ppl in the Holiday season

[Admiral Van Tromp]

New Sandstorm preview soon to be released here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...412568&page=12

[Darkhorse]

I am writing a research article on the British faction which will go into adding weapons, units, vehicles, air support, artillery and commonwealth assets. It will suggests units and technology for the battle mod and a possible (see above ) future campaign. If you have any ideas, please post them for me to look into and perhaps suggest.

[Russ_Ace]

I like the sound of this submod. i way prefer the platoon size insted of brigade size units for 20th centuray battles.

[Admiral Van Tromp]

Syria faction preview added.

[Darkhorse]

My research and ideas paper (more suggestions based on history tbh...) aka the defence white paper (rep if you get the reference) is almost done, any unit, vehicle, tech (social, eco, strategic, naval, tactical, counter warfare, and development tech ideas all welcome) ideas you have must come to light soon!

[removeduser_23847628374234]

Great mod!

[Consul Napoleon Bonaparte]

I have handed the title of The New World Order to King Sama, if he wishes to merge them, he was permission. Handle it well.

DoGerdna, I have offered Sama my use as a researcher for units, weapons, campaigns, offensive, and such, if you need me, my offer stands.

[King Sama]

This mod and New World Order will now be merging. While the NWO team is not currently active in that mod, it will mean access to their currently released work and a benefit to both mods.

The OP has been updated to include new credits and a link to the sandstorm campaign preview (will be added in its entirety once done).

And again, any ideas no matter how far-fetched are welcome

[Darkhorse]

British Empire

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

British Empire:

Firearms.

9mm Owen Machine Carbine (Australian)

The Owen is a 9mm SMG developed in 1939 which was in service mainly with Australian troops fighting in the Pacific along side their British and American allies, although a few equipped some units in Europe, additionally Dutch East Indian, New Zealand, and British forces used the weapon. The Owen was the only Australian designed firearm of the Second World War and was developed from the British Sten and American Thompson. It was popular with Australian troops due to its small size, good reliability and its combat effectiveness. Its unusual top mounted magazine also boosted its popularity as soldiers could use the weapon better when lying prone. The gun stayed in service well into the Vietnam War, where it was replaced by an Australian copy of the British Sterling. The Owen fed from a 33 round magazine and fired at 700rpm.

.303in Lee Enfield No.3 SMLE and .303 No.4 Mk 1
The Lee-Enfield Bolt Action Rifle was the standard firearm used by armies of all the British Empire and Commonwealth in the first 60 years of the 20th century. It was the British Army's standard rifle from 1895 until 1957 when it was replaced officially by the L1A1 SLR. However, the SMLE variant, or the No.3 rifle, entered service in 1907. The No.3 is hailed as the best bolt action rifle ever made and used, having distinct advantages over competition such as the Mauser. It was also used by the military forces of Canada, Australia, India, South Africa, Free French, some American units, and post 1944 Italian forces. Although officially replaced in the UK in 1957, it remained in widespread British service until the early 1960s and the NATO chambered L42 sniper variant remained in service until the mid 2000’s. As a standard-issue weapon, it’s still being used by many armed forces of the Commonwealth. Such as the Canadian Mounted and Indian Police, which makes the rifle the longest-serving military bolt-action rifle still in official service. Total production of all Lee-Enfield’s is estimated at over 17 million rifles. The No.3 rifle featured a Sword Bayonet and featured a simplified rear sight arrangement and a fixed, rather than a bolt-head-mounted sliding, charger guide. The design of the hand guards and the magazine were also improved, and the chamber was adapted to fire the new Mk VII High Velocity spitzer .303 ammunition. The No.4 was introduced between 1939 and 1941 and featured a new, heavier barrel, heavier overall weight, and better reliability, simplicity, and resilience. 2 new bayonets were designed for the rifle, which could also be fitted on the Sten gun. The rifle has seen service in almost every war since 1914, including being used in insurgent hands in the recent Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts as well as use in Korean Suez, the Israeli wars, Aden, and both world wars. Where there is, or has been British influence, the Lee Enfield has served. There have been carbine, silenced, and automatic variants of the weapon produced. The Lee Enfield fed from a 10 round magazine which was topped up with either single rounds or with 10 round stripper clips. The rifle had a range of 1900 metres. Although targets have been hit from 3 miles away in tests. Rate of fire varied and was dependent on a soldier’s ability. 15 to 20 rounds per minute was the norm. However, British soldiers were trained in the “mad minute” where as many as 30 or 35 aimed shots could be fired in a minute (include reload and operating time) the record for the mad minute is 38 aimed shots in 60 seconds, hitting a 12 inch (30cm) target at 300 yards (275 metres).

9mm Sten gun

The Sten Machine Carbine is a British 9mm SMG designed in 1941 to supplement and eventually replace the ageing, and expensive Thompson SMG. Over 4 million were made. The Sten was based on the Lanchester SMG, and the MP40. Lanchester and Sten magazines were even interchangeable. At the time of the Sten’s invention, Britain was on the verge of being invaded, and the first 3 marks of the Sten gun were designed to be cheap, simple, and easier to produce. This was achieved as they only cost £2 and were built from as few as 47 parts. The gun could be built in 5 hours. However the Sten was inaccurate, and often malfunctioned, problems were caused mainly by the side loading magazine. After 1942 the Stens quality improved and probably became the best SMG of the war, available on many variants including suppressed. Later versions were highly effective, well built, and safer (safety was a prime concern with Sten users.) The Sten was so effective the Germans copied it (MP 3008) which is ironic as the Sten is a copy of the MP40 and the Lanchester is a copy of the MP28. The Sten stayed in British service until 1953, when it was replaced by the Sterling. Most allied nations kept the Sten, making their own variants; it has seen action in most of the world’s recent wars, including Vietnam (on both sides). 22 nations officially adopted the Sten or manufactured a licensed copy. The gun was popular in Israel, Australia, Canada, it was also popular with resistances movements all across the world, and many are still in service.

.303in Bren gun

The Bren Light Machine gun is one of the most famous and effective weapons in history, and quite possibly the first general purpose machine gun, being used by the infantry in offensive and defensive roles, on aircraft, and on vehicles. The British gun was developed from a Czechoslovakia design which originated in Brno, the gun was produced in Enfield Lock in the UK, hence the name Bren. The Bren is extremely accurate; it was the only automatic weapon which you can get a British Army marksman's badge using until the adoption of the L85A1 in 1985. The gun had to be modified to be made less accurate, as it would often shot long bursts into the same target instead of having an area effect. The sights were mounted on the left side as the famous top loading curved magazine was used instead of a belt. This made the Bren very light, and very portable, it also was more accurate and reliable than belt feeding guns. A crew of 2 was usually needed to operate the weapon, a gunner and a loader. Effective range was 550 metres and rate of fire was 550rpm. The gun entered service with the British in 1937, and was used by the all British Empire nations, as well as the various resistance groups in Europe, and is still in reserve with the British Army and Indian Army (known as the L4 and chambered in 7.62mm NATO, which last saw service in the 1982 Falklands war and the 1991 Gulf War.)

.303in Vickers-Berthier (Indian)

The Vickers-Berthier is a light machine gun similar in design to the Bren gun developed in 1925 to replace the Lewis gun. The British army rejected the weapon in favour of the Bren gun but the British Indian Army produced the weapon, where it is still used today. The gun had a slower rate of fire than the Bren, and wasn't as accurate or reliable, yet was more portable and easier to produce. The gun fed from a 30 round top loading magazine similar to the Bren’s and had a rate of fire of 450rpm. The weapon was modified for the Royal Air force to fire at 1200rpm, and fed from 96 round drums for use on aircraft. This new weapon, the Vickers K gun, was made famous by its use on SAS jeeps.

.303in Vickers Mk 1

The Vickers machine gun is a British medium machine gun based on the Maxim gun. Entering service in 1912 this water-cooled machine gun remained in service until 1968 with the British Army before being replaced by the L7. The Vickers is famous for its extremely good sturdiness and reliability. The gun in tests fired continuously for 7 days and nights without a single jam. And another test the gun fired 1,000,000 rounds with the same results. Its reputation for reliability and potency was forged in the First World War. A 12.7mm (50 calibre) version entered service in the Royal Navy and Royal Tank Regiments in 1933 and was moderately successful. The Vickers was manufactured in German, Dutch, Italian, Swiss, US, French, Japanese and NATO calibres as well as standard British .303in. The gun officially remains in service in India, Pakistan and Nepal. The Vickers was a heavy weapon, the gun weighing 11kg and the tripod weighing 20kg. In addition to this, the ammunition weighed 10kg per 250 rounds, and 7.5 pints of water had to be carried for cooling the barrel in a water jacket. However, the steam was taken off by tube to a condenser container, meaning the water could be reused, which was very important in arid environments. Such as the desert and such a cooling system avoids giving away the firers position. The system allowed the gun to fire for much longer than air cooled weapons such as the Browning. The gun was 1.1 m long and its rate of fire was between 450 and 600 rpm. It was expected that 10,000 rounds would be fired in an hour, the barrel would need to be changed hourly, a two-minute job. The gun could be used against targets 4100 metres away. This type of indirect fire was often used against road junctions, trench systems, forming up points, and other similar locations that might be spotted by a forward observer, set up in advance, or even guessed at a soldier and his map. Often, a location would be targeted in the day then attacked at night; New Zealander units were especially fond of this tactic.

.303in Lewis Gun
The Lewis Gun is an American designed weapon which was popular with British forces in the First World War. The gun was rushed into service in 1914, and remained in service until the end of the Korean War in 1953. Post WW1, it was most commonly used as a light AA gun. The gun was produced both in the UK chambered in .303) and in the US (chambered in 30.06). The gun was first used by the Belgians, where the Germans gave it the name the “Belgian Rattlesnake”. The gun's cyclic rate of fire was 500–600 rounds per minute. And it weighed about half as much as a typical medium machine gun of the era. The gun was popular despite being far more expensive than the Vickers (Lewis £165, (1915) Vickers £100 (1915) it could be built almost twice as fast and being more portable than a “normal” machine gun, it could be carried and used by a single soldier, interestingly, it was found the guns distinctive air cooling shroud wasn’t needed and by the time of the second world war, was removed in all but naval versions (who needed the shroud to protect the barrel from the elements). Three times as many Lewis guns were produced than Vickers by 1918. By World War II, the British Army had replaced the Lewis Gun with the Bren and by the RAF with the Vickers K. However, post Dunkirk, stocks of Lewis guns to defend airfields and equip the home guard, they also saw front-line use with British, Australian, and New Zealand forces in the early years of the wars in the desert and against the Japanese. The Lewis gun also saw continued service as an anti-aircraft weapon during World War II and into Korea. The Lewis is credited by the British for downing more low-flying enemy aircraft than any other AA weapon. US forces used the gun on ships for AA roles only. However, the French used the gun in Vietnam, as did the Americans in small numbers. The gun was used by at least 23 nations including Ireland, Israel, Norway, France, the German empire (WW1), Nazi Germany (WW2), West Germany (Post WW2), Russia (pre 1917) & the Soviet Union, New Zealand, and Portugal amongst others. The reliable and popular weapon fed from 47 and 97 round drums and had a maximum range of 3100 metres, although it was effective to only 800.

PIAT

The PIAT, Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank, was a British designed mortar/grenade launcher anti tank weapon intended designed in 1942. This interesting weapon worked by using a Spigot system, cocking a spring, which when released ignited the propellant in the round itself, causing it to fire. The recoil then cocked the spring ready for the next shot; however cocking the weapon for its first use was extremely difficult in combat. The 9.1kg hollow charge bomb couldn’t actually penetrate German armour, but still was able to cause severe damage to all but the heaviest types of armour (7% of German armour losses in the Normandy campaign were down to the PIAT, as opposed to 6% by aircraft). As there is no smoke or back blast, the PIAT could be used inside buildings. The PIAT has an effective range against armour of 100 metres and against positions such as bunkers, 690 metres; the weapon could even damage a Tiger at the right ranges. British, Empire and Commonwealth units equipped each platoon with 1 PIAT and 1 2 inch mortar. It was used by every Allied nation and resistance movements with the exception of the US. The weapon remained in-service until the 1950’s, where many were passed on to Israel.

Suggested Unit Rosters:

Infantry Roster,
Squad size = 10 men unless stated otherwise.

• LDV
  
  • P14, Lewis Gun
• BEF British Army Rifle Squad
  
  • An early war skilled unit of expert marksmen. They are equipped with a Thompson SMG, a Bren LMG, and 8 Lee Enfields. They are still capable of using the mad minute and are experts fighting in north Europe.
    
  
  
• British Army Rifle Squad
  
  • An skilled unit of expert marksmen. They are equipped with a Thompson SMG, a Bren LMG, and 8 Lee Enfields. They are capable of using the mad minute and are experts in the desert, jungles of SE Asia and in Western Europe. They are well experienced soldiers, many fighting in France, Norway, Greece, Crete, Yugoslavia and North Africa.
    
  
  
• British Army Assault Squad
  
  • An improvised, but skilled unit made from riflemen who are experts in assaulting hard points and urban centres, or perhaps just of those who can run fast? They are equipped with 4 Thompson SMG's and 2 Bren Guns as well as 4 Lee Enfields. They carry extra grenades.
    
  
  
• Royal Marines
  
  • A highly specialised, light role, tough unit of marines who specialise in assault from the sea or fighting in the cold. They are very experienced troops who carry out their traditional role of fighting on ship, as well as fighting on the ground and forming the basis for the SBS and Commando regiments. They are armed with Lee Enfield rifles and 2 Bren guns.
  
  
• Royal Marine CADRE Ski Troop
  
  • The Royal Marines specialise in cold weather fighting and mountain combat such as those found in Norway or Greece. The ski troops, armed with a Bren gun, Thompson SMG, and Lee Enfield rifles can move across snow at extraordinary high speeds.
  
  
• Boys AT Rifle Team
  
  • (tech upgradeable/replaceable) The Boys Anti Tank Rifle is a .551 Calibre (13.9mm) high velocity rifle designed to penetrate light armour. Available from the start, the Boys initially penetrates 16mm of armour plate at 100 metres and fires from a 5 round magazine at a rate of 10 rounds per minute. The gun also makes for an effective snipers rifle.
    
  
  
• Signals Team
  
  • A squad sized unit of radiomen, officers, runners & message carriers, and a couple of riflemen and a Bren gun for protection. The signals teams job is to guide in close air support and mortar/artillery support to aid the advances and defensive actions of the British Army. They additionally keep in contact with each unit, and their headquarters, allowing for a swift relay of orders and information.
    
  
  
• Guards Armoured Division Rifle Squad
  
  • A unit of fast moving well trained and vigilant riflemen representing the different guard regiments units in the Guards Armoured Division, they offer bonuses to armoured units and are flexible and skilled in fighting in urban or rural areas. They are armed with a pair of Bren Guns, a pair of Thompson SMG's and 6 Lee Enfields.
    
  
  
• Australian and New Zealander Infantry
  
  • Rifle Squad
    
    • ANZAC Riflemen who excel in holding a position, they are armed with a pair of Owen or Austen SMG's, a Bren gun, and 7 Lee Enfield rifles. They are skilled in fighting in the desert or jungle, and have a bonus when defending.
      
    
    
  • Assault Squad
    
    • ANZAC Infantry who carry extra grenades and SMG's. They are an improvised assault unit intended to counter attack, or take a fixed position. Due to the desperate situation Australian forces often found them selves in, ANZAC Assault troops carry Molotov's as well as Grenades, giving them a limited anti vehicle ability. Skilled in urban areas, the jungle, and in the desert they are armed with 4 Owen or Austen SMG's, 2 Bren Guns and 4 Lee Enfields.
      
    
    
  
  
• Canadian Rifle Infantry
  
  • Canadian infantry are tough, well experienced riflemen who serve in the British army as well as the US, or their own Canadian armed forces. Seen as hardly and capable troops, they were used in the Dieppe raid and the Canadian contingent at Normandy made the furthest advance. Receiving a bonus when fighting in North Europe, Canadian Rifle infantry are determined and experienced. They are armed with the Bren gun, a pair of Thompson M1928's, and Lee Enfield Rifles.
    
• British Indian Army
  
  
  • Vickers-Berthier
    
• Royal Engineers
• Chindits
  
• The Black Watch
• 1st Airborne Division Squad
• British Commandos
  
  • VGO
    
• SOE Clandestine Operations Team
  
  
  • A small team of three male and female SOE agents supported by 3 local resistance forces armed with De Lisle Commando carbine and silenced Sten SMG's (fired in single shots) who also carry explosive charges and detonators and are experts operating with irregular units such as resistance groups. They can hide, and are ideal for infiltrating enemy lines and destroying buildings and command centres.
    
  
  
• Special Service Brigade
• Popski’s Private Army
• Special Interrogation Group
• LRDG/SAS Team
• Bren gun team
  
  • A two gun pair of Bren guns and their crews with their weapons mounted on tripods. They can lay down very accurate long ranged fire. Although the Bren is lighter than most machine guns, the tripod still is heavy. so movement speed is reduced. However set up time is quick, and the gun rarely overheats. The downside is the team have to continually reload, as the Bren is magazine fed.
    
  
  
• Vickers machine gun team
  
  • A heavy, water cooled, belt fed machine gun infamous for its reliability. The gun has been known to fire 1,000,000 continuous rounds and to have fired non stop for 7 whole days. The 2 gun team have their guns fixed on tripods and therefore move very slowly but can sustain large volumes of moderately accurate fire at long range. The water cooling jacket means the gun can fire for extended lengths of time.
    
  
  
• PIAT team (replaces Boys)
  
• Lifebouy Flamethrower pair
  
• Sniper Team

Artillery Roster
1 or 2 guns per battery

• Ordnance SBML 2-inch mortar team (2)
• Ordnance ML 3-inch mortar team (1)
• Ordnance ML 4.2 heavy mortar team (off map)
  
• QF 2pdr (1)
• QF 6pdr (1)
• Pack 75mm (2) (lend lease)
• QF 17pdr (1)
• BL 4.5in (off map)
• QF 18pdr (1)
• QF 25pdr (2)
• QF 25pdr Short (Australia) (2)

Vehicle Selection for consideration

Vehicles will be researched if and when they become possible, “tree” denotes a line of techs.

• Vickers Light Tank Mk IVC (from start)
• M3 Stuart “Honey” (Lend Lease)
• A11 Matilda I tree (tech replaceable) (from start)
• A15 Crusader Mk II tree, (tech upgradeable)
• A17 Tetrarch (building)
• A22 Churchill tree (tech upgradeable)
• A27M Cromwell tree (tech upgradeable)
• Firefly (tech recruitable, must have lend lease)
• M10 Achilles Tank Destroyer (tech recruitable, must have lend lease)
• A41 Centurion (top tier building)
• Archer (tech recruitable)
• Sexton (building)
• LVT Buffalo (building)
• M7 Priest (Lend Lease)
• Staghound (Lend Lease)
• M8 Greyhound (Lend Lease)
• M3 Scout Car (Lend Lease)
• M4 Mortar Carrier (Lend Lease)
• M5A1 Halftrack (Lend Lease)
• Universal Carrier (from start)
• Universal Carrier Wasp (tech recruitable)
• Universal Carrier Mortar Carrier (tech recruitable)
• Marmon Herrington tree (tech upgradeable)
• Daimler Armoured Car (building)
• Daimler Scout Car (building)
• Otter Scout Car (building, 1942, Canadian)
• Jeep (Lend Lease)
• LRDR Jeep (Lead Lease)

Support Options

Infantry should be able to call in support by radioing a position. The signals unit will allow for wide range of support from the air, or naval bombardment. Where as some regular infantry units will only be able to rely on heavy mortars or a small bomb drop. Vehicles should be able to call in air strikes by firing purple smoke. More powerful artillery strikes should be radioed in by the command vehicle. Support options should be tech controlled and we should consider the following support options:

• Heavy Mortars, a light barrage from off map 4.2inch mortars.
• Strafing Run, patrolling spitfires expending the rest of their ammunition onto a target of opportunity, or being called in a fit of desperation. As time goes on, and your tech advances, the runs will become more powerful, from 8 x 303 machine guns to 6 x 50cal when America enters the war, to 20 and 40mm cannon when new RAF fighters are put into production.
• Rocket Salvo, a powerful hit of 8 rockets from an RAF Typhoon aircraft, equal in firepower to the barrage a destroyer could lay down, these aircraft were capable of destroying even the Tiger tank with ease.
• Tank Hunting Hurricane, a beast armed with 4 x 40mm cannon designed to attack the weak tops of tanks.
• Heavy Artillery, a barrage from off map artillery.
• 50lb drop, 4 x 50lb bombs, limited damage, wider area.
• 250lb Bomb drop, a pair of 250lb bombs, higher damage, narrow area
• 1000lb bomb drop, a single 1000ln bomb, higher damage, single point of impact
• Naval gunnery, British forces often fought in areas close to the sea. The 14 to 16inch guns on the Royal Navies battleships could reach inland roughly 20 miles. Britain 6 to 8 inch cruisers guns also had a long reach. These guns were the most powerful the British had and were brutal when used, Caen, in Normandy, being flattened.

If a fleet has a carrier in it, it should be able to call in air support as well. However, representing this will be incredibly difficult and is currently impossible, as dive and torpedo bombers fly very low. And unlike a strafing aircraft, will be missed if not included. This will need some major thinking time.

For the campaign

Agents

Agents will play an important role; some will need to traverse both land and water.

• SOE Spy, your classic spy, has to be dropped off by boat, or possible, dropped in. They will gather intelligence on enemy armies and cities. (Land only.)
• Submarine, an agent which can target enemy fleets, showing you information on them. There should be an option to attack, similar to the assassinate option, but where you choose any ship. Each ship having different odds, taking into account the ships design features, SONAR, bulges, type (a destroyer having a better chance against a submarine than a carrier) etc. (Sea only.)
• Catalina, a flying boat patrol aircraft designed to hunt down submarines and provide intelligence on enemy fleets. (Sea only)
• Wellington Bomber, these famous aircraft have a large magnetic ring around them, allowing them to find and destroy mines, as well as lay their own. (Sea only.)
• Bristol Beaufighter, a heavily armed fighter-bomber that regularly carried 8 rockets, a torpedo, cannon and machine guns that hunted down German shipping. (Sea Only)
• Strategic Bombers, a tech effected agent which targets cities, taking out a building of choice and killing some soldiers and civilians. Must ideally go back to Britain before striking again. Remember bombers are vulnerable (Land only)
• 1000 bomber raid, an expensive single use agent which can destroy almost every building in the target city and heavily damage troop and population numbers. (Land Only)
• Nightfighters, expert at engaging and dispersing enemy bomber formations (attack bomber agents only, Land & Sea)

For the empire

Britain will have access to empire and commonwealth units. In a battle mod scenario, this is no issue; however, on the campaign the issue becomes clear. How to represent these forces as best we can? There are two options in my opinion. 1, A building should be designed in one of the British mainland ports, plus one in Egypt, and when taken, Rotterdam. This building will allow for the recruitment of commonwealth and empire forces, and 2, a Commonwealth faction.

Britain as the light of the free world

When Poland, Belgium, Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, France Denmark, and Norway fall to anyone except France, Britain, or the US, units from the fallen countries should occasionally and randomly spawn in Britain (or France if still existent). This represents those brave souls who risked it all making it to Britain so they could continue fighting. These units should all have excellent stamina and morale. Some weapons, such as the 20mm Polsten Cannon could be made recruitable with such an event.

British Tech Tree

Strategic Bombing

• Improved Bombsights
• Pathfinders
• Escorts
• Bomber Development I, II, & III (Blenheim,
• Direction finding/Oboe

Lend Lease

• Lend Lease, allows recruitment of lend lease units
• Liberty Ships, larger recruitment pool for lend lease units
• Convoy System, more organised and better protected convoys means more equipment gets through. Faster replenishment of lend lease units.
• The Black Gap
  

Development Techs

• Sten Gun (1941), the cheap Sten gun replaces the Thompson in regular British units, infantry unit cost reduced 10%.
• Sterling Gun (1950)
  
• EM-1 Experimental (1947)
  
• Taden Gun (1950)
• Littlejohn Adapter, an adapter boosting the effectiveness of all 2dr weapons working on the squeezebore principal.
• Hobart’s Funnies (1943)
  
  • Churchill Crocodile (Flamer thrower)
  • Churchill AVRE
  • Sherman DD Tank
  • Rhino Tank modification (1944)
    
  
  
• 2pdr Portee System (1940) > 6pdr Portee System (1942)
• QF 2pdr AT gun (from start) > QF 6pdr AT gun (1942) > L6 Wombat (1950)
• QF 17pdr (1943) > L6 wombat (1950)
• BL 60pdr (from start) > 4.5in BL Medium Field Gun Mk1 (1938) > 4.5in BL Medium Field Gun Mk2 (1941)
• QF 18pdr MkIV (from start) > QF 25pdr Mk1 (1940) > 25pdr Short (1943) (Short is Australian only)
• M3A1 Stuart “Honey” (1941) > Stuart Recce (1943)
• A11 Matilda I > A12 Matilda II (1939) > Valentine Mk III (1941) > Valentine 6pdr (1942) Fun fact, installing the 6pdr meant the machinegun had to go, Crews came up with a novel way of using a machinegun from inside the hull by fitting a solenoid-fired Browning MG into a 6-pdr shell-case. When needed, this was inserted into the 6-pdr breech and the solenoid cable connected, allowing the gunner to aim it using the main gun elevating gear, traverse and telescope)
• A15 Crusader Mk II 2pdr (1941) > A15 Crusader Mk III 6pdr ( mid 1942)
• Vauxhall A22 Churchill Mk II (1941) > Churchill Mk IV ( mid 1942) > A42 Heavy Churchill Mk VII (1944)
• A43 Black Prince (1945)
• A27M Cromwell (1943) > A34 Comet (1944)
• Firefly (must have lend lease) (1944)
• M10 Achilles Tank Destroyer 17pdr upgrade (Must have lend lease) (Early 1943)
• A41 Centurion Mk1 17pdr W/ Polsten (1945) > Centurion Mk3 20pdr w/ Besa (1947)
• Archer Tank Destroyer (must have valentine) (late 1944)
• M3 Scout Car > M8 Greyhound (1943) (Requires Lend Lease)
• Universal Carrier Wasp (1938, Flamethrower)
• Universal Carrier Mortar Carrier (1938, armed with 2 inch mortar)
• Marmon Herrington Mk I (1940) > Mk III (1941) > Mk IV (1943)
• Jeep w/ Vickers > Jeep w/ 50.cal (requires Lend Lease)

Social and economic Techs

• Evacuation, morale boost to all soldiers knowing their children are out of reach of the bombers.
• The Walls have ears; enemy spies gather less intelligence as British public is told to be careful!
• Dig for Victory, increase in food production as every available space is planted.
• ARP Wardens, less morale impact by strategic bombing.
• Home Guard, more chance of uprising when occupied.
• The Little Miracle
• Dambusters Raid
• Blitz Spirit
• Ealing Studios
• Opening the tube network
• War Bonds!

Tactical

Naval

Counters

• Nightfighters
• AA batteries
• Capture the Enigma, after capturing the enigma, Britain could crack Germanys codes. British agents and units have longer campaign line of sight

British Commanders

I will finish this soon.