Steel Division 2 update for 29 April 2021

Today is the day! Muster the troops, start the engines, gun checks and safety off - a new battle is waiting, commander!

We are proud to release our latest History Expansion: Steel Division 2: Burning Baltics today! Get ready for the Baltic battlefields, and relive one of the last major successful German offensives of World War II - Operation Doppelkopf.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1418231/Steel_Division_2__Burning_Baltics/

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What can you expect from Steel Division 2: Burning Baltics?

Steel Division 2: Burning Baltics** features:

• One massive new Army General campaign set in the Baltics during Operation Doppelkopf, letting you take command of either the attacking Axis 3. Panzerarmee or the defending Allied 1st Baltic Front.
• Eight new Divisions, playable solo, coop, or multiplayer, including six which took part during Doppelkopf and two divisions from Army Group North’s theater of operations.
• 120+ new units, including a variety of new models such as Aufklärungspanzer 38(t) recon tank, Ar 196 A-3 floatplane, Soviet MT-13 160mm super-heavy mortar and the BS-3 100mm heavy AT gun.
• 2 new Nations: Lithuania (Axis) and Estonia (Allies) and 2 new Aces, the most decorated German serviceman, Colonel (Oberst) Hans-Ulrich Rudel, and the veteran General Major Georgiy Nefedovich Zakharov.

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Some additional background

Want to get ahead of the competition? Be sure to check out our various Versus articles which detail a pair of new Burning Baltics** Divisions:

• The first Steel Division 2: Burning Baltics Versus takes an in-depth look at the two Armored battlegroups: the Panzerverband Strachwitzcheck and the 19-y Tank Corpus.
• The second Steel Division 2: Burning Baltics Versus dives deep into the two Mechanized battlegroups: Panzergrenadier-Division “Grossdeutschland” and Rezerv 43-y Armii.
• The third Steel Division 2: Burning Baltics Versus puts the spotlight on the Infantry battlegroups with the 52. Sicherungs-Division z.b.V. and the Podv. Gruppa Fedyunkin.
• The ultimate Steel Division 2: Burning Baltics Versus highlights two special battlegroups from Army Group North theater of operations: the 11. SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier-Division “Nordland” and the 7. Eesti Laskurdiviis (7th Estonian Rifle Division).

Check out a detailed breakdown of the Army General Campaign in this dedicated blog post here. If you want to know more about Burning Baltics’ Aces’, read this post here.

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A new 10v10 map: Tannenberg

There is more. As a FREE DLC, today we’ll also be releasing a brand-new 10v10 map - Tannenberg**.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1307591/Steel_Division_2__Reinforcement_Pack_10__Tannenberg/

This map is freely inspired by the real battle of Tannenberg Lines (also known as the Battle of the Blue Hills) in northern Estonia. It was here that the 11. SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier-Division “Nordland” made its famous rearguard stand and was successful against overwhelming odds. Throughout several furiously fought battles in July and August, the Axis troops held their ground against the might of the Red Army, including weathering storms of artillery bombardments and wave after wave of assault troops.

Coming up next

Enough talk - hop in and join our other commanders in battle. Let us know what you think of Burning Baltics. Do this through our
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Good luck on the battlefield, commander!