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Soldiers: Heroes of World War II

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Soldiers: Heroes of World War 2
Release Date: 2006
Developer: Best Way
Publisher: Codemasters
Series: Men of War
Platforms: PC
Genre: Real-Time Strategy


Silent Heroes: Eltie Troops of World War II (2009)

Soldiers: Heroes of World War 2 is an RTS by Ukranian developer BestWay and is a precursor to the Men of War (Video Game) series, running on an early version of the GEM engine used in that series.

The game has 4 campaigns for both Russia, Britan, The United States and Germany. (The British Campaign notably makes use of permadeath, with the player controlling a small squad of British Commandos who's inventory and surviving members carry over between missions, something not done in any other campaigns in the series.)

The game receieved 3 expansions developed by Dark Fox, a Russian Developer: One of these came to English speaking Markets as "Silent Heroes: Elite Troops of World War 2" while the rest remained Russian-only, these expansions only featured the Russian Faction as a playable faction. (Despite the English Box art for Silent Heroes depicting US Troops.)

Gameplay is mostly similar to it's successor, however the inventory system is much more limited and big battles are almost entirely absent, with the player only having control of a small handful of soldiers (Who have increased health to compensate but are still cut down quickly if the player has poor tactics.) and the famous MOW series staple, the editor, must be downloaded seperately from the game.

The game also makes an odd arcadey decision with weapon distribution that the first sequel, Faces of War, would continue, where submachine guns are the main weapons of all armies, with LMGs being not too far behind and the should-be-standard bolt-action rifles being some of the rarer firearms, that said rifles are generally far more deadly, possessing range and damage more akin to the Sniper Rifles of Men of War proper.


The following weapons appear in the video game Soldiers: Heroes of World War 2:


Handguns

All pistols in the game use the same universal "Pistol Ammo", shared with SMGs.

Colt M1911A1

The Colt M1911A1 appears as the US handgun.

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World War II Colt M1911A1 - .45 ACP
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A British Commando holds a "Col.45".

Walther P38

The Walther P38 appears as the "Valter"

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Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm
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The "Valther" in-game.

Submachine Guns

Sten Mk II

The British submachine gun of choice is the Sten Mk II, it is mistakenly called a "Sten MK-I"

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Sten Mk II - 9x19mm
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The "Sten MK-I" in-game.

SIG M1920

TheSIG Bergmann appears and is incorrectly named the "Type 100", it is only available in the editor and this same mistake would be repeated for Men of War, this and the inclusion of an unusable Japanese Hat in the editor indicates a Japanese faction was cut.

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SIG Bergmann MP20 - 7.63×25mm Mauser
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A Russian Soldier holds his Not-Type 100.

Rifles

M1A1 Carbine

The M1A1 Carbine is used in the campaign by both British and American troops.

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M1A1 Carbine with original L style rear sights, and side-folding stock, often referred to as the 'Paratrooper' carbine - .30 Carbine.
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The "M1A1 Carbine" in-game.

Mosin Nagant M1938

The Mosin Nagant M1938 is used by Soviet soldiers.

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Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R
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The "Mosin" in-game


Mosin-Nagant M1891/30

An unscoped Mosin-Nagant M1891/30 appears as the model for all sniper rifles in-game, this is hard to see in regular gameplay due to the zoomed out camera.

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Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R
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A British soldier holds his "EM-2" but the close-up available by disabling camera clipping in the editor shows how it's actually a Mosin.

A Mosin-Nagant M1891/30 with an PU sniper scope is used in the introduction cutscene to Silent Heroes, it is replaced by an SVT-40 during gameplay.

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Mosin Nagant 91/30 rifle with PU scope - 7.62x54mmR
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The Mosin in the cutscene

SVT-40

The SVT-40 appears as the Soviet Sniper Rifle.

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Tokarev SVT-40 - 7.62x54mmR
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The SVT-40 in Silent Heroes.

Machine Guns

Degtyaryov DP-27

The DP-27 appears as the Soviet Machine Gun, it is mistaken for the DT-29, having a DT Icon and being mounted on vehicles like the DT.

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Degtyarev DP-27 - 7.62x54mm R
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The Editor-only Skeleton character holds his DP-27.
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Vasily fires his DP-27 in Silent Heroes' introduction cutscene.


Anti-Materiel Rifles

PTRD-41

The PTRD-41 appears as the Soviet Anti-Tank Rifle and their main anti-armor weapon, it inaccurately holds 5 shots like it's a PTRS-41

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PTRD-41 - 14.5x114mm
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A Russian Soldier holds his PTRD-41.