To improve their game in the audio department for the upcoming Company of Heroes 2: The Western Front Armies expansion, Relic sent their team into the field to record samples from working World War 2 tanks.
Armed with a list of various tanks they wanted to record, the team descended on California where they were able to capture high quality samples from a variety of actual tanks. They were able to record 6 tanks in total over a span of 3 days. When all was said and done, the team had samples from 6 different tanks that they felt could accurately represent the different types of engines featured in the game.
The team captured samples from the following tanks:
- Jagdpanzer 38(t) “Hetzer” – Inline 6 cyl praga engine gasoline
- OT810/Sd.Kfz. 251 ausf Halftrack – 8 cyl Tatra Diesel engine
- M4A3E8 Sherman – V8 Ford GAA gasoline
- M24 Chaffee – 2x 8cyl Cadillac 44T24 gasoline
- M5 Stuart – Continental 7 cyl W-760-9 A radial engine gasoline
- M47 Pershing heavy tank – V8 Twin Continental Twin Turbo gasoline
Check out the video above for a preview of the sounds you’ll encounter on the battlefield this week when The Western Front Armies goes live. There’s still time to pre-order Company of Heroes 2 – The Western Front Armies on Amazon.com
You can read more details about the mission in the latest blog post on the official CoH2 blog