Interesting poster. First time I've seen the UKF shield. Not sure what I think of it. The OKW and USF shields were so epic... they make the UKF shield just look kinda meh.
IIRC, it also has "Royal Army" on it. Annoys the hell out of me.
I don't really know, but one of the maps already released has working mines pre-placed in - Vielsalm or something like that - so couldn't you open that up and see what is used there?
Also, got a question for you based off of your signature...
I'd put some decent money on it being the "Holiday effect". Lots of Schools on holiday means more kids (for lack of a better word, I don't mean this in a demeaning way like its often used) moaning on the forums.
Plus, it's easy to be a dbag on a forum - no one can get you back.
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