Easy Red 2

Balance · 8

• Changes in Kwajalein and Pacific US anti-tank fireteams have been made.

  fireteam

• Japanese officers now carry the Type 95 Shin Gunto.

  faction loadout

• Dadao has been added to Chinese loadouts.

  faction loadout

• FG 42/II no longer accepts stripper clip reloads.

  stripper clip reload

• Japanese tank crews now carry the Type 26 revolver instead of the Nambu.

  faction loadout

• AI soldiers now draw their bayonets when encountering an enemy while their guns are empty.

  ai behavior

• The appearance of the Citroën U23 and Fiat 626 in various missions has been increased.

  spawn frequency

• German pistol loadouts now get one more P38 magazine.

  faction loadout

Content · 91

• The Type 97 Te-ke has been added with 37mm cannon and 7.7mm MG variants.

  vehicle

• NormandyFarm4 building has been reworked.

  building rework

• Japanese headgears including IJA and SNLF field caps, Type 98 sun helmet, Type 90 palm camo helmet, and Sakura helmet have been reworked.

  headgears rework

• NormandyFarm5 building has been reworked.

  building rework

• Idle animation of FEG 37M has been improved.

  idle animation

• The Type 94 Truck has been reworked.

  vehicle rework

• The textures of sandbags have been reworked.

  sandbag texture

• The P-51-D15/20 has been reworked.

  vehicle rework

• Mortars have been improved.

  mortar

• Improvements in various maps and missions have been made.

  missions and map

• The Mitsubishi Ki-30 Light Bomber has been added.

  vehicle

• Iwo Jima campaign is currently scheduled for release in December 2026.

  campaign release

• Bipod deployment and retraction sounds have been added.; Grenade Impact Sounds have been remade to be more noticeable.; Mannlicher Straight Pull Action Ping Sounds have been made louder.

  sound

• A new deployable/portable Grenade Discharger has been added for the Japanese faction.

  deployable weapon

• The Centaur Mk. IV has been added.

  vehicle

• The Bofors AA Gun has been reworked.

  weapon rework

• The AVS-36 has been added.

  weapon

• Progress has been made on the anticipated Khalkhin Gol campaign.

  new campaign

• Various German uniforms have been added.; New Japanese tank crew uniform has been added.; Soviet early war tanker uniform has been added.

  uniform

• BAR bipod animations have been added.

  animation

• US uniforms now show the unit patch on the left shoulder only.

  us uniform unit patch

• The Browning M1917 has been added.

  weapon

• Various US headgears including Wool Knit 1941, HBT 1942, and USN Deck Crew Headgear have been added.

  headgear

• The Nagant M1895 revolver has been added.

  weapon

• The Type 95 Shin Gunto has been added.

  weapon

• Several buildings on Normandy farm maps have been reworked.

  building rework

• The colors of Maple and Ash trees have been adjusted.

  tree color

• The Battles of Khalkhin Gol introduces Mongolia and Manchukuo as new represented factions complete with dedicated voice acting, uniforms, weapons, and equipment.

  new faction

• Animations of Mannlicher 31M have been improved.

  animation

• The Type 98 20mm AA gun including a wheeled variant has been added.

  weapon

• The BA-20 has been added.

  vehicle

• The Arisaka Type 44 carbine has been added.

  weapon

• M1903 Springfield animations have been improved, idle moved further from the camera, and UNERTL bolt cycle fixed.

  animation

• The KhT-26 (OT-26) has been added.

  vehicle

• Various German, Hungarian, and Soviet gears have been reworked.

  gear rework

• 21 new trench pieces have been added.

  trench piece

• The I-16 textures have been reworked.

  vehicle texture

• A new historically accurate tank-mounted Pak 43 gun sight has been added.

  tank-mounted gun sight

• The Type 89 Grenade Discharger has been added.

  weapon

• New Mongolian and Manchurian voices have been added.

  voice acting

• The M3 Lee and M3 Grant have been reworked including M3 Lee (75mm M2), M3 Lee (75mm M3), M3A5 Lee, and M3 Grant I variants.

  vehicle rework

• SVT-40 first person animations have been reworked with the same timings, better idle and scope positions, and fixed bullet visibility while reloading.

  animation

• The Dadao sword has been added.

  weapon

• Various US pilot uniforms and gears have been added.

  uniforms and gear

• The textures of the M101A1 have been reworked.

  weapon texture

• The Cossack M1927 Shashka has been added.

  weapon

• FM24 bipod animations have been added.

  animation

• A new Japanese MG sight for tank hull and rear MGs has been added.

  japanese mg sight

• The Nambu Type 14 has been reworked.

  weapon rework

• The BT-5 has been added.

  vehicle

• The ability to take bayonets in hand and use them as knives has been added.

  bayonet

• Official soldier scale references have been added to the props section for map makers.

  map editor reference

• The Type 38 Kai 75mm howitzer has been added.

  weapon

• The Liao Model 13 rifle has been added.

  weapon

• The BT-7 has been reworked and the BT-7 obr. 1937 and BT-7 obr. 1935 have been added.

  vehicle rework

• Japanese Type 5 uniform variants have been reworked.

  uniform rework

• M3 and M3A1 half-track variants armed with the M1917 have been added.

  vehicle variant

• Various maps and missions have been improved.

  maps and mission

• Firing audio for DT and Type 13 Liao has been added.

  audio

• GrassSummer variants have been added.

  grass variant

• I-15, I-15 (RBS-82), I-153, and I-153 (RBS-82) vehicles have been added.

  vehicle

• New Soviet early-war gunner sights have been added on the BT-7, T-26, KV-2, and BA-10.

  gunner sight

• US Tanker and Gunner Helmet have been reworked and different variants have been added.

  helmet and gunner helmet rework

• Pattern 1914 Enfield animations have been reworked.

  animation rework

• A new Meadow grass set for the Map Editor featuring 12 grass types and 4 wildflowers has been added.

  map editor asset

• The Humber Mk. II has been added.

  vehicle

• The Sdkfz 251/C has been reworked.

  vehicle rework

• Experimental MG42 reloading and barrel changing while deployed on a bipod have been added.

  animation and reloading

• The P-51D now carries bombs.

  vehicle armament

• UNERTL pull animation has been added.

  animation

• The Humber Mk. IV has been added.

  vehicle

• New rectangular-shaped objectives have been added.

  objective

• FG42 animations have been reworked, including new bipod animations.

  animations rework

• Bayonet and gunto animations have been added.

  animation

• Coaxial, hull, and rear MGs of Soviet tanks (T-34 family, KV-1, KV-2, IS-2, BT-5/BT-7, T-26) are now DT-29 instead of the Maxim belt.

  tank machine gun

• Camouflage patterns for Japanese vehicles have been changed.

  japanese vehicle camo

• Bullet Passby and Medium Caliber Cracks audio have been remade.; Generic Terrain and Water Footstep sounds have been remade.; Tank turret audio has been remade.

  audio

• Several new squads have been added for the United States faction.

  squad

• The Cromwell has been reworked and designated as Cromwell IV Type D.

  vehicle rework

• The M3A1 Grease Gun has been reworked and the basic M3 version has been added.

  weapon rework

• New British reconnaissance unit decals for tanks and armored cars have been added.

  reconaissance unit decal

• The DT-29 machine gun has been added.

  weapon

• Soviet tanker uniforms have been reworked.

  uniform rework

• The Arisaka Type 30 and its Manchu variant have been added.

  weapon

• The Type 26 revolver has been added.

  weapon

• Several yurt variants have been added.

  yurt variant

• New anti-aircraft cover props have been added.; New broken tree stumps and additional tree stump props have been added.

  prop

• New Mongolia and Manchukuo uniforms have been added.

  uniform

• A Flak 36 variant with a protective shield has been added.

  weapon variant

• Five new Beech tree variants have been added.

  tree

• A prototype of a new game mode called Dynamic Operations has been added.

  game mode

Controls · 6

• Support for DualSense Adaptive Triggers on Windows in both Steam Input and Direct Input modes has been added.

  dualsense adaptive triggers support

• Gamepad vibration has been improved to better match each weapon's rate of fire.

  gamepad vibration

• Bipod deployment has been made slightly easier.

  bipod deployment

• The gamepad gyro system has been improved.

  gyro system

• Bipod placement and the bipod system when firing from the prone position on very steep terrain have been improved.

  bipod placement

• Support for DualShock 4 and DualSense gyro controls through Direct Input has been added.

  gyro controls support

System · 13

• Lua seasons via er2.setSeason have been added to change vegetation on the fly.

  lua season

• New and updated Lua scripting API functions, including vehicle and soldier commands, have been added.

  lua scripting api

• The stability and performance of the Lua system have been improved and various Lua scripting issues fixed.

  lua system stability

• Support for modded uniforms to respect the Force Hide Hands setting when sleeves are rolled down and a short-sleeved variant exists has been added.

  modded uniform

• A new MeleeWeapon class for swords and katanas has been added with custom first and third person animation sets.

  modding class

• Steam Rich Presence support has been added.

  steam rich presence support

• Furniture props placed in missions are now destructible.

  destructible prop

• A new system for handling foldable bayonets has been added.

  foldable bayonets system

• An option to prevent specific Map Editor objects from being destructible has been added.

  map editor destructibility option

• Items from DLCs the player does not own are now skipped, with a message displayed in the F3 console.

  dlc items handling

• Any prop placed in the mission editor can now carry Lua code running once at battle start.

  lua scripts on prop

• A new In-hand/Melee system has been added.

  combat mechanic

• Support for built-in bipods and bayonets on weapons, including non-detachable bipods and foldable bayonets, has been added.

  bipods and bayonets support

UI · 7

• The ability to reorder objective letters has been added.

  objective reordering

• The close-up blur effect when aiming through gun sights has been improved.

  close-up blur effect

• An optional setting to adjust gun sight size for weapons with very narrow metallic sights has been added.

  gun sight size setting

• The cinematic camera control panel has been redesigned.

  cinematic camera control panel

• A pause menu wiki has been added to show wiki.easyred2.com articles about the stuff in the mission being played.

  pause menu wikipc

• An in-game changelog menu has been added to easily notify players about recently added assets and missions.

  in-game changelog menu

• Keyboard input for slider values has been added in the Mission Editor.

  mission editor input

Fix · 16

• FG 42/I stripper clip reload ammo count and clip visibility have been fixed.

  stripper clip reload

• Fixes with Bipod system animations have been applied.

  bipod system animation

• British and Soviet vehicle camouflage patterns have been fixed.

  vehicle camouflage pattern

• The Spitfire Mk.IXe wing texture has been fixed.

  wing texture

• Various bipod system issues and third-person animation issues have been fixed.

  bipod system bug

• Soviet officer uniforms incorrectly displaying shoulder boards have been fixed.

  soviet officer uniform

• USN sailor uniform clipping in first person has been fixed.

  usn sailor uniform clipping

• Crews ordered to retreat no longer stop to fight on the way, alongside mechanical behavior fixes.

  ai behavior

• Several minor UI issues have been fixed.

  ui

• Soviet M35 tunic textures have been fixed.

  texture

• Collision issues with trench pieces have been fixed.

  trench pieces collision

• Minor fixes have been applied to US paratrooper uniforms.

  us paratrooper uniform

• Tunnel holes are no longer visible from far away before the tunnel entrance loads to avoid seeing through terrain.

  tunnel visibility

• Kwajalein and Roi-Namur map fixes have been applied.

  map fix

• The vehicle:addNewItemToCargo function has been fixed, items now have correct types, cargo contents are synchronized online, and items from owned DLCs are accepted.

  vehicle:addnewitemtocargo function

• Face proportions on rigged characters have been improved to better prevent clipping with hats.

  face proportion

General · 1

• Localizations have been improved with further updates.; Additional localization fixes and updates have been applied.; Various mission-related issues and community-reported bugs have been fixed.

  general

Also in this patch1

• The Normandy Rework is actively in development, but it won't be arriving this year.

  campaign rework