Expression Games has released the 21st major update for Hell Let Loose, adding a new Conquest mode, rifle grenades, and various weapon loadouts, along with balance adjustments for anti-tank guns and other content. The console patch number is 1.060, and this update involves large download sizes across all platforms.
Conquest mode introduces a "Morale" resource. Both sides start with 1000 Morale points, and the first side to reach zero loses. If the timer runs out and neither side has depleted their Morale, the side with the higher remaining Morale wins. Five objectives will be open simultaneously on the map, and all objectives can be contested throughout the entire match.
Teams lose Morale due to player redeployments, vehicle losses, and disadvantage in objective control. Each time a player respawns, their team loses 1 Morale point; deaths or redeployments within 6 seconds of spawning do not count towards this loss, and medics reviving teammates also prevent the corresponding deduction. When trailing by one, two, or three objectives, the team will lose 2, 4, or 6 Morale points every 10 seconds, respectively.
Destroying enemy transport trucks, supply trucks, and light vehicles causes the opposing team to lose 2 Morale points, but vehicles destroyed within friendly HQ zones do not cause Morale loss. Each team starts with three half-tracks at their HQ spawn points, and the half-track located at the central HQ will automatically respawn if destroyed.
In terms of weapons, the update adds three rifle grenade variants: the Kar98k with cup-type grenade launcher, the M1 Garand with M7 grenade launcher, and the SMLE No.1 Mk III with No.1 Mk I cup-type launcher. These can be used as standard infantry weapons or to fire high-explosive, anti-tank, and smoke ammunition. Rifle grenades have a longer range and explode immediately upon hitting a target, but they have a slower reload time, making them unsuitable for rapid fire or close-quarters combat. The development team plans to expand this system in Update 22 by adding the ability to perform indirect fire with mounted weapons.
The Soviet forces have added the ROKS-2 flamethrower, while the US forces have received the M1903A3 Springfield bolt-action rifle, with the existing Springfield sniper rifle model updated to the M1903A4. The M1918A2 Browning Automatic Rifle and the Canadian variant of the Sten MK2 submachine gun can now switch firing modes. Several bolt-action rifles can also use weapon skins in the Loadout and Appearance pages at the Barracks, though the newly added rifle grenade variants do not currently support this feature.
This update also increases the operation speed of anti-tank guns for all factions: horizontal traverse speed has increased from 1 degree per second to 3 degrees, elevation speed from 1 degree per second to 2 degrees, and weapon turning speed from 1 degree per second to 10 degrees. The elevation and horizontal traverse ranges, as well as the damage of various anti-tank guns, have been rebalanced.