Łupków Pass

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"Fight in the snow-covered ravines of the treacherous Lupkow Pass. Against this dramatic backdrop, the vertical fights are as bitter as the cold."

- News Article - Battlefield.com

Łupków Pass (Polish: Przełęcz Łupkowska) is a map set to be featured in the Battlefield 1: In the Name of the Tsar expansion. It is based on the battle of Łupków Pass, fought between Russian and Austro-Hungarian forces.

The map is currently scheduled for release in August, a month ahead of the full expansion.

Overview
Łupków Pass features treacherous mountain terrain, limiting both sides to using horses and airplanes for travel. On one side of the map is a castle currently held by Russian forces. Though blanketed with snow at the start of a match, the dark earth beneath can be exposed by explosions, making it easier for infantry to conceal themselves.

Behemoth
The Armored Train appears with winter camouflage, along an elevated railway that crosses through the map, above the village of Narev.

Control Points
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Galician Trail
Site of a wrecked Putilov-Garford trucks convoy.

Foothills Artillery
Three small Russian artillery guns perched on a mountain that occasionally fire.

Pawel's Watch
Watchtower on a high point with a nearby log cabin.

Wreckage
Bomber crash on an eroded mesa.

Narev Village
Cabins near the Lupkow railway.

Narev Depot
Additional buildings with an anti-air gun.

Rostov's Hold
Castle at the Russian end of the map.

Conquest
Łupków Pass is a large-scale Conquest map with seven flags in contention.

Cavalry is in abundance, as they are the only ground vehicle aside from the Armored Train.

Among the present elite classes are the Sentry and Flame Trooper.

Trivia

 * The real-life Łupków Pass is a tunnel through a relatively mild region on the Poland/Slovakia border.
 * The Narev is a river that crosses through north-eastern Poland.
 * "Narev Village" is a fictional village that is not found near the real-life Łupków Pass. In the Polish version of the game, point "E" is instead called "Osławica Village", which is a real village. Same with "Narev Depot".
 * The Rostovs are one of the principal aristocrat families appearing in Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace.
 * One of the flags is named "Paweł's Watch". Paweł is a popular Polish male name.
 * The farmhouses on this map are a Russian-styled. In real life the architecture in Łupków resembles more European buildings than Siberian-Russian.
 * The internal name for this map in Community Test Environment is MP_Ravines.