Imagine a world where the Allies didn't win the war, nor did the Axis. Instead, the war just continued on and on in an unsteady stalemate. Welcome, to the world of 1949. In this world Germany decided not to bomb London, but instead continued its attacks on Britain's airfields. Then, the Russians lost at Kursk. Finally, D-Day fails. With these victories, Germany has managed to halt the Allie's progress. In the Western Theatre, the Allies and the Axis each plan the invasion of the other's vital territories. In the Pacific, Japan and the United States are dueling over tiny islands with giant fleets and atomic weapons. Now, the stalemate is about to be broken. Germany is preparing an all out invasion of Britain. As tough and valiant as the Allied troops defending the Sceptered Isle are, some of their leaders are beginning to that they will be unable to hold against the Wehrmacht.
Here is a preview of Germany's basic infantry, Volksgrenadiers and Grenadiers. Both are armed with STG-44s, but they use them differently. Volks are designed for offensive operation. Each unit of Volks contains 7 men. Grenadiers are 6 man units, and are designed to used defensively. More info to follow in the upcoming news bulletin. Uniforms courtesy of Doctor Lee.
oh JA!!! maybe u could have them with sub-machine guns as well, like mp-42 or mp-41 like a advanced mp40
These are Grenadiers, they aren't trained to fight in close quarters combat. The Volks do that for them
the stg 44 is also know as mp 44 i hope they add stg 45
The STG-45 will be the main weapon of the Panzer Elite faction.
Aren't grenadiers usually close quarters style shocktroops?
In the 18th and 19th centuries, yes. In the German army of 1939-49, not so much. In this time period, Grenadier was the name given to Germany's basic infantry. Volksgrenadiers (English: Folk, or People's, grenadiers) were more typically assault/shock troops. The similarity of their name to the Volksturmm often gets them pegged as badly trained and incapable troops, when they actually seem to have been fine enough at their job. Anyway, there you have it.
You're on the right train, but you took a wrong track.
Volksgrenadiers are actually just grenadiers. CoH made the mistake of making them each their own units, but by '44, all "Grenadieredivisions" and "Infantriedivisions" were renamed to "Volksgrenadieredivisions" as a propaganda tool, making the emphasis on their "superiority" as German soldiery.
You really seem to know what you're doing dude :) like I said this mod will be great!
dont you might want to put some Volkssturmgewehr 1-5's in that mix?
That weapon was invented to try and capitalize on Germany's diminishing resources in the real time-line. In this universe, such thrift is unnecessary. However, I won't say that it won't appear or that other advanced German small arms won't appear in some form.