Reviews - Panzer_Man1992

Great work

This modification undoubtedly has an excellent idea, however, unfortunately, its implementation greatly disappoints any truly sophisticated connoisseur of the uniform of the Second World War.

I'll start my review with the positives: The uniforms of the Allies (American G.I. and Rangers) look good.

The only problem I was able to replace was the uniform of the 1st Ranger Battalion in the first missions (Battle of Arzew). During this operation, the Rangers wore M37 shirts as outerwear, which did not yet have battalion chevrons (instead, there was a chevron with the US flag). But otherwise, I repeat, the Allies cause the least questions, their form in the original game was + - normal.

1) The African corps is not bad in general (although the button placement on the pvt and NCO uniforms is bad), although I must say that it is not strong compared to the original game. The short boots of privates and some NCOs are still terrible. I would also like to note that during the Battle of Arzew there was no Close Combat Clasp yet (first awards in December 1942 on the Eastern Front). Some officers and NCOs have this clasp even though it shouldn't be there. Speaking of officers, officer caps in tropical colors have never been, they must be gray European caps. The Italo-German medal, which some African officers have, was usually worn on the opposite pocket.

2) Wehrmacht (Heer) in Norway (and in fact throughout the game) is normal, although I can't answer its a bit boring. The shoulder chevrons are somewhat large, and the color of the collar is slightly different from the color of the tunic. Also I think that specifically in Norway they should not yet wear the M43 caps (replacing the M40 caps with the new M43s has been a slow process, in general the rear garrison in Trondheim can wear earlier uniforms like M40 or M36). The Wehrmacht officer is bad, because of not the most appropriate awards (25 years in the army, and still a captain, seriously?) and general pants (with red stripes)

3) The uniform of the Kriegsmarine is bad. I don't understand why it was necessary to make them all NCO (white collar piping, which should actually be gold, also because of this piping they now have the wrong collar tabs). Also i think that you should add peakless caps to them as an additional headgear, for a change.

4)Black SS, SD and Gestapo - it's just stupid and ridiculous. Instead of "preserving" the original atmosphere, the author of the mod brought the "atmosphere" of 1970s Nazi porn into the game.
First, the black uniform was never worn outside of Germany!!!. Secondly, the uniforms of the so-called "elite guards" are disgusting. He has SS runes in his collar tabs, but judging by the cuff tape, he is their SD (only senior SD officers wore such a cuff tape, it should be just black, without inscriptions). They also need SD patches in the form of a diamond. The white trim for the M32 is also wrong (it was two tone)

But, I also want to note that if you really want to keep the black uniform, I advise you to replace this unripe SD version for the Trondheim mission with Norwegian Germanic SS.

An SD officer (Standartenführer) wears a general's overcoat with the wrong insignia

The "uniform" of the Gestapo is complete fiction, they must wear civilian clothes

5) Waffen-SS are good, but I think you should remove all gray (no camouflage) uniform options and remove badges and badge ribbons from Dot-44 uniforms.

The Waffen-SS officer in a gray tunic has the wrong shoulder straps (Major, although he is a lieutenant colonel)

6) SS tankers are also normal, although they have the wrong color edging of shoulder straps (it is red, but it should be pink)

Well, and leather coats should not have any insignia

7) Wehrmacht soldiers in camouflage tunics. This form is fictional for the most part, they were sewn in single copies at the front, but nothing more. They should not be in the game in large numbers. It would be better if instead they made M44 smocks in "Splittertarnmuster" and "Sumpftarnmuster".

8) The winter uniform of the Wehrmacht is boring. If I were you, I would replace some of the soldiers on the last missions (Siegfried Line) with Luftwaffe and Volkssturm anti-aircraft gunners, since they made up the majority of the West Wall garrison and would be appropriate in the context of the mission (The main character destroys air defenses)

The new weapon textures are not bad, but the original models from 2002 are terrible.

So, summing up, I would like to say that this mod is conceptually good, but implementing it ... Raises questions, it's sad to see how the author of the mod spends his talent on creating such unhistorical nonsense. I hope you take my opinion into consideration. Send me a PM if you have any questions

Plagiarism

Horrible skins

Another piece of garbage