Panzerfusilier Squad image - Company of Heroes: Eastern Front mod for Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Eastern Front is a free mod for Company of Heroes. Following the ethos of mimicking a Relic Entertainment expansion pack, Eastern Front has succeeded in adding two full new factions, the Soviet Red Army and the German Ostheer, packed with unique and exciting units to the existing armies - a feat never before achieved in the Company of Heroes world.
Panzerfusilier Squad
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Although they might look similar to weapon team crew, they have different textures.
We might pack a something special with these guys :)... but it might need some time to finish it. The MP41 they have it is just a placeholder btw.
MP41 model and original textures by Burton. Panzerfusilier model-mix and new textures for MP41 made by Yauz.
COOOOOOOOOOL. What are they gonna have? MP44s?
MP41 to be correct.
MP41 is only a placeholder...
Hmmm, maybe panzerbuchse 39? And MP40 for the other guy.
You look like Guido Westerwelle with black hair lol
It's Stephen Colbert.
oh, ok then. :P
Let me guess, some early prototypes of STG44 family, maybe scope-less mkb42?
If not, maybr the captured PPSh-41 SMG modified for 9mm caliber? The Germans were 2nd largest user of PPSh, ironically. Or, the classic ZB26 as SAW?
the MP41 was a MP40 basically combined with the MP28... the makers of the MP40 sued them for that and it was discontinued. the MP41 was actually cheaper to build because it had less complicated parts.
edit: misread the comment above.
The MP41 was essentially intended to be compatible with MP38/40 magazines, and it's similarity was intentional to get Schmeisser a government contract, as up to that point they had been virtually left out when it came to arms contracts to supply the german army.
I actually wouldn't mind seeing an MP28 model ingame for these guys, maybe with the odd PPSH40 mixed in?
MP28s were procured in large numbers pre-war to equip police and para-military forces. During germany's re-arming, such stocks where then re-allocated to the Wehrmacht units to fill the needs for a submachinegun in the new unit structure, that involved submachineguns being issues to infantry NCOs and junior officers, tank crews, and NCOs of support weapon crews, as well as the needs of the military police.
They were generally either lost in action in the opening campaigns or withdrawn as deliveries of the MP38 arrived, with those remaining stocks being issued to Waffen-SS and para-military forces. Of course, as the war drew on and the manufacturers of the MP38 and subsequent MP40 couldn't meet the demand, MP28s were again brought out and reissued to whatever units didn't have sufficient stocks of the MP38 and MP40.
@LethalDosage
You are correct, IIRC MP41 wasn't used that much, specially in the Eastern Front, and they might use another weapon :).
are those ss soldiers? they mainly used the mp41.
No, these are elite Wehrmacht squads. You can google the name and find more information on them.
What u mean with Elite Wehrmacht squads ? Brandenburger?
Brandenburger... it reminds me cheeseburger! =p