This modification will add Finnish faction to Men of War Assault Squad 1 & 2 along with multiple campaigns for the Finnish side. The campaigns will be based on Winter war's last battles, Continuation war's "attack phase", advance along Kirov-railway in 1941 and 1942, defensive battles of 1944 and Lapland war. Each faction will be unique and player has to adapt his play-style to use advantages and disadvantages to defeat their enemies. German faction has most elite infantry formations, but they lack heavier tanks and heavy artillery. Russians are well armed, have heavy-armor support, have more infantry, but their infantry aren't as well trained and experienced as Finnish and German counterparts. Finnish faction will be "in-between" the Germans and USSR, having enough equipment for attacks & defending areas. Shortcomings of the Finnish faction is lack of mobility and the tank costs.
Finnish army had many both unofficial and official insignia, perhaps the most common ones used were the generic branch insignia. Only Armored Division and Cavalry Brigade had official and confirmed insignia which were used during the war. These units also kept their traditions and flags during the war and they largely operated in their peacetime strength, while most units were disbanded after the war and reformed into other units in smaller size during mobilization.
During the Continuation War, most Finnish units made their own insignia to raise the morale and include traditions to otherwise generic, numbered units.
Information about these insignia has been scarce. However, recently there has been books and studies around the subject and I was able to include some unofficial insignia in the modification. I believe they add depth to the campaign missions and they make different units distinct so you don't have army of clones fighting around. As with the helmets, the insignia are still under works and there will be even more variety on the way.
In the picture you can see first of the insignia. First one from the left is an infantryman from 12th Infantry Regiment which earned different nicknames during the war. Most common ones are "Jänkäjääkärit" ("Bog Jaegers") and "Ihantalan lukko" ("Lock of Ihantala"). The latter nickname describes the important role it had on battle of Ihantala.
The second and third are from Cavalry Brigade which I have already shown in couple updates, I have since then remade their uniforms completely with better quality. The second trooper is from Häme Cavalry Regiment. Third trooper is from Uusimaa Dragoon Regiment. Both regiments were initially mounted but they were dismounted and became bicycle infantry in 1943. Horses were not used for the traditional cavalry operations and the both regiments were basically mounted infantry. However their troopers received training for swords and they were even issued to the units during the war.