The Great War is a modification for Company of Heroes meant to bring the war two decades earlier. This mod focuses on the later years of the First World War. Currently the two teams will be the British Expeditionary Force against the German Empire, however with time the team will try and bring some more nations in, such as France and Austria-Hungary. This mod will focus or realism but keep the game balanced enough to make it enjoyable. Things to look for in the mod are the famous artillery strikes and the infamous gas attacks. Trenches will provide vital cover for infantry while tanks will roll over the battlefield and instil fear into the enemy troops.
Showing off all the soldier models of the Imperial German Army faction in The Great War 1918 modification for Company of Heroes.
The base body models are originally by Relic, modified to be more accurately shaped for WW1 uniforms.
The equipment models (pouches, tools, caps, etc..) are by Rataconfusca.
All the textures are by don_Durandal, except the faces which are from the original game (adding moustaches barely counts).
These models are all ingame as of version 1.2 of the mod, released in April 2014.
Scharfschütze=sniper, Kanonier=artillery gunner, Offizierstellvertreter=platoon leader (literally "officer replacer"), Minenwerfer=mortar crew, Maschinengewehrscharfschütze=machine gun sharpshooter (WW1 elite MG crews), Sanitäter=combat medic, Stoßtrupp=stormtroopers, G-R-P-R=flamethrower pioneers
(the Landser and Stormtroopers have some random variations which are not all shown here)
Amazing work! and cool mustaches :D
The "officer replacer" doesn't exactly sound like too pleasant a job. ;)
It was the highest trade a non-commissioned officer could attain. Basically, even though the Imperial German Army suffered a huge loss of officers during the war, they didn't want to lower requirements to allow for faster replenishment.
Instead they promoted higher NCOs, like a Vizefeldwebel, to an officer's command, but without holding an officer's rank.
It became so dire at some point that the Offizierstellvertreter position had to be limited at two per company. As in the mod, they acted as platoon leaders, while the usually only surviving commissioned officer left in the company would act as company commander.
There are two 3's but no 5 in picture.
Corrected.
Well it was a bit obvious which one was the correct 3 anyway ;)
(or I do hope so..)
really nice work that the squads and weapon crews have all unique skins.
the detail that every squad has officers with their own description and uniform is really a great detail.
Will the soldiers with Pickelhaube?
No. The Pickelhaube was replaced by the Stahlhelm in 1916 and had completely disappeared from frontline service by the end of that year. The mod takes place in 1918; we're going for historical accuracy in our models, not for "cool".
Will Pickelhaube?
I noticed the sniper has its helmet half colored and half grey.. is this some sort of glitch?
He has a Stirnpanzer strapped to his helmet (an additional armour plate on the forehead which makes the helmet bullet-proof), that's why you might have the impression that there are different colours.
It's not a glitch.
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