guille1434 wrote:Well, this is it, the release of the first complete pack of units for the "Rifleman '39" project. The first country is Poland. Where applicable, the Maxim machine guns were retouched and, I hope improved. You will find eighteen units (Including derivations and variants) for that country armed forces:
- Regular Infantry in '39 and '42 versions
- HW Infantry in '39 and '42 variants, also each one in direct and AA fire modes (4 units)
- Mountain Infantry in '39 and '42 versions
- Engineers also in '39 and '42 variants
- Maxim HMG unit, in direct and AA fire modes
- Cavalry in '39 and '42 versions, each one in mounted and dsimounted modes: 4 cavalry unit variants (Thanks Phcas for the idea!)
- Paratroopers in '39 and '43 variants.
Bridge Enginneers are not included yet, because I want to find some time to finish my new style base icon in order to make a "standard" unit for all countries. So, that type of unit will be uploaded in a separate, muti-national pack sometime in the not so distant future.
I thanked you in the other thread, but I'll thank here anyways. You're my god, I love the work you do.
The Polish infantry is absolutely lovely.
Rogatywka caps look definitely more Polish at this scale than the American-looking
wz. 31 helmetactually worn in battle by most Polish forces in 1939 (rogatywkas were part of peace-time uniform). And using them for icons is not completely non-historical as some units were not issued the helmets during mobilisation. Plus rogatywkas are really easy to distinguish and the Polish forces look like part of one team. In reality the cavalry used the good ol' Adrian helmets and the armoured forces chose the WWI German Stahlhelm - it would be really easy to mistake them for Germans or French.
BTW, Poland did still have *some* Maxim MGs in stores in 1939, but most field units used
Ckm wz.30, that is our unlicensed clone of M1917 Browning MG, but both were visually similar, so it's not a big deal.
There's only one tiny problem. I wouldn't expect you to work on the Polish infantry any more, I'm happy with how it looks, but just in case... There were only seven regiments in the entire Polish Army to use non-standard uniforms. These were the six regiments of
Podhale Rifles (numbered 1 through 6) and the 49th Hutsul Infantry Regiment. In other words, all the Mountain Infantry units in Poland did not wear the Rogatywka cap. Instead, they wore a distinctive long coat and felt hats:
kłobukin the case of Podhale Rifles and
kraseniain the case of Hutsul Infantry. But I guess adding a long coat to an already-made unit icon would be too much of a hassle, wouldn't it.
And so that you didn't forget: thank you, I really appreciate the work you do.
