Guille's PzCorps Support Base - Multipurpose Icons and more.

[guille1434]

Some more units for Finland... Some variations on a fire control post for coast defenses.
Besides, you will be sein much more related to Finnish units here...

[guille1434]

Some concrete bunkers and field fortifications...

[Intenso82]

Some more units for Finland... Some variations on a fire control post for coast defenses.
Besides, you will be sein much more related to Finnish units here...

Fine. I like this color. Now we will not confuse him with Norway

[uzbek2012]

Some more units for Finland... Some variations on a fire control post for coast defenses.
Besides, you will be sein much more related to Finnish units here...

Under this cross in the support of a long-term firing point or is it just a decoration ?

P.s.

Japanese "Tiger", or how to throw an ally for 645 thousand Reichsmarks

https://worldoftanks.ru/ru/news/history ... cumstance/


https://zen.yandex.ru/media/vartehnolog ... 00a9f45507

June 7, 1943. the Japanese Ambassador to Germany, General Oshima, arrived at the factory testing of the new German tank. He observed the attack of German " Tigers "on Soviet positions near Leningrad (admittedly, the tests were not very successful: from the hits of Soviet anti-tank guns, the" Tigers " often broke the transmission, and one tank was generally abandoned when stuck in a small swamp. As they say, the first pancake is a lump). After the Japanese arrived at the tank range of the company "Henschel", where the" Tigers " were factory tested. Soon the company received an order to transmit two sets of documents, re-recorded on microfilm. And in September 1943. there was already a question of sending one tank to Japan. It was supposed to be delivered together with one Panther (Panzerkampfwagen V" Panter"), also purchased by the Japanese, to Bordeaux, and from there disassembled - by submarine to Japan...

Cargo without prospects
At first, Germany was quite willing to respond to the request of the Axis allies. Japanese Ambassador Hiroshi Oshima was invited to the site in Kummersdorf, showed the production of "Tigers" at the Henschel factories — in General, quite familiar with the product. The Ambassador was delighted and entered into negotiations with the German Ministry of armaments.

Two sets of technical documentation on microfilm were handed over to the Japanese in 1943. There was a question of purchasing the tank itself. The cost of the "Tiger" in the prices of 1943 was about 300 thousand Reichsmarks. The Ministry of armaments and the company "Henschel" asked for 645 thousand for the tank. The price is sky-high, but not the fact that the Germans decided to just cash in on overseas allies. First, the tank was sold fully equipped — with ammunition, optics and a radio station. Secondly, the Germans were ready to independently disassemble and pack the tank before sending it to Japan. Plus, apparently, this also included the cost of technical documentation.

"Tiger" wanted to take out about such a submarine project I-400zachem disassemble? Because the main difficulty was not the purchase itself, but the delivery of the Tiger to Japan. The idea of shipping on a surface ship was rejected immediately: it was too dangerous, the allies dominate the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. We decided to use a submarine. But here, too, was the question: which boat could withstand the huge, almost 30-ton hull? Underwater aircraft carriers capable of carrying such cargo were still under construction at the time. So it would be a long time before the Tiger could be in Japan. With the most optimistic forecasts, buyers had to count around December 44.

Nevertheless, the tank was sent to the French port of Bordeaux. In February 1944, the Japanese paid for the order,and the tank officially became their own. But it remained a dead weight with an uncertain future. And in the summer of 44, the allies landed in Normandy, putting Germany in a difficult position.

By the decision of the General command of the land forces of September 21, 1944, the Germans took the Japanese "Tiger" on lease (according to other sources — requisitioned) and transferred to the active army. So he was lost somewhere on the Western front.

https://ficbook.net/readfic/4163057?__c ... x2iJO8zuG4

[guille1434]

Fine. I like this color. Now we will not confuse him with Norway

Yes, that was the reason I used at first ( I began making Finnish units a long time ago) the rather unhistorical and not so camouflaged bluish/violet color for Finnish units, to give them "uniqueness"... Now, as I already have a complete set of Finnish infantry units ready in this gray color, it is late (for me at least) to think in another color option. What we can do, is to give Norwegian units a greenish-grey tone to its icons (bearing in mind that they fought for the Allies cause). So, roughly speaking, in the European theater, units in grey, bluish-grey tones are Axis, and green or greenish grey are Allied units...

Another unit for Finland´s forces is ready: The Schneider Cannon de 155 Mle.1917...

[uzbek2012]

Fine. I like this color. Now we will not confuse him with Norway

Yes, that was the reason I used at first ( I began making Finnish units a long time ago) the rather unhistorical and not so camouflaged bluish/violet color for Finnish units, to give them "uniqueness"... Now, as I already have a complete set of Finnish infantry units ready in this gray color, it is late (for me at least) to think in another color option. What we can do, is to give Norwegian units a greenish-grey tone to its icons (bearing in mind that they fought for the Allies cause). So, roughly speaking, in the European theater, units in grey, bluish-grey tones are Axis, and green or greenish grey are Allied units...

Another unit for Finland´s forces is ready: The Schneider Cannon de 155 Mle.1917...

Finns will be happy to receive your gift ))) When will Romanians start to rejoice ? )))
https://www.worldwar2.ro/arme/?section=18

P.s.
http://union.4bb.ru/viewtopic.php?id=971&p=20
http://wardrawings.be/WW2/Files/1-Vehic ... anzers.htm
http://beutepanzer.ru/Beutepanzer/main.htm


http://www.nnre.ru/transport_i_aviacija ... _01/p5.php


Norwegian Ehrhardt 7.5 cm field gun near Narvik, Norway, May 1940
https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=13014

[guille1434]

Uzbek: Romanian units are well represented in several of the already exitent PzCorps mods, so anyone can find plenty of unit icons for that country forces. Anyway, I suppose that some time I will make some units. But, in fact, as Finland´s troops had a much better combat performance compared to Hungarians, Romanians, etc... they are more interesting to me...

Now, tactical mobility for the Finnish...

[guille1434]

The Bridge Engineers units, also received new trucks (and trailers!)

[uzbek2012]

guille1434: You shouldn't say that about the Romanian army ))) This army with Hitler reached Moscow , and then with Stalin to Berlin

And so just kidding) Finns Yes interesting as the army )
http://union.4bb.ru/viewtopic.php?id=1291&p=6#p113454

[guille1434]

Strategic mobility by means of railway units...

[guille1434]

More to complete the Finnish unit roster, now it is the turn of early war,light caliber AT Guns. Here are the Finnish versions for the 37 mm Bofors AT gun, 37 mm Pak 37 German AT gun and the Soviet 45 mm M1938 AT gun...

[cw58]

A lot of nice, new shinies! Thanks, Guille.

[Intenso82]

More to complete the Finnish unit roster, now it is the turn of early war,light caliber AT Guns. Here are the Finnish versions for the 37 mm Bofors AT gun, 37 mm Pak 37 German AT gun and the Soviet 45 mm M1938 AT gun...

The Bridge Engineers units, also received new trucks (and trailers!)

And what is this skin? For guns and for pontoons. You can share it.

And also need version for your 45mm m1937 AT gun

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[guille1434]

Hello Intenso:

Here is a reworked version of the Finnish 45 mm AT gun M1937, which was called 45 Ptsk/37 by them...

About this new icons coloring, I have to say that I am not using any skins for them, I am applying color using the Paint.Net Hue/Saturation functions, and in case of the striped camo icons (like the barge trailer, for example) I "applied" such pattern using my "secret" newly developed camo painting technique using the layer function of said software, Nevertheless, I upload here a small file with all the Finnish color skins archives I have for the DCS software. By the way, I started looking for alternate ways to color icons because the DCs sofware does not work well in my crappy old netbook (my main desktop PC went out of service some months ago)...

[uzbek2012]

The first captured tigers during the operation "spark" in Leningrad
https://zen.yandex.ru/media/mastermisli ... 1248d0e722

[Akkula]

The first captured tigers during the operation "spark" in Leningrad
https://zen.yandex.ru/media/mastermisli ... 1248d0e722

Wasn't the first Tigers captured before Spark Operation?, during end of August or September?. Or maybe I am confusing dates.

[uzbek2012]

The first captured tigers during the operation "spark" in Leningrad
https://zen.yandex.ru/media/mastermisli ... 1248d0e722

Wasn't the first Tigers captured before Spark Operation?, during end of August or September?. Or maybe I am confusing dates.

Probably to understand what is described there you need to read the entire text )

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Captured Bren-carrier with a 25 mm Hotchkiss gun
https://vk.com/smftankonly/pictures?act=s&id=141559566


Some Assembly of units from different mods !)
https://www.strategium.ru/forum/topic/9 ... nt-3046089
https://yadi.sk/d/8PB92ujMhGN7Mg
https://yadi.sk/d/RYZT4H6yY8MTYA

[guille1434]

Now, more units to complete the Finnish forces roster... A rather comprehensive infantry units pack.
There is a very well researched and full of solid information site related to everything about Finland military in the WWII period:
www.jaegerplatoon.net
It´s worth going there for the ones interested in this subject. About infantry units, while reading the information present in that site, I learned the following interesting facts:

- Nearly all people in Finland fit for military service were able to use skies when the ground was covered in snow (a rather common situation in Finland ).

- The Jaeger units were elite infantry units, which were able to move on skis when the climatic conditions allowed the use of them, and they were also equipped with bicycles for movement in summer.

So, in this infantry unit pack of mine features the following units/switches amongst them:

- All units can be switched to ski equipped infantry for faster movemet on snow-covered terrain (except the heavy equipment carrying infantry specialists, like, bridge engineers, combat engineers, heavy machine gunners, etc...). This ability is present for regular (light) infantry, scout/snipers, and, of course, Jaeger infantry units.

- The Jaeger units (could they be considered an equivalent to elite SS units for the Germans?) have three switches: skies in winter, and bicycles in summer.

I hope that any of you find those units nice-looking and useful! Enjoy!

[cw58]

Thanks, Guille. Interesting idea for the Jäger switches.

[Yrfin]

Thanks, Guille. Interesting idea for the Jäger switches.

Sure. Guille have a lot interesting ideas
Im also modifed Ski (winter switch) to Move 5 and Reconmove.
But i don't have icon : Ski troops whithout ski (standart stance)