J Bennett Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 One of the minor (or not so minor?) annoyances I have in the game is the German tank commanders only seem to wear a "peaked cap" or "barracks cover". I would like to ask the forum, are there any mods where the panzer commanders wear a beret or garrison cover? Most photos or film clips I see of these men they usually wore something other than a peaked cap. This is probably a question that has been discussed but i couldnt find anything in my search. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy56 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 (edited) Wait. We're talking about the WW2 games, right? The padded berets were not in use anymore after the Battle of France, which no games cover as of now. German tank commanders did wear side caps and field caps, with white piping for officers. I think it helps distinguish between the rest of the crew (which we don't see much of anyway) and the commander, and because it's just plain classy and correct anyway. Edited February 24, 2019 by Frenchy56 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy56 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 (edited) Here's the field cap for officers (the insignia aren't present): The one for enlisted and NCO's: The side cap for officers (Panzer arm): The one for enlisted and NCO's (Artillery arm): The crusher cap could be worn with a white braid for officers, however it seems like it wasn't done often in the field, like the old Panzer Meyer shows us: Edited February 24, 2019 by Frenchy56 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy56 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 (edited) By the way, if you want side caps on your tank commanders, all you need to do is extract the base game files, rename some model and texture files and you're good to go. If you don't feel like you can do it, then I'll be happy to do it for you if you ask. Unfortunately, there aren't any field cap models in the games. Edited February 24, 2019 by Frenchy56 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Bennett Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 I should have also mentioned the field caps. Thank you for the information and your kind offer. I'm pretty good at handling files , I think I will give it a try. thanks again.. Jeff 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Am surprised the Germans abandoned padded headgear for AFV crews. The Russians campaigned a helmet design which was pretty much the same from the 1930s through just a few years ago, if that. The new model looks like the old one to a large degree, but it uses high tech material to provide better impact resistance.After spending a bit of time in a T-55, a T-62 and a 76 mm Sherman, there is no way I'd care to be without good head protection, and the tanks I was in were all static! As brother George pointed out yesterday, it doesn't matter how good your gun stabilization os if the gunner is being bounced about so much it's impossible to use the sights effectively. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockinHarry Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 45 minutes ago, John Kettler said: Am surprised the Germans abandoned padded headgear for AFV crews. The Russians campaigned a helmet design which was pretty much the same from the 1930s through just a few years ago, if that. The new model looks like the old one to a large degree, but it uses high tech material to provide better impact resistance.After spending a bit of time in a T-55, a T-62 and a 76 mm Sherman, there is no way I'd care to be without good head protection, and the tanks I was in were all static! As brother George pointed out yesterday, it doesn't matter how good your gun stabilization os if the gunner is being bounced about so much it's impossible to use the sights effectively. Regards, John Kettler good question. I´d guess one reason for german tank crews beeing rather light at the head might be major importance for quick response and reliable inter crew communications. Maybe crew comfort (or lack of) and spaciousness in russian tanks made padded stuff more necessary. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Frenchy, I will appreciatte your support in that matter and even a mood for it..(I'm not good at handling files) will it be possible to have the officers with peaked caps and the NCO with side caps? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy56 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 (edited) On 3/31/2019 at 11:17 PM, Dan Dare said: Frenchy, I will appreciatte your support in that matter and even a mood for it..(I'm not good at handling files) will it be possible to have the officers with peaked caps and the NCO with side caps? I'm sorry, but that's impossible. I can't make it so tank commanders wear different kinds of headgear at once because there's only one type of tank commander model in the game for each faction, and for the Germans that's a Leutnant. I can only make it so they all wear peaked caps or side caps. Both NCO's and officers wore peaked caps without the braids on the front, so it's a good compromise. Edited April 2, 2019 by Frenchy56 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 On 4/2/2019 at 6:08 PM, Frenchy56 said: I'm sorry, but that's impossible. I can't make it so tank commanders wear different kinds of headgear at once because there's only one type of tank commander model in the game for each faction, and for the Germans that's a Leutnant. I can only make it so they all wear peaked caps or side caps. Both NCO's and officers wore peaked caps without the braids on the front, so it's a good compromise. pitty, anyhow it will do less visual damage if everybody wears the side cap...Thanks a lot!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy56 Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 On 4/3/2019 at 7:14 PM, Dan Dare said: pitty, anyhow it will do less visual damage if everybody wears the side cap...Thanks a lot!!! So, do you want a mod for side caps only? Are you using EZ's skin mod? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 yes.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy56 Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 (edited) http://www.mediafire.com/file/kom9ack4csl9ka6/Sidecaps+only.rar Here you go. The textures are vanilla-only. I can expect that you're able to rename files, if you're not happy with it. Edited April 5, 2019 by Frenchy56 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 muchas gracias!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falaise Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Panzer Marsch !! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy56 Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 (edited) I see you retextured it. Shouldn't be harder than putting a bit of white pencil on the skins, really. Edited April 22, 2019 by Frenchy56 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger73 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Tres bien! Please consider uploading to CMMODSIII 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy56 Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 (edited) @CMFDR, I summon you! And @Falaise might want to share his retexture, why not? Edited May 4, 2019 by Frenchy56 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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