frag Posted September 18, 2000 Share Posted September 18, 2000 I'm pretty new in the WWII world and made some research to know the difference between type of unit in CM...without REAL success. I'm sure that someone here can help me... Here is the questions: What is the description of the 5 types of german units in the scenario editor (army, ss,grenadier ...)? I'm not speaking german, so it's kind of difficult to figuring it out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoffel Posted September 18, 2000 Share Posted September 18, 2000 Heer is regular army Volkssturm is a kind of reserve army(most old man and children 12 to 15 years old) SS has its own army with different names for ranks. There are several types of units A grenadier is a regular infantrysoldier(riflesquad) Panzergrenadiers are what we nowadays call armored infantrysoldiers.(I was one too)they have overall better equipment and weapons and drive around in armored troopcarriers (halftracks for the Germans most hanomag 251/1 and some specialist supportvehicles. there are sturmtruppen or assaulttroops very good for attacking fortified positions And you have securitytroops or sicherungssquads,they are very suitable for defending objects(towns,bridges and so on.) Hope your satisfied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Hofbauer Posted September 18, 2000 Share Posted September 18, 2000 I'ld be happy to help you fray but frankly I'm not sure what you are referring to? "army, ss,grenadier" ?? if you are talking about the service branches available to the axis player, those are Wehrmacht Heer - regular german army. steel helmet , Mauser 98k, fieldgrey uniform, the archetypal german WW2 soldier. Waffen-SS - not part of the german army, the armed branch of the nazi party (NSDAP); they were however used just like army. I am not touching the question of W-SS and warcrimes with a 10-ft. pole here. Generally, they are on an average usually regarded to be of slightly better qualiry than average Wehrmacht. Fallschirmjäger - paratroopers. they were not part of the army, but of the Luftwaffe. the army however had some air assault units too. usually considered to be crack fighting units, late-war Fallschirmjäger sufered quite a loss in average quality from losses and low-quality(little training etc.) replacements etc. Ever after Crete the german paratroopers were essentially used as crack ground forces. Gebirgsjäger - mountain troops. trained, skillful infantry with special training for fighting in mountainous areas. equippped with special clothing, ski, snow and ice shoes , special guns that could be broken up for transport by mules etc. Due to the dedicated training they received, they were not only mountaineers but overall good soldiers. When there were no mountains around, they were used as infantry. Volkssturm - the home defense guard established in germany in late 1945. sionce every able-bodied person had been drafted into any of the numerous services, only the very ill, very young, and , especially, the very old were available to make up the loccally organized Volkssturm units. They had no uniforms only armbands identifying them as regulars, members of the german armed forces. Their equipment was poor, and so was their general combat quality. CM is ahistorically in that it allows use of these troops as early as June 1944, many months before the Volkssturm was created in reality. IMPORTANT: it doesn't matter for CM what service your units are from. Apart from different weapons, a "regular" Fallschirmjäger squad will perform just as good or bad as a "regular" Volkssturm. ------------------ "Say i think u all need to chill out." (GAZ_NZ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frag Posted September 18, 2000 Author Share Posted September 18, 2000 Thanks guys !!! You exactly answer what I wanted to know! Thanks again Frag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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