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KG_Jag
01-09-2005, 02:57 AM
Let's see if the pictures show up on this:

English remarks:



Heeres-units (‚Infantry’) showing on field grey background:
Kragenspiegel (collar-mark) for non-Officers.
Kragenspiegel for Officers.
Shoulder-mark of the unit’s rank (without weapon’s color, because CM doesn’t allow a picture for each unit).
Upper-arm camouflage-markings of the rank.

Mechanized and Cavalry units are showing the same pics as CM’s ‚Infantry’.

Example: Hauptmann of the Wehrmacht




Mountain (Heer) units are showing:
Edelweiss of the field-cap.
Shoulder-marking of the appropriate rank (weapon color green of Jäger-units).

Example: Unteroffizier of Gebirgsjäger




Panzer (Heer):
Kragenspiegel (collar-mark) with skull as weapon’s sign and bordered by weapon-color pink.
Shoulder-mark showing the rank (with weapon’s color).

Example: Leutnant of the Panzerwaffe




Waffen-SS (‚Infantry’, ‚Mechanized’, ‚Cavalry’):
Right (point of view from the soldier wearing the uniform) Kragenspiegel (collar-mark) showing the double ‚Sieg’-rune.
Left Kragenspiegel showing the rank.
Shoulder-mark showing the rank.


Example: Hauptsturmführer of the Waffen-SS




Panzer units of the Waffen-SS:
Right Kragenspiegel showing weapon-sign of the Panzertruppe (skull).
Left Kragenspiegel the rank.
Shoulder-mark showing rank - with weapon-color.

Example: Unterscharführer of the Waffen-SS, Panzer




Mountain of the Waffen-SS:
Same as Waffen-SS, but additionally with Edelweiss.

Example: Rottenführer of the Waffen-SS, Gebirgsjäger (Mountain)




Luftwaffe:
All: Luftwaffenadler (eagle of the Luftwaffe) on blue background.


LW-Infantry:
Kragenspiegel (collar-mark) shows the unit’s rank and shows them as Luftwaffenfeldeinheiten (LW field units): green background on collar-mark).
Shoulder-mark showing the rank.




Example: Obergefreiter of the Luftwaffe: Luftwaffenfeldivision (air force: air force field division)



Panzer troops of the Luftwaffe:
Kragenspiegel: showing unit as part of a Hermann-Göring-Division (white background and white border) and its rank.
Shoulder-mark shows rank.

Example: Lieutenant of the Luftwaffe (Hermann Göring-Division, Panzertruppe)



Paratroopers of the Luftwaffe:
Yellow-orange weapon color.

Example: Hauptmann of the Luftwaffe, Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers)





Volkssturm:

One pic for all ranks:





Version history:
v1.1 (Jan 4th 2004): color of shoulder-markings of Luftwaffe-units field-blue instead of black.



DIsclaimer:
This mod is released for free use to the Combat Mission community. Alteration or modification to any of the files contained here-in, or posting of this mod pack for download is expressly prohibited unless prior permission is obtained.



Schoerner
January 02, 2004

cm.schoerner@gmx.net