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OK I've waded back far enough in this thread to this time last year and I did include the Steyr ADGZ on the German compilation. You've outdone yourself this time Patine. Not only are you doing the usual of asking for obscure units to be made, but you've started asking for obscure units that have already been made and posted
I'll leave the compilation above as there are a couple of new additions and tweaks from last time it was posted.
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I admit I missed it in the Germann composition. A few things do get by me in your massive, generous spreads, and I'm awaiting an eye eexam, to boot. And, to be honest the request was because it's absense stood out to me in @Tanelorn's recent release (an OCD request, if you will), not because I have any plans for in the foreseeable future.OK I've waded back far enough in this thread to this time last year and I did include the Steyr ADGZ on the German compilation. You've outdone yourself this time Patine. Not only are you doing the usual of asking for obscure units to be made, but you've started asking for obscure units that have already been made and posted
I'll leave the compilation above as there are a couple of new additions and tweaks from last time it was posted.
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Sweden WW2 @Fairline mods updated with boaties. Their coastal defence battleships are light cruisers in dispacement with big guns. Ornen class torpedo cruisers are too small, destoyer escorts at best, all suitable for the conditions in the baltic sea. The Vultee Vanguard was ordered but delivery was embargoed. They had actually adopted a brown uniform with kepis in the 20s but switched to this one just prior to the start of WW2. And again, thanks to @typhoon353 for the three crown insignia.
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WW2 era Turkey. A mix of gear from all sides. Now, I had to go through old photos and Pathe videos for some of the artiliery, so some of it is up for interpretation. I dont know how many Deacons they got and I have found mention of 25 pdr field arty but no dates, numbers or pictures. Same for 20 and 37mm AA guns.
Note to self: Skoda Ks.
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WW2 era Portugal. Lots of WW1 legacy Brit gear, allignment prior to 1944: complicated. The standard combat uniforms that the Portuguese Army in the 1930s was almost the same as their WW1 era uniform when they entered the war on the side of Entente in 1915. The shade of the field uniform looked like the French horizon azure but followed British patterns and webbing.
As for the headwear in the 1930s there were either the British made Mk.1 Brodie helmets and a commercial version of the Mk.1 that had distinctive grilles on the bowl and it was slightly taller. All of these helmets were used until the 1940s when they were superseded by the M40, an Italian style helmet (not identical). In the 1940s the Portuguese Army went though an overhaul period completely changing their uniforms and webbing to a British battledress pattern in the same colour. The volunteers that served in Spain had their own uniforms that were in style to what the other Nationalist forces would have worn during that time.
It is noteworthy that from 1943, Portugal's Salazar Fascist government made a complete 180 turn and leased the Azores bases to the British, while previously they had only allowed German U-boats and navy ships to refuel there.
Some colonial troops, mostly Angolans, even in Portuguese India.
Douro class DD, Yarrow design (A/B class equivalent). Five built in Lisbon for Portugal, two more exported to Colombia.
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Iran and Afghanistan during WW2 rehash with some additions.
Iran was planning to produce Czech tanks etc. before the Nazis took the Czechs out and later Iran got double-teamed by the Brits and Soviets in less than a week.
Afghanistan was courted by the failed painter, even dubbed "Prussians of the east" (as a compliment?) but the old king knew better.
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So, I've tried another hackjob for an obscure unit that I did have a good look for. Taking an unlabelled unit of Erika's, from one of her collections of mostly unlabelled units, I turned the main gun backwards (or kind of backwards - more backwards than it was) to jury-rig up an M6 Gun Motor Carriage, which, aside from fighting in Tunisia springing from Operation Torch and being in several Free French units, was also in the Philippine Commonwealth Army as of December, 1941, and used in several island landings by the U.S. Marine Corps. I haven't fully decided if I'll give a slot to this in EotRS, but cobbling up an attempted edit gives me the option. Any more skilled unit designer who wishes to fix it up out of the goodness of their heart is certainlt welcome, but I make no demands. Thoughts, on this amateur work, anyone?
Mate, that's just my drawing of a 2-pdr portee with the gun raised for some reason.
OK so the M6 GMC was based on a dodge truck which kinda looks like a beefed up Jeep. I have similar drawings of dodges but they are probably a little small for your needs.
A start-point for a hack-job might be the GMC 2.5t truck I drew, which has a similar but slightly larger front.
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I'll give it a go!
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The Yermolayev Yer-2 was a long-range (5,500 km) Soviet medium bomber. The plane was used to bomb Berlin from airbases in Estonia after Operation Barbarossa began in 1941. It was flown on tactical ground-attack missions during the Battle of Moscow with heavy losses. Production was terminated in August 1941 but was restarted at the end of 1943. This allowed the aircraft to resume combat operations in April 1945. Number built: about 360–370. The original designer, Roberto Bartini, worked on this project and the Tupolev Tu-2 during his imprisonment at a gulag, while convicted as a fascist spy.
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Perfect, I was looking for one of these for a project I'm working on for the Hex of Steel game. Good work and thanks!
The Yermolayev Yer-2 was a long-range (5,500 km) Soviet medium bomber. The plane was used to bomb Berlin from airbases in Estonia after Operation Barbarossa began in 1941. It was flown on tactical ground-attack missions during the Battle of Moscow with heavy losses. Production was terminated in August 1941 but was restarted at the end of 1943. This allowed the aircraft to resume combat operations in April 1945. Number built: about 360–370. The original designer, Roberto Bartini, worked on this project and the Tupolev Tu-2 during his imprisonment at a gulag, while convicted as a fascist spy.
Talking of Hex of Steel, I've made up a set of replacement units which I'm thinking of releasing as a Steam workshop mod. This uses quite a few of your units; are you OK with me including them (with appropriate credit for yourself naturally)?
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Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!
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Sure, and I'd be glad to help in any way.
Excellent, thanks. I'm pretty much done, although there are still a few aircraft I need if you have any of these:
Heinkel 115
BV 138B
Potez 453
Romano R.90
Latecoere 298
Latecoere 299
Farman F.222
Farman F.223
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@Fairline Well, I happen to have the Farmans and the Latecoere ready.
The Latecoere 299 was a French aircraft project from the late 1930s, designed as a multi-role military aircraft based on the earlier Latecoere 298 torpedo bomber used by the French Navy during World War II. However, the Late 299 itself did not progress beyond the prototype stage. The Latecoere 299-1 was intended as a land based ground-attack and torpedo bomber aircraft. Two prototypes of the Latecoere 299A heavy fighter were later built for the Nancys but didnt actually fly.
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