New Panzer Campaign Graphics

[ComradeP]

New title looks.... interesting, i think is an early war title, maybe Barbarrossa in north or center (Kiev???) because are SS units (grey...) and scens show germans attacking with swamps... but the russian guard units.... not a lot present in pics BUT made me think in a later period because soviets are using tank brigades... 1942 maybe? soviets have a cavalry recon unit in infantry divisions... i feel it more 1942 no 1943 or 1944.... but i think ComradeP scored the big hit over new title to come.

There are some things we can deduce from the counters, even if we can't see the equipment.

Though I was hoping it was a title covering the battle(s) for the Zhitomir-Berdichev area in 1943-1944, I didn't compare the city to the screenshot Strela posted years ago immediately.

I knew at first glance that it wasn't a 1941 title because there are numerous Guards units and the SS unit has organic Panzer units. In 1941, the main SS units were motorized infantry units which did not receive tanks until 1942. The Soviets also have numerous corps HQ's for mobile formations, which wouldn't be the case between summer 1941 and summer 1942. There were no Guards in summer 1941 either.

The Soviets have numerous self-propelled artillery/assault gun units in some of the screenshots and the Germans have heavy self-propelled artillery (Hummels) in the second to last screenshot. That makes this at least 1943.

At that point, it became more of an intuitive thing. The German infantry units have no self-propelled AT units which I would expect for a late war campaign, there doesn't seem to be enough Soviet armour for late 1944-1945 and for a 1944-1945 game I'd expect the cavalry units to have more armour as well and to operate in cavalry-mechanized groups.

I was getting my hopes up and lo and behold, the city in one the screenshots turned out to be Zhitomir.

-

This is a bit of a tough crowd when discussing graphics updates/changes, but we all appreciate the work from the design teams and modders.