Italian troops did participate on the broader Eastern Front in the form of expeditionary corps namely CSIR (Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Russia) which later expanded into a field army namely ARMIR (Armata Italiana in Russia) also known as the 8th Italian Army.
For now, all Italian squads from the tech tree and the former Tunisia campaign wore German uniforms in Moscow and Stalingrad. While they did not participate in the Battle of Moscow, they did participate in the Battle of Stalingrad. It would be nice for them to wear their own grey-green uniform with headscarf and gloves preferably in those two campaign maps since both are set during winter (just copy paste the grey-green uniform from Tunisia for the future Eastern Front maps like Kursk if there will be one).
Since Italy did not participate in Normandy, Ardennes, or Berlin, they could just wear German uniforms and act as a foreign volunteer corps or something.
As far as I know (could be wrong) the Italian marines might currently be the only ones that have unique Italian customization, I don’t have the premium flamethrowers or the event paratroopers so I couldn’t tell you about those, but I know the Tobruk marines have their own unique outfits. Only reason why I bought them.
yeah, saw some italian marines on moscow. but that’s because premium units do not change uniform outside rare occasions ( "bugs " )
( similar to volkssturm in tunisia, moscow, stalingrad and normandy perhaps normandy is still in the " realism realm " even though never deployed outside of germany on the western front )
I swapped out all the marine helmets with regular infantry helmets as well as some caps. Wanted to make them look as close enough to Italian regulars as I could.
i was surprised to see the mp40 squad changing camouflage across different campaigns. ( along side many others )
that was neat.
but at the same time:
the thing is, people bought premium squads for their cosmetics.
and in the lmg fedorov example ( just like many others ) you bought a squad premerge that you won’t even get their uniform for where they were supposed to be.
so it would hurt them for future sales too.
perhaps it’s not a bad thing if they get to keep them until find a solution.
which the fucking solution should be to unlock premium cosmetics for all armies to use in said enivorement, or transform them by keeping resembles, just different colors.
i know they had that during the 3/4 tests.
but i’m talking since the merge.
( after essentially )
Honestly I would expect to see a squad with shorts and tan shirts only for Tunisia, not in Ardennes.
But maybe it’s just me.
In any case, I support your idea of adding those cosmetic items to general selection for pre-merge premiums.
Like Sorry you can’t have Volkssturm in Tunisia but you can dress one more squad in VS gear for Berlin of your choice.
On that note, I wonder how future premiums are gonna work?
Obviously they either need normal cosmetics for all campaigns or BS stand out cosmetics that only work in one.
We are like 30 people here in an echo chamber, let’s not overestimate it.
And yet, I don’t remember an uproar against lack of Moroccan bathrobes in Normandy.
In fact, in some cases like with silenced MP-40 squad not changing uniforms, it actually makes me more visibile in Tunisia, since I’m all green and with leaves
you’d think that with the merge, you’d expect premium units to get more cosmetics for all enivorement.
s i k e.
i believe ( personally, but i’m kinda cynical lately so… ) just like the premium APC squad, you ain’t even gonna get uniforms. just bare bones recruits sent at the front last minute. ( oh boy if i’m bitter about that )
well, actually no. i’m being too harsh.
but they won’t change it of one bit.
therefore, same uniform for maybe one or two campaign per new post merge prem squads, and that’s about it.
No, literally nobody would expect that. Wasting outfits or make completely new ones for already sold squads aren’t very practical.
Completely wasted resources and time.
i only end up buying premium squads of vehicles anyway.
but still. kinda defeats the whole purpose of " unique " cosmetics if in the package, you only get to use the xp bonuses and the weapon/vehicle.
dunno about that chief.
that wind shield on the japanese truck is still tauting me.
and not a single mention in the patchnote about apcs.
( nor about npcs defying phisic, nor the insane overheat, or the limited angle view of the machineguns )
i can literally do better in my own basement and yet more than … idk. 60 people can’t do that?
perhaps normandy is still in the " realism realm " even though never deployed outside of germany on the western front )
