Darojax Unit Insignia Addon v1.9

[Darojax]

Hello all.

v1.9 adds proper insignia for several US Combat Engineer Battalions as well as a touched up version of the SHAEF insignia. Every US Combat Engineer Battalion in the game is covered, although many of them are generic. Work to find the proper insignias continue. The (+) version of the 504th US Parachute regiment insignia was missing from the game, so added here as well.

(Please note that the v1.7 content and earlier has been removed from this addon since it is now part of the main game itself.)

Install instructions are included inside the archive, downloadable via the Dropbox link in the bottom of this post. When you go to that page there may be a small delay before the download button appears. Enjoy.

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Download from this dropbox page:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/oy3eaazrll6j5 ... 9.zip?dl=0

[Philippeatbay]

Very good work, this is an impressive project.

I haven't looked at this site in about ten years, but when I was making Combat Mission uniform mods I found the information here extremely useful.

I'm sure you already know about it, but just in case:

http://www.wwiidaybyday.com/

What I liked about it was that the site was being constantly updated whenever new research turned up another shoulder patch, and there was a section for identifying mystery insignia.

I think this site also used to have a collection of military license plates at one point (it was very easy to tell from the letters on the license plate which branch of the armed forces a unit belonged to).

Being about the German army and airforce the site is auf Deutsch, but I don't think it's too hard to use if you don't know any German.

[Darojax]

I did not know about this site, very helpful thanks!

[miv792]

Big thanks you.

[Philippeatbay]

I haven't looked into this recently, but my hazy recollection is that the U.S. 1rst, 2nd, and 3rd Armor divisions didn't have any text under their triangular symbols during this period. I think this was added in after WW II or the Korean War. So unless you can document that the "Hell on Wheels" part of the 2nd Armor division patch was in use during the early '40's, you should probably show the patch as a simple triangle with the division number, somewhat like the tank battalions.

[Darojax]

From what I can tell you're probably right.

However, these 3 insignias already exist in the vanilla game. With the exception of minor tuning (removing jaggies, sharpening etc), I've decided not to make any major alterations to already existing vanilla game insignias in order to keep things simple.

[RedLancer]

Darojax - I've deleted those threads as requested.

Also on the Insignia some are not 100% historical - Mea Culpa. I took a choice to balance eye candy with history. Some have the swastika removed to ensure no laws are broken and some have been modified along similar lines. The German HQs with the Battenberg Cake pattern are similar to those Ed Williams (Volcano Man) did for his HPS mods - I've never seen a historical example but I like them.

I thought it was easier to delete than create.

[Darojax]

8th BR Army added, which now completes the 15th (AAI) BR Army Group at the beginning of the Battleground Italy scenario.

Red Lancer's collection of German Stug unit insignias (almost all battalions and brigades throughout the war) have been added as well. They are planned to be added in a future WitW patch, but he was so kind to let us get them in advance.

First post in the thread updated with v1.1 collage and attached file.

[Darojax]

Hi all.

Several insignias added:

11th Hussars British Armoured Car Regiment
Royal Scots Greys British Armoured Car Regiment
117th US Cavalry Squadron
Expeditionary Free French Corps
1er + 2e + 5e + 7e Spahis Free French Recce Regiments
7e + 8e RCA Free French Tank Destroyer Regiments
I Canadian Corps (update)
1st Canadian Armoured Car Regiment
6th Canadian Anti-Tank Regiment

Updated to v1.2, downloadable zip file updated in the first post of this thread.

[Georgy Zhukov]

many infantry and static divisions,the hermann goering division,the smarch brigade,army corps,air units and many other german units have not insignia.
there are also allied units without insignia and almost all the italian army their units do not have insignia in the main campaign.
we expect a new update
excellent work,in my opinion is a importan aspect,give more immersion and historicity to the game,thanks.

[Darojax]

Thanks!


Here's another batch of unit insignias along with fixes for existing vanilla insignias that were not linked to units in certain scenarios (Italian units mainly).

v1.3 zip archive updated in the first post of this thread:

1st US Ranger Battalion
19th & 20th US Combat Engineer Battalion
58th US SP Field Artillery Battalion
1st Bn Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
Multiple BR Artillery & AAA Regiments
Coloniale du Levant & Maroc FF Artillery Regiments
Constantine March FF DMC Infantry Division
1st Carpathian Lancers PO Armoured Car Regiment
1st SA Infantry Division
3rd SA Armoured Car Regiment
9th AUS Infantry Division
Various fixes (Italian units mainly)

[RedLancer]

ORIGINAL: Georgy Zhukov

many infantry and static divisions,the hermann goering division,the smarch brigade,army corps,air units and many other german units have not insignia.
there are also allied units without insignia and almost all the italian army their units do not have insignia in the main campaign.
we expect a new update
excellent work,in my opinion is a importan aspect,give more immersion and historicity to the game,thanks.

If you know of a unit insignia that are not in the game then please let us know so we can add them. Hats off to Darojax for his improvements.

[Georgy Zhukov]

i liked the update in the Italian divisions to be practically finished,only units of regiments or battalions remain.
i only miss the insignia of the 5 cosseria infantry división,but looking for the insignia if in another update you want to add to the división.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... signia.png



it is hard work, there are still many divisions of German infantry and static without a badge and a division of renown as the herman goering has no badge in the main campaign.
we are still waiting for more updates,congratulation by this work,thanks.

[Darojax]

The Hermann Göring Panzer Division insignia does actually exist in the game, but at the start of the grand campaign scenario the unit is in a reduced state and has a minus inside parenthesis symbol (-) after it's name, thus the existing insignia does not link.

I've updated the insignia addon to v1.3.1 and added a fix for the Hermann Göring PzDiv, and also added the collar insignia for the Italian 5th 'Cosseria' Division, thanks for providing this image. Updated zip package in the first post of this thread.

[Georgy Zhukov]

an emblematic division as the hermann goering needed its insignia,good work.
i could see that the Italian infantry division piacenza has no insignia,also these german divisions have no insignia,708 infantry división,343 infantry división,155 reserve panzer división,348 static división,18 luftwaffe field división,all static infantry división in germany,16 luftwaffe field división,i have to see if the divisions of the Russian front some have no insignia.
thanks for the dedication to this subject.

[RedLancer]

I should have been clearer - the main reason for missing insignia is that I can't find what they look like. (A few more have been added for WitE2 but I haven't had the time to back check them against WitW.) If you can find examples then please post a picture and we can add them.

[Darojax]

Italian 103rd 'Piacenza' Division does have a collar insignia in the game (works in some scenarios), but same issue as with HG PzDiv.

The fix will be in update 1.4.

[Darojax]

o7

The following insignias added for v1.4:

* Inns of Court BR Armoured Car Regiment
* Lovat Scouts BR Mountain Battalion
* All British Field Artillery Regiments
* 1st & 2nd Libyan Arab Force
* 645th US Tank Destroyer Battalion (SP)
* 18th CA Armoured Car Regiment
* All Canadian Artillery, Anti-tank and Anti-Aircraft Regiments (same insignia for all)
* All Canadian Engineer Battalions (same insignia for all)
* Corps FF Franc d'Afrique Infantry Regiment
* 4e Spahis Moroccan FF Recce Regiment
* de Choc FF Commando Battalion
* Marine FF et du Pacifique Infantry Battalion
* Fix for showing already existing insignia for Italian 103rd 'Piacenza' Division in all scenarios (hopefully).


Downloadable zip file in first post of thread has been updated.

[Georgy Zhukov]

wonderful work,thanks.

[Darojax]

o7 lads

Another update, here's v1.5:

* 504th US Parachute Regiment
* 48th US Combat Engineer Battalion
* 235th US Combat Engineer Battalion
* 310th US Combat Engineer Battalion
* 141st US Field Artillery Battalion
* 173rd US Field Artillery Battalion
* 194th US Field Artillery Battalion
* 938th US Field Artillery Battalion
* 986th US Field Artillery Battalion
* 43rd Motorized IN Gurkha Brigade
* Mediterranean SA Engineer Battalion
* Group de Canoniers-Marins FF Artillery Battalion
* 1st AI Motorized Group
* HG Kampfgruppe Ewert (HG PzDv Insignia)
* 1st Luftwaffe Jaeger Brigade
* 47th GE Airlanding Brigade
* 52nd Panzer Battalion
* Afrika Panzergrenadier Regiment
* German-Arab Lehr Infantry Battalion
* 1st 'Bafile' Ital. Commando Battalion
* 2nd 'Grado' Ital. Commando Battalion
* Italian Division insignias from the upcoming "Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2", done by Red Lancer.
* Various fixes and adjustments.