Profile of Death's Head

LeYawn, the historical record shows this view of the Reichswehr to be somewhat untrue or at the very least misleading. Take their cooperation with the Soviet Union for instance. There were bases set up on Soviet soil to co-operatively research, develop, and apply the very weapon systems prohibited under the Versailles treaty which among others included tanks, aircraft, and chemical weapons.

Training schools were established that were to teach both the practical and theoretical. It is estimated that the Germans spent roughly 10 million Reichsmark per year on their operations in the Soviet Union, nearly 100 million by 1932. This is a large sum for a starving, fledgling government, which the Weimar Republic was in the 1920s, to invest in the research and practical training of such weapons that could not even be legally produced within Germany's borders, much less adopted by it's military. Rest assured that when Hitler and his national socialists took over they found that much of the work had already been done for them. In effect the interwar government had unconsciously provided the neat starting point from which Hitler raised his awesome Wehrmacht.

But whether the Nazis were to come to power or not it is clear that the Germans were very concerned with remaining militarily up-to-date and providing themselves with the knowledge and the means by which to outright break the treaty, if necessary, in the defense of the country.

They weren't famous for their Navy because most of their ships were old and they had very few modern ships(No aircraft carriers as well). Even Japan had a much better Navy than the Italians, which is surprising because Italy had much more resources and financial support than the Japanese.

The Regia Marina (Royal Navy) and Regia Aeronautica (Royal Air Forces) were both competent and respected organizations that gave a good account of themselves in the Mediterranean theatre. Only the Army had the "incompetent" reputation and even so when they were organized under German commanders they fared much better.

Lol at the people who are against an Imperial Japanese Army faction because it isn't realistic. Keep in mind, CoH2 isn't a simulator and we've had many outlandish/stylish units that spits on historical authenticity.

In CoH1 we had the Knights Cross Holders and a US sniper. For CoH2 we have Russians and Americans double teaming the Germans in Russia, or in France. Anything can happen as long as the units, vehicles and etc are from WW2.

I used custom skins in CoH1 and made KCH look like veteran NCOs...they became my favorite unit to this date.

I remember when the 250 just came out and the first thing Ost players did was stick a sniper in it to get even with the M3/Sniper combo...happy memories.