With the arrival of the frozen mountainside and ice tunnels of the Marmolada map we also released the Glacial Units Pack to provide improvised clothing for the extreme cold. But as the fighting continues with no sign of the conditions improving, it’s time to offer something a little more heavy-duty.
Today we’re excited to officially announce our next cosmetic DLC: say hello to the Altitude Units Pack!
Everything you’ll find in the Altitude Units Pack!
What’s new?
Compared with the Alpine Units Pack and even the Glacial Units Pack, these uniforms are thicker with more padding and layers. For instance, with the Alpine Units Pack the Austro-Hungarian troops got great coats and a scarf here or there, but they still had bare hands and regular boots. That won’t do in the extreme conditions like those seen fighting for the heights of Marmolada! With the Altitude Units you get fur lined coats, thick gloves, balaclavas, wool hats, and even some unusual wicker footwear…
An Austro-Hungarian Engineer and Sniper enjoy a moment’s clear weather.
Reference photo showing wicker shoe covers worn by an Austro-Hungarian rifleman.
The pack also includes ski jackets and their accompanying hoods, as you can see in the center-right soldier below. There’s a range of headgear choices, with many caps and helmets included with or without balaclavas and hoods. Often there are goggles or sunglasses in easy reach. Of course these are not modern sunglasses – instead they tend to use mesh or thin slits to try and limit the sun’s blinding impact.
Italian Assault and Mountaineer troops advance through the snow.
Italian mountaineers, one with ski hood.
This closeup on an Austro-Hungarian officer and rifleman shows off the full face sun goggles – very useful against snow blindness caused by UV light reflecting off the snow.
There are also a number of smoking pipes in the pack – including this one with has been customized with the addition of carved ‘trench art’.
Last but not least, there are three mustaches and two mustache-beard combos included, as well as two face options with the slightly haggard old soldier Giacomo and fresh faced Georg who has likely just arrived at the front. As always you will be free to mix and match these items within historical limits. We hope to announce the release date for the Altitude Units Pack soon!
Are we forgetting something?
We did say that a bigger teaser for the new game mode would be part of this week’s blog. Have a gander at this very small part of the ground you’ll be fighting over…
