Whats about horses for the Ostheer ?

A big part part of the ostheer was not motorist.So what about horses in the game ?

Would be interesting, perhaps make them able to ride to an area fast and dismount. Only trouble is animation.

Yes i now the animation might be difficult.

I aksed if the Ostheer could have a mobile 88 pulled by horses

i had the version of a mobile anti tank rifle too , but i thought at a nashorn, but your idea sounds interesting too. Maybe cavalarists as scouts and conquerors.

The main use horses saw on the Wehrmacht was not as cavalry, but as towing animals. Horses would be best used to deploy heavy artillery, AT guns and the like.


Now, horses used by the Russians? Yes, cavalry, and PRETTY DAMN AWESOME too. I´m talking Ivans on horses with PPSHs racing alongside T-34s awesome.

That would be awesome ;D

In the absence of horse animations, how about using donkey`s? Yess, my friends - the famous eselschreck, just remove the grenadier rider and the "equipment", it should work, at least for the first release...
Would be fun to see it "gallop" over the steps :)

Capt. wrote:
In the absence of horse animations, how about using donkey`s? Yess, my friends - the famous eselschreck, just remove the grenadier rider and the "equipment", it should work, at least for the first release...
Would be fun to see it "gallop" over the steps :)

Wait, there;s donkeys in COH? Where?!

go into world builder than look under units and make an eselshrek its a donkey with 2 panzershreks on it that can lay mines and also has 2 stuka launchers on the rear

Secret Nazi Vengeance weapon ... don`t laugh, resources were low at the end of the war, they had to think of something ;D

The Ostheer should get that nazi donkey for the cost of 50 cps or something, awesome!

Here it is btw: Best. Unit. Ever.

Well i hope u know that i dont think that the devs want this in the mod because the mod schould still be a little historicle accurate and with this its just .... crap.
But for the Horses i think id would be a great feature! :D

Last edited January 29, 2010 at 3:05 PM by Muesliriegel

Nice, russians get IS-2 but germans get a new superwapon! Donkey.

Horses aren't in for the same reason we're not seeing transport trucks. They were used too get troops, hardware and supplies to the battlefield, but didn't really have a role on the battlefield itself.

Commanders would wisely keep their horses away from the actual fighting as they were far too valuable. Even the German 6th army, one of their most motorized, relied heavily on horses for transport. Of course, once immobilized in Stalingrad, their main value became nutritional ;D

CerealKiller wrote:
The Ostheer should get that nazi donkey for the cost of 50 cps or something, awesome!

Here it is btw: Best. Unit. Ever.

I say that that thing should pop out with a squad of Italians because the Italians used them VERY much. It would reduce time to reload vital things like a panzer faust, and maybe heal things nearby for a cost of ammo