(you can see above the difference in the hat)
Iv’e noticed that a lot of people are referring to the British recon as an ANZAC soldier due to his slouched hat. However if you study the Australian Imperial Force or follow current day Australian military actions you can see that the slouch is actually on the left side of the hat. I’ve studied the soldiers (after being concerned that DICE made a mistake) and noticed his slouch is on the right side of his hat. This confused me, i studied a little deeper thinking that it may have differed for indigenous Australians for some reason, I then found out that 0.23% of the Australian army was aboriginal. This seemed strange that the army would make different hats for such a small population. I then found some photos of indigenous Australians and saw they too wore slouched hats on their left. This has led me to believe that there is no explanation that can point to this soldier being an ANZAC despite popular belief. I cannot currently tell where he is from however i’m studying British colonies currently in other Oceanic regions and African and West Indies regions. I will keep you informed on what i found.
PS. I found this interesting because it opens the discussion to a possible ANZAC DLC as they’re not in the game.
Interesting! I really hope this is a sign that there will be different nations represented through customisation options under the major factions. Someone earlier posited that Canadians could be represented under the British faction by small uniform changes, such as a different patch. Flipping the slouch on a hat may be in line with this.
Soldier customisation would make the game much more immersive for me. Even if they only allow us to alter the soldiers themselves, rather than what we’re talking about with altered uniforms for different nations. Sometimes I may want to play as a Sikh medic, but if I am enjoying playing as him it is a bit of a shame that I can no longer roleplay that character if I feel like playing scout for a bit. I would want to be that Sikh man regardless of his current role in the battle. I don’t know if many people care about this, but a consistent in-game avatar is something I find more immersive and adds to my enjoyment and investment in a game.
That is what I have been saying.
Since the turn of the century no British Empire soldier wore the slouch hat up turned on the right it is always on the left.
The reason for that is simple British Troops carried slung Rifles on their left shoulder when marching and . on a parade, the upturn stops the hat from being knocked off.
im trying to spread this as even educational youtube channels such as The Great War say hes Australian, but theyre not looking into detail. Anyone got ideas on how to spread this information?
Yep, back to E3, check the helmet British color sand. Desert? Adapted environment/situation?
Pimp it pls. And bad joke, the helmet ingame was like Vietcong. Ty.
Yes, i assumed not all South Africans or African troops wore it on the right, im just trying to say that ANZACs never did. You’re right about the marching as well
Success! The Great War just confirmed that it wasn’t spotted on their video and the only way it could be an ANZAC is a DICE mistake! Hopefully these developments can help determine their identity. I wonder if DICE will make a statement on all the colonies in the game.
Heres another message from The Great War (youtube channel)
''I am also not sure that it is an Australian as the peak of the cap appears very flat making it look more like a Canadian “Boss of the Plains” type hat, which sometimes were customised with rolled sides."
Let’s ask the real questions here: why does the british recon looks like Preston Garvey? I feel like instead of capturing objective Apples, he’s going to order his squadmates to help another settlement.
The “slouch hat” wearing soldiers you are seeing are I believe the ‘hell fighters’ skin. I don’t know what the go is with the American militia and their pinned hats but i know that during the civil war cav had theirs pinned up on the right whilst infantry pinned em on their left. I’d say the hellfighter skin would have something to do with the colonial militia because they weren’t cav.
Hopefully we are a skin and its just that character, white (thicker mustache as you level up?) with the slouch hat pinned up on the left. We had plenty of trenchcoats worn like that, hell maybe dice will do dusters/drizabones?
