Isonzo Shellshocked Units Pack

The Isonzo Shellshocked Units Pack adds more than 40 customization items for Italian and Austro-Hungarian troops, depicting soldiers worn down by years of war. It includes new uniforms for each role in both factions, along with headgear, facial items, mustaches and two faces, one for each faction.

Italian uniforms and equipment

The six Italian uniforms show troops missing equipment such as ammunition pouches and belts. The Arditi uniform has an open tunic and British bandoliers, while the mountaineer wears a moleskin tunic instead of wool. The Italian engineer wears a uniform from the Compagnia della Morte, or Company of Death, whose heavily armored soldiers were precursors to the Arditi shock troops and were often tasked with clearing barbed wire in the first waves of an assault.

The pack also includes 13 Italian headgear items, including damaged helmets and tattered caps.

Austro-Hungarian uniforms and equipment

The six Austro-Hungarian uniforms portray exhausted troops in tattered or improvised clothing. The rifleman wears a large, open greatcoat and loose-fitting trousers; the engineer has an ill-fitting tunic and hastily bandaged injuries. The uniforms also include cheaper ersatz equipment, such as simplified bayonets and pressed-metal pouches. The officer’s usual splendor is muted by a black armband worn as a sign of mourning.

There are 12 Austro-Hungarian headgear items, including damaged helmets and tattered caps. Across both factions, the headwear shows signs of heavy use and includes bandaged injuries. The clothing and equipment reflect shortages of basic materials such as leather, while uniforms are worn in varied ways as military drill gives way to fatigue and disillusionment.

Faces and facial hair

The pack contains five facial items, five mustaches and two new faces, one for each faction. Facial items include standalone bandages and bloodied faces available to all factions. The new faces are gaunt and drawn, while the mustaches range from the style of weapons designer Paul Mauser to the extravagant beard of Archduke Friedrich the Duke of Techen.