German Stahlhelm Collection

German Stahlhelm Collection

Historically-inspired WW2 German helmets for Barotrauma — focused on authenticity, clean balancing, and lore-rich flavor texts.
Every helmet is a proper Wearable item with unique textures, factory codes, and lot numbers taken from real examples.

Also includes 2 weapons currently. MP38 and MP40 with new 9mm Ammo and with real life sounds.

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✨ Features

• Currently Included:

  • M42 Heer (WH) — Normandy camo (ckl64 lot 2979)
  • M42 Heer — single decal ET64 (lot 3119)
  • M42 Luftschutz — beaded EF66 (lot 1047)
  • M42 Luftschutz — beaded hkp64 (lot 1554)
  • M42 Heer — (ckl64 lot 3698)
  • M38 Luftschutz Gladiator — 1-piece
  • M38 Luftschutz Gladiator — 2-piece
  • M38 Luftschutz Gladiator — 3-piece

• Balanced protection (steel lids, not sci-fi):

  • Reduces cuts, shots, and blunt force.
  • Still allows concussive force through.

• Economy integration:

  • Craft at workbench with steel + organic fiber.
  • Deconstruct returns steel.
  • Natural spawn routing in armories, wrecks, and outposts.

• Lore-first localization:

  • Each helmet has its own story (factory, lot, field memory).

• Consistent naming:

  • Identifier = sprite name = texture filename (e.g. oh_42_wh_c1.png).

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🧭 Roadmap / Planned Models

• More M42 variants

• M40

• M35

• More M38 variants

• M34

• M16

• M17

• M18 + M18 Earcut

• M44/45

All helmets are based on real-life examples; ~99% are original, not restored.
Some pieces are from my own collection.

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⚖️ Balance & Pricing

Branch rarity multipliers (baseline Heer = 1.0):

• SA: 2.3x

• SS: 2.0x

• KM: 1.6x

• WH: 1.0x

• LW: 0.9x

• Luftschutz: 0.8x

Appearance bonuses:

• Camo ×1.6

• Chickenwire ×2.2

• Net/loops ×1.5

• Single decal ×1.2

• Double decal ×1.4

• Beaded shell ×1.4

Final price = BaseWH × Branch × Appearance
(Default BaseWH: 500)

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🛠️ Crafting & Deconstruction

• Fabrication (workbench): steel ×2 + organicfiber ×1

• Deconstruction: returns steel ×1

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🔎 Identifiers

Structured IDs:

oh_<model>_<branch>_<type><#>

Examples:

• oh_42_wh_c1 → M42 Heer, camo #1
• oh_42_wh_sd1 → M42 Heer, single decal #1
• oh_42_ls_bd2 → M42 Luftschutz, beaded #2

Textures match identifiers (e.g. oh_42_wh_c1.png).

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❓ FAQ

Q: Will you create a pack for X country?
A: Probably not, but feel free to ask.

Q: Will you censor it?
A: No. If you are not comfortable with historically accurate symbols, you should probably avoid the WW2 hobby and genre.

Q: Can you add X helmet?
A: Maybe. Ask and I’ll see what I can do.

Q: Is this compatible with X?
A: Probably. No known incompatibilities.

Q: Will you add other headwear?
A: Maybe, but it could become its own pack.

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🤝 Help Wanted

Looking for an experienced Lua writer/modder to help implement
left/right-specific wearable sprites (orientation-aware helmets).

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📜 Credits

• Research & textures: authentic helmets, factory codes (ckl, ET, EF, hkp), lot numbers.
• Balance & XML structure: built to match Barotrauma’s vanilla conventions.
• Thanks to the Barotrauma modding community for docs and examples.

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📦 Package

Package Name: German Stahlhelm Collection
Package Version: 0.1.1