Small Arms & Uniforms: Reloaded
A community-maintained update of the classic "Small Arms & Uniforms" mod, brought back to life for the latest Hearts of Iron IV Version.
This is not an original creation. All of the artwork, equipment research and historical write-ups are the work of the original author of Small Arms & Uniforms. This "Reloaded" edition only repairs the mod so it loads cleanly on the current version of the game – full credit and thanks go to the original creator. If the original author would prefer this not be hosted, it will be taken down.
Small Arms & Uniforms reskins the infantry equipment / small-arms technology icons and renames each equipment tier with the actual weapons a soldier of that nation and era would carry. Instead of one generic "Infantry Equipment", your kit becomes a collection of period small arms — service rifle, SMG, LMG, sidearm, grenades — that evolves as you research up the tree.
- Hand-made technology icons for infantry small arms and uniforms
- Historically named equipment tiers (e.g. "Small Arms 30 / 36 / 39 / 42"), uniform pattern by year
- Anti-tank rifles and anti-tank rockets reorganised into their own upgrade lines
- Dedicated artwork and weapon lists for 50+ nations
- Equipment spans the interwar period through the 1942 tier (with extended 1946 / 1950 tiers when running Road to 56)
- Historically grounded choices – e.g. the StG44 (1945) is deliberately left out of the 1942-capped line in favour of period semi-automatic rifles
Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China (incl. warlord cliques), Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands (& Dutch East Indies), New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Yugoslavia — and more.
- Vanilla: Yes – reskins the generic infantry equipment line for every country.
- Kaiserreich: Partial implementation (most nations).
- Road to 56: Limited implementation (the beginnings – see Germany, France, USSR).
- Ironman / Multiplayer / existing saves: Safe to use – it only changes graphics and text.
- NOT compatible with overhauls that drastically rework small arms (e.g. BlackIce) or any mod that replaces the same equipment icons/names.
Being a pure graphics + localisation mod, it is achievement-compatible and can be added to or removed from a save at any time.
Q: Is this mod compatible with other mods?
A: Usually, yes. Any mod that changes the graphics or names of small-arms weaponry may conflict. Mods that drastically modify small arms (BlackIce, for example) are not compatible.
- Kaiserreich: partial implementation (most nations)
- Road to 56: limited implementation (just the beginnings: GER, FRA, SOV)
Q: Does it work in Ironman / multiplayer / on my current save?
A: Yes. It only swaps icons and text, so it is save-game safe and does not disable achievements.
Q: Why no StG44 / modern assault rifles?
A: The equipment line is capped at the 1942 tier, so it favours period-correct semi-automatic rifles over weapons that only saw service in 1945+.
- Updated supported_version to 1.19.* – the launcher no longer flags it as out of date.
- Fixed the broken thumbnail reference in the descriptor.
- Removed duplicate sprite definitions (Estonia) that were spamming the game’s error log.
- Repackaged with a clean descriptor for easy local installation.
- Verified every technology icon reference resolves and the localisation is intact (UTF-8).
No artwork or weapon data was changed – this is strictly a compatibility repair.
- Original mod & all artwork: the original author of Small Arms & Uniforms.
