Most laziest fucking thing about a typical "Germany wins WW2" scenario mod is them just literally using the same OTL West German tech tree. Ah yes, the Nazis, known for loving big and bulky tanks would 100% by coincidence adopt the thinner-skinned tank doctrine that birthed the Leopard 1 post-WW2 victory. At least take inspiration from proposed ideas like the E-Series panzers. I want the Germans using the Maus superheavy Post-War kitted out with 70s tech like ERA, composite armor and shooting ATGMs out of the 128mm gun because that's kino as fuck.
I personally think a "Victorious Third Reich" should resemble the GDR in regards to helmets, uniform layout* (I'm talking patches/pockets/shape of the actual articles of clothing, not the camouflage!), and web gear, and the FRG when it comes to their weaponry and vehicles.
In short, instead of "Basically WW2 but with the date saying 1962", Wehrmacht troops should look like a hybridization of the Nationale Volksarmee and the Bundeswehr. Especially the NVA, since quite a lot of the NVA's hardware was initially slated for use by the Third Reich.
To be fair, I feel like even if the Germans had won tank technology probably would have moved the same direction anyways. I agree that just using the same names and equipment as our timeline can be a bit lazy, but I think the advancement of military technology could only go one way.
Partly agreed, they shouldn't just copy+paste real life West German shit and call it a day. It should be hardware the Reich could legitimately have conceived as a result of a Cold War with the USA and Japan.
That having been said, I don't think the Reich would have gone quite the way of "Armor is useless, speed is life!" like West Germany did with the Leopard 1s. Given how much the Reich's tank designs clearly favored heavier tanks with big guns and thick armor, along with their obsession with Wunderwaffe, I could see them making efforts to make gun-launched ATGMs or composite armor a staple of their MBTs by 1962. Ironically, I could see the Reich moving much in the same direction as the
Soviets did in real life when it comes to mechanizing infantry and armored vehicles.