5cm PaK auf Panzer II Ausf.G
This is an interesting vehicle. This time, it was no stopgap field conversion, this is the “real deal”. In July 1940, the German army ordered a new light tank destroyer developed on the chassis of Panzer II Ausf. G, armed with a 50mm gun, mounted in an open turret. Two prototypes were supposedly built in September 1941 and transferred for testing to the unit designated 3.Kp./Pz.Jg.Abt. (Sfl.)559. They fough on the eastern front and one vehicle is listed as operational on 20.8.1942. After that their traces disappear.
Various 50mm conversions
There were various platforms used to carry the 50mm cannon of several versions. Here’s the old French Schneider (licensed Caterpillar) tractor converted by Germans to carry the aforementioned gun. The vehicle surrendered near La Rochelle
The 7,5cm PaK 40 Lorraine37L conversions are known. But one unique vehicle was equipped with the 50mm cannon instead. It was used by the French resistance unit designated 1.Groupement Mobile de Reconnaissance - in fact it’s not clear whether it was the Germans who made this conversion, or the French themselves.
And another such an unique conversion was made by 23rd Panzer Division (Pz.Jg.Abt.128) - this time, a Panzer II was converted to carry the 50mm gun. It was clearly inspired by the Marder vehicle series.
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Again, isn’t that the premium bad puma we already have in the game? Or am I missing something?
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You are right. That is the dwarf tiger that got introduced during first steam launch
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Its impressive how much work you put into those suggestions without checking if those tanks actually already are in the game.
Hehe
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tbf that was my first thought, but there are some of the other conversions of french vehicles with it which I think would be nice, the Marder inspired pz2 is looking like a cool and funky BR1 vehicle to me.
give a 2 cm cannon to the same base and a strong turret, and we get
or the same armored version with 5cm KWK39
yeah its criminal how we havent got the Luchs yet. That and buff the 2cm cannon to actually be a scary anti infantry weapon, it should one shot no matter what, it should also realistically be doing a small amount of AoE frag damage.
Buddy, the 2cm gun is overrated, as far as I’m concerned
I recently rolled out pz2 and was even more disappointed than before, and I used to have a better opinion of it. He gave me a lot of emotions at the time, and it was on him that I pumped the Moscow campaign.
But his time is up like all the autocannons in this game.
His armor will only hold up if the PTRD/S bazooka makes a boom.
I’m saying this as the owner of a 5cm pak 38 mini tiger.
the tank is beautiful, and in my setup of the winter tragedy on the eastern front, it’s embarrassing
His only problem is that he’s yellow in the database.
And it’s a terrible color.
I’m sorry for the translation. 
That wasn’t baby tiger but okay.
I heared people call it that before tho
But that’s different tank 
https://wiki.wargaming.net/en/Blitz:PzII_J
Extremely old WoT meme.
It is this Pz II variant because of it’s extremely broken armor.
Pz SfIl has literally no armor at all. It has nothing do with baby tiger.
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I mean yes, thats what I meant by what I said, the 2cm gun is dogshit in game, and frankly all autocannons deserve a major buff, I would love for example for their AP rounds to go through even stone/brick walls.
THANK YOU! My god im so sick of it being called the baby tiger because someone messed it up once, its meant to be the weird heavy armour version of it, I always think of the Pz1 H
well, in Moscow, it kind of breaks through the logs, and thanks for that)
I do not know what needs to be improved here. It’s going to be bad anyway.
