A short panzer 4 with turret armor would actually be quite nice.
Not sure how historical this one is if they cant even type turm without puting a random Ü into it because idk maybe it sounds more german to them that way…
If it is just from a modell kit then it likely is just fake to entice sales which kinda sucks as it just discedits every othere rare variant that did exist.
No, main panzer variant are already in the game, we don’t need other fillers, they don’t add nothing to the game worting the grind, instead we should ask for vehicle like sdfkz/221
A proposed angled hull for the legendary Panzer IV tank that never left the drawing board.
Interestingly it was calculated the new hull would improve the weight distribution and ergonomics of the tank, however by that point in the war it was rejected because such a major change in the design would slow down production.
Its also worth considering that the turret was still the weakest part of the tank and the hull was too small to fit a larger more armoured turret.
notice the interleaved roadwheels and the different engine compartment.
Just compare that with this:
I did my research, there is no evidence of any Panzer IV K tanks built to this date.
I would love to be proved wrong though, because I find this machine fascinating!
Not exactly.
The aim of the panzer IV K was to upgrade the Panzer IV chassis not replace them.
Germany could not just switch over to Panther hull production for two simple reasons:
They had too many panzer IV based tanks and AFVs in service and could not and did not want to replace those with designs based on the Panther chassis.
Germany was producing more Panther turrets than hulls, making the much weaker Panzer IV turret entirely redundant.
Though Germany did consider a standardised line of tanks in the form of the E series but that wasn’t realised due to the end of the war.
They could just add small events where you can grind to unlock all these panzer variants if you want them. It would bloat the research tree if you added them all to the base game.