Engineer built Machine Guns

[Ron_McKracker]

There have been many times I wanted to play with a British or Italian engineer squad, but they are both Engineer I squads, which means they do not have the luxury of building a machine gun emplacement, and I would like to see this changed. What I propose is that all engineer squads be able to build machine gun emplacements.

Tier I engineer squads will be able to build old and outdated machine guns (cooling system, fire rate, etc.) while Tier II engineer squads will be able to build the modern machine guns of WW2.

Examples

British:

Spoiler

• Tier 1 Engineers- Vickers Machinegun
  

  

• Tier 2 Engineers- M1919 Browning chambered in .303
  

  

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American:

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• Tier 1 Engineers- M1917 Browning
  

  

• Tier 2 Engineers- M1919 Browning
  

  

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Soviets:

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• Tier 1 Engineers- Maxim Machinegun
  

• Tier 2 Engineers- SG-43 Goryunov
  

  

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Italians:

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• Tier 1 Engineers- Fiat–Revelli Modello 1914
  

• Tier 2 Engineers- Fiat–Revelli Modello 1935
  

  

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Germans:

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• Tier 1 Engineers- MG 08
  

• Tier 2 Engineers- MG 34
  

  

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Japanese:

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• Tier 1 Engineers- Type 3 (6.5 mm Arisaka)
  

  

• Tier 2 Engineers- Type 92 (7.7 mm Arisaka)
  

  

[_i4i]

I like idea
Seems harmless, but asif DF will add it to the tier 1, already in tree.
I mean they could add Medics too, but they never have.
I am all for it, then i could just run all Engineers
But only run the tier 2 ones, because of above.

[Ron_McKracker]

@_i4i_

But only run the tier 2 ones, because of above.

Whether you want historical accuracy or just want the best you can get, you will always walk home with a win.

[_i4i]

@Ron_McKracker

you will always walk home with a win.

On the inside i do!, till we loose anyway

Now i would run them, if they could build nests, simple as that, if they cant, they useless to me, even though, i spent real money on lvling them, back when i started.

[MistrzRozruba]

I did a similar project before.

Specialized combat tools divided into BR

As in Title. Depending on the BR, other specialized equipment is built by the engineer, both in the sapper teams themselves and when the engineer is in the machine gun, mortar and anti-tank team. But also for other teams. Sapper (engineer) unit [a sapper is an engineer in the army]: HMG Axis: BR.1. GER MG08 7,92mm [image] BR. 1. IT Mitragliatrice M1914 [image] BR. 1. IT Mitragliatrice Fiat Mod.35 [image] BR. 2. GER 7,92mm MG34 [image] BR. 2. IT Mitragliatrice Breda modello 37 …

[Ron_McKracker]

I still don’t understand why there isn’t a buildable 40mm Bofors AA gun in this game yet. Very disappointing since CAS spam is a real issue.

[_i4i]

Well AA should be like the MG Nest 1-2 idea in spoilers, with Engineers 1-2 being able to build better AA, and diff MG nests

[Lisqs]

or make all engineer squads able to build gun emplacement and separate them by BR

[Comet92220]

Would be nice to have similar thing with AT guns. US are stuck with the 57mm gun and Japanese with the even worse 47mm gun while both Germany and Soviet can enjoy the 75mm Pak 40 even at low BR.

This used to be better before the merge as the Japanese did not had to fight Shermans, while the germans could only use Pak 38 when against the US and we even had a 45 mm soviet gun in moscow and Stalingrad.