Many people want MG34 on Lafette mount as MG nest, personally I want Lafette as item for MG squad.
My compromise idea is: give MG squad Lafette but make it worse in terms of firepower and better in terms of mobility and speed of deployment.
Nest: higher rof as ballance factor, larger mag (300 rouns), special sights, higher position (?), includes sandbags as cover (?), takes time to build,
Squad: item whitch is heavy (20kg in reality), iron sights, smaller mag (200 rounds, may require ammo box Iâve wrote about before), lower position (?), can be placed almost instantly to mount MG on it, takes MG from weapon slot to place it on mount, higher recoil as ballance factor,
Both mounts would have slight delay in aiming (simmilar to mechanic of turret rotation in tanks).
There is also question about light AA role but it doesnât matter for now.
But to even start this discussion I have to ask: does anyone else want squad MGs as a weapon system (so basically with Lafette)?
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Yes, I want Lafette for MG squad in some form
No, leave Lafette for MG nest only
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If >50% people vote no then discussion is pointless.
It is realistic way. Early MG34 had rof selector, it was removed later and rof was modified by change of spring.
And whole idea of Lafette mounts for MG squads is realistic.
Well technically speaking Lafette doesnât have rof as itâs not the gun. Checkmate
And soldiers could modify rof if they wanted to. It wasnât official but who cares on the front?
Lafette mounts would give the advantage of recoil, and would give an excuse as to why normal LMGs have high recoil while the MG nest has none, so I think itâs better for the MG nest.
Altho technically it would provide more firepower as youâd be using a MG34 instead of a MG13
Maybe add it for both? Idk. Have it be field modified with armor for engineers?
I mean if you balance it as followed:
Gunner MG34 (compared to MG13):
Canât shoot without lafette mount deployed
No recoil when deployed (like MG nest)
Large belts of ammo (100+)
Long reload
Lafette mount can be deployed in either crouched or standing mode, leading to different mount elevations
This I think would work fine
Engineer lafette mount would have armor plates or Sandbags added around it so the gunner isnât just standing behind the mount, entirely exposed. Instead, it would have some cover on the left and right that keeps him safe. Probably still have the head exposed from any angle to allow snipers to counter it, though.
I would rather make MG13 ârun and gunâ and MG34 more stationarry weapon that needs bipod to be effective.
I donât like this idea. Itâs not worth carrying 40kg of additional equipment to not be able to shoot it, unless you set it up. Also it deletes one of key features of this gun.
I would like to have larger ammo belt as an option even for regular MG (I wrote about it many times).
Basically you want to change MG nest into MG on Lafette for MG squad. Iâm ok with it but I donât think the rest of community is.
Option to add sandbags as a field upgrade is ok, I donât know how abbout shield. I would like to give SU frontal shield tbh. But maybe as a field upgrade it may work.
No, it would be part of the construction progress for the MG nest. It wouldnât be seperately built. It would simply provide similar protection to the current MG nest instead of making the gunner more vulnerable
