Normandy was a pretty late war campaign, but yet we’re only using 50-57mm AT guns. We should be using 75mm and bigger.
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The standard Wehrmacht AT gun was the 75mm PaK 40, which is what the Germans use (my mistake, it’s currently the PaK 38). Larger weapons were rare and only used in limited deployment.
The primary Allied AT gun, particularly for the Americans, was the 57mm M1. This was a smaller calibre but has good penetration and a high rate of fire.
The only real alternative for the allies was the 17 Pounder, but this was never used by the Americans in combat. The next largest German gun was the PaK 44, which is much more powerful than any existing cannon. There is also the FlaK 36, the “88”, but again, this is far more powerful than any existing Enlisted gun.
Additional AT weapons may be added in the future, but these need to be balanced by an equivalent weapon on the opposing side.
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yeah, i have to agree that the pak 38 should only be availabe at moscow, not normandy or berlin.
weather for the american AT cannon, it really struggle to penetrate pz IVs for no reason.
this hasn’t been suggested yet, because we think ( and hope ) that are place holders.
just to take as example, in moscow enginners type 2 have acess to mg nests. but those, are mg42s. ( for soviet as well ).
a correction that i would like to make:
no, currently, the german uses Pak 38s:
and this, is a Pak 40:
weather they look similar( look the same actually), the difference is in the barell.
and even the game it self calls it a 50 mm whenever you kill someone.
so yeah, i think those will be changed in the next future.
not specified, but we’ll see.
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Yes my mistake. You’re right, it’s the PaK 38.
But my point about faction-based balance is the same. Both sides need a roughly equivalent power level, and if the Germans get the PaK 40, the Americans don’t have a direct equivalent. Perhaps balance could come through build time, construction cost and rate of fire.
Each faction has their own edge, balancing isn’t that important. For instance, the a20g has frontal guns, the ju 88 doesn’t.
that is correct.
but a fair buff, consiering that they only have a qf 6lb ( which it’s a 57 mm / 6 lb ), change ammonution type.
in order to being able to furfill it’s primary job.
it’s a bit sad that i can take 5 shoots from the AT gun, and just lose a single member crew even from exposing the side.
far than often it’s overperforming.
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@562070The US has the 70mm AT gun though and it was at least ok
3" (76mm) for their towed tank destroyer battalions -
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| Type | Anti-tank gun |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | United States |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1943–1945 |
| Used by | United States |
| Wars | World War II |
| Production history | |
| Produced | * December 1942 – June 1943 |
- November–December 1943
- April–September 1944|
|No. built|2,500|
|Specifications|
|Mass|combat: 2,210 kg (4,872 lbs)|
|Length|7.1 m (23 ft 4 in)|
|Barrel length|3.4 m (11 ft 2 in), L/45|
|Width|2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)|
|Height|1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)|
|Crew|9|
||
|Shell|76.2 × 585 mmR
(R/103mm)|
|Caliber|3 in (76.2 mm)|
|Breech|Horizontal-block|
|Recoil|Hydro-pneumatic|
|Carriage|Split trail|
|Elevation|−5° to +30°|
|Traverse|45°|
|Rate of fire|12 rounds per minute|
|Muzzle velocity|792 m/s (2,600 ft/s) with AP/APCBC rounds|
|Maximum firing range|14.7 km (9.13 mi)| I grabbed the statistics on the wrong gun
it doesn’t say the minimum crew though just says how many would be optimal to man the gun.
Doesn’t matter - all AT guns in Enlisted have a crew of 1 regardless of size!! 