Self Firing Top Mounted Tank MGs

I think the self firing/remote controlled gun mounted on top of the Chi Ha Kai is a bit ridiculous, so here is my suggestion:

  • Since it is mounted over the loader’s hatch, make the loader playable and any time the player switches to it he automatically pops out the hatch and operates it

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It would be better for increasing immersion. But gameplay-wise it’s just not needed nerf really…

Btw. Unrelated fact, Hetzer’s crew could operate its top mounted MG from inside. Which is extremely cool.

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Well I believe one of the American Shermans in game the commander has to pop out the hatch in order for the top mounted mg to fire so I didn’t see why it couldn’t implemented here because it looks a bit too unrealistic.

Also I am actually aware of the Hetzer’s mg but the Japanese had no such tech on their tanks and the one in this instance is essentially just mounted atop a pole without any mechanism to fire it

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But that’s exactly the case here as well, isn’t it?

Lol, all of the tank except the panzerwerfer 42 need commander to pop out in order to use top mounted mg. You didn’t use this kind of tank much? Also speaking of ridiculous self firing gun, several late model sherman in game have it because their top mg is mounted at the back side of the turret.

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What do you mean? In the Japanese tank it fires all on its own with everyone buttoned up inside…

It fires only hull MG iirc. Commander actually has to be out ouf hatch to able to use MG. It just looks very weird, since only his head is visible and MG is next to him.

But I didn’t use any Japanese for ±2 months. But this is how I remember it.

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you are remembering correctly.

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Bro I literally just got out of a match with it and I’m telling you it can fire on its own with everyone safely inside

It’s probably just another bug. It didn’t work like this when this tank was released.

I can’t check it, since I am at work currently.

This is the Chi Ha Kai event tank and its always been like that iirc. You can only control the hull mg if you switch to that slot, if you’re commander, you can control both the main gun and top mg while inside.

Just imagine the tank in the picture above on a battlefield somewhere, the mg on top fires just as it is in the picture with no one outside

Nope, commander can always control hull MG (if it’s working, since majority of tanks don’t have working hull MGs sadly). But if you are switched to gunner, he can’t.

I know it’s event tank.

Bruh stop talking nonsense.

Go and watch this video.
It clearly show you can’t use top mg while inside.

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Actually… You are right… I must be going insane :thinking:

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Everybody makes mistakes, don’t worry.

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