No, the FG42 fires the same full sized 8mm Mauser cartrige as the Kar98k. It’s effectively a battle rifle in the same venue of the later cold war era M14, FAL, G3, etc. in that it’s able to be wielded in full auto for suppression or in close quarters, but is primarily meant to be used in semi-auto with precise aim.
Just add panzerfaust and bazooka.
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Your joking… germany sucks, is basically outmatched in nearly every way in the game, and the single time germany gets something nice you want something to blow it out of the water? The panther can’t even pen the front of the jumbo…
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Yeah - completely outclassed in all respected… except for CAS and all machineguns in all campaigns, FG42 and Puma in Normandy, Pz4 in Moscow, Panther in Berlin… but other than that, what have the Romans ever done for us??
I think the FG42 should be removed or heavily restricted, I’ve also never seen one in game cause German players that high of a level hardly exist in the Normandy campaign, the puma isn’t actually that great… it’s literally average, it’s a good match for the Stuart. Only the German MGs are superior and that’s because they’re unique in their insanely high rate of fire. And their close air support is balanced with that of the other factions.
spaghetti. that’s what the romans have done for us.
you lost all credibility right there…
And yet so hard for the Shermans to kill with it’s 15mm Maus armour - you can find a thread with that title - Puma with Maus armour…
And another ridiculously wrong statement
Puma is faster and actually has a useful gun against the allied tanks, unlike the Stuart’s gun. In addition, while not as good as the 75mm’s, the 50mm of the Puma actually has a worthwhile HE round against infantry. The Puma is also faster. So it is considerably better than the M5 stuart.
The Panzer 3N is also better than the M8 Scott with the AFV meta in the game, seeing as the M8 gets one-shot by other tanks and ruined on most of the urban maps in the game, whereas the 3N is a mobile bunker that is at the very least the equal of the M4A2 if not superior then given the ability to sling HE faster than the Sherman against infantry while having similar armor and mobility.
The FG42 is on about 1-in-8 german players I’ve encountered in Normandy, it’s not super common, but it’s common enough that I see one, maybe two players a match generally have them on them, and when they do, it’s usually on /all/ of their soldiers.
German LMGs are superior not only due to their damage, but also their ammo capacity, which lets them hold down flanks for longer periods of time than allied gunners can, which end up playing better as just another assaulter squad, most of the time.
P38 has good rockets, BF110 has good rockets,
A20 has good bombs, JU88 has good bombs.
Am I wrong?
And yeah Your right, the Sherman’s 75 mm AP shell ricochets off the front of the puma all the time and the 75 HE never ever ever ever one shots it in the turret.
Also I’m not sure what the fact that many many more people level up the allies has to do with credibility.
3N is really good yes, but a good Sherman driver will never get destroyed by one, and will always be able to kill it.
a) it’s repeated topic
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P38 has trash rockets. Bf 110 has holy hand grenade level rockets.
A good 3N driver will be able to prevent themselves from being destroyed by a Sherman as well, ultimately their ability to penetrate one another is comparable to each other. Unless the Sherman were updated with M61 instead of the M72 it’s currently saddled with, at least. Post-pen damage of their HEAT and AP rounds respectively is also similar. A good 3N driver will angle 30-45 degrees to the sherman, and the sherman in turn will angle 10-20 degrees to the 3N. The turret of both tanks can be penetrated by each other, as well as weak spots on the UFP.
Of course, I’m assuming the 3N has Hl.Gr.38C, not B, given the C model was the standard issue HEAT round for the 3N in 1944, but… well, I’ve not gotten my normandy german team up to the point of using the 3N yet, so I don’t know how the penetration manages, if it’s green straight-on to the M4A2’s hull it would be the C model, though, given the 20% difference in performance, and I know I’ve been penetrated frontally by 3N’s before in my sherman.
Oh no, the 3N is only capable of penning the Sherman from the rear or the side but it has to be a 90 degree angle or it will not pen. 3N can flank and out maneuver a Sherman, however a good Sherman driver will always win, the thing is most Sherman drivers actually kinda suck lol.
It only has regular AP, and HE.
So, it’s not only the Sherman getting the ahistorical ammo stick, but the 3N also has been given outdated/obsolete ammo that had since ceased being issued as well?
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I have a bunch of FG42s but I don’t play Normandy that much. I mainly play Berlin now because it’s the only campaign that isn’t raped by airpower.
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If you don’t get killed by it often and don’t own one then why are you complaining and asking for it to be class locked?
Because the allied CAS is screwed compared to the axis CAS - as usual - so it is only the allies get bombed to oblivion?
Either? the german rocket spam is just as annoying. I play allies too.
I disagree with it historically. Only paratroopers used them only paratroopers should get the.