Hello, fellow forum members, and good day to all. Today, I would like to talk about a new feature in the upcoming update—the PPSh (S)—and why it does not belong in the Soviet tech tree.
Now I will explain why I believe that the PPSh-41 (S) should not be in the USSR tech tree. Let’s go!
And I still try to be on the side of justice. Why can the USSR have weapons with silencers in the tech tree, while other nations only have them in events or as premium items? That’s unfair. I say this as a Soviet Main. I am against this.
I honestly tried to find something about the PPSh-41 with a silencer. The most reliable source of information about it is probably the journal “Kalashnikov.”
What does Kalashnikov magazine tell us about the PPSh with a silencer? It says the following:
"In the late 1980s, during work on the creation of a promising assault rifle as part of the Abakan R&D project, I.Y. Stechkin presented his TKB-0146. In a private conversation, I asked him to tell me about his work twenty years ago — the Buket R&D project to create 9 mm submachine guns for special purposes equipped with silencer attachments. During this conversation, Igor Yakovlevich casually mentioned the silent PPSh created in the early years of the Great Patriotic War. Repeated attempts to find at least some traces of the special-purpose PPSh in the archives were unsuccessful. However, a silent PPD unexpectedly “surfaced,” and it even had a “history.” As for the special-purpose PPSh, either we really need to “dig deeper,” or the human memory’s tendency to forget and confuse things over time has come into play.
In general, if the PPSh with a silencer ever existed, history has not preserved it. At the same time, there is a good chance that it never existed at all and is simply a figment of the imagination.
In our game, weapons with silencers were ALWAYS available in the BP/Premium/Event segment. They were never available in the upgrade system. And it’s clear why: even though silencers were used by all sides of the conflict in World War II, they were never widely used. Weapons with silencers in WWII are rare, the preserve of special and elite sabotage units, “special forces,” and commandos. And as far as I know, they certainly weren’t issued to every assault trooper or soldier.
Yes, I know that sometimes prototypes or non-mass-produced weapons are added to the tech tree in our game. AS-44, T20, M1944 Hyde, the entire Japanese 5BR. But this is done for balance, if a country does not have mass-produced equivalents. For example, historically, the USSR didn’t have an analogue of the STG-44? They were given the AS-44. But do other countries have weapons with silencers in their tech trees? So why give it to the USSR?
The next point follows smoothly from the previous one.
If the PPSh with a silencer is introduced into the Soviet tech tree, it will set a precedent. All other nations will demand the same. Why? Why add the PPSh-41 (S) and start a new arms race when the old ones aren’t even over yet? It doesn’t make sense.
Yes, no one asked for the PPSh with a silencer to be added to the USSR tech tree. Perhaps it was proposed as an event/premium/BP weapon, but for leveling up? Who asked for it in the first place? No one, or at least almost no one. So why is the PPSh-41 (S) needed in the tech tree at all?
Yes, it’s a slap in the face to players. Specifically, those players who bought the full set of PPD-BRAMIT for Gold Orders back when they hadn’t been removed yet. I am one of those people. Now imagine my face when the developers announced the appearance of its analogue in the Soviet tech tree, and not just an analogue, but one that is better than the PPD Bramit in every way. Do you really expect anyone to donate to you after that?
Here I need to explain what I think about transferring some weapons from BP to the tech tree. I believe that an individual approach is needed for each nation and each weapon. Let’s say, I wouldn’t mind if the Type Hei rifle (Late) was moved from the BP weapons to the Japanese tech tree. But the PPSh with a silencer is not the case. It has no place in the tech tree.
“UPDATE”: What should we do with the PPSh-41 (S) if it has no place in the upgrade tree, you ask. I say remove the PPSh-41 (S) from the tech tree and make it an event squad of Soviet commandos. That would be the best solution.
The PPSh-41 (S) has no place in the Soviet tech tree. We have to say no to it.
Say no to unnecessary prototypes in the tech tree!
Say no to a new arms race!
@Ungorisz, @MajorMcDonalds, and developers, listen to the people and move the PPSh-41 (S) from the USSR tech tree to event or premium weapons. You have already listened to the opinion of the people and moved the M2 Carbine sawed-off from rifles to submachine guns. So listen to the players this time too.
