Type 89 Knee Mortar direct fire option

[WarFrog_935]

Quote from @Stugs:

“Most importantly, the Knee Mortar needs a direct fire option while deployed, it was historically infamous for being used as a suppressive grenade launcher just as much as it was a field mortar. It was to a point the IJA had dedicated Knee Mortar teams take the role of LMG teams suppressing US positions with barrages of direct fire from their mortars”.

When will Japan get balanced?

Japanese need a faction specific asymmetrical balance pass, their arsenal isn’t going to save them considering that most of the stuff that can be added is either from WW1 or Interwar period and were barely used or experimental. Most of it would probably be reserved for premium shop items for the whales. For balance ideas I would suggest the Japanese get: An innate passive buff to their crawl speed, melee attack speed, and the ability to wade through bushes and vegetation faster than any othe…

[Adamnpee]

Yeah, let’s take GLs away from BR2 just so the seal clubbers could overabuse this mortar on BR1.

I don’t like this idea a bit.

[flylemonman]

The Type 89 grenade launcher is the same as other mortars and is placed on the ground. It cannot be used on the knee, as strong recoil can shake and break the thighs.

[WarFrog_935]

@Adamnpee

so the seal clubbers could overabuse this mortar

This is a Jap Mortar

[iso_seppo123]

And? What stops jap players from abusing it?

[ShavedPrivates]

Limited to mortar men and cannot be used on the move

[Conscript_Joe]

I loved doing so in Red Orchestra “Rising Storm”.

I often died with it .

To ppl afraid: it cannot be used on the move… as it cannot be used standing really either. It’s a “knee” mortar in name only, soldiers have to set the tube on the ground.