Volkssturm Weapons

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The Primitiv-Waffen-Programm was Germany’s last ditch weapons program to arm the Volkssturm with simple and cheap weapons. More Volkssturm weapons should be added for some desperate late war variety.

Most of these weapons should be added to the Research Tree. The rifles can be foldered together. While some may think it’s a waste to add these cheap mostly bolt-actions they are neat for history and variety. I would give them to my Volkssturm riflemen squad. Each man would have a different rifle

First and foremost change the “VG 1-5” name to its proper MP 507. There were 5 Volksgewehr models and it’s just idiotic that this gun has been labeled “1 through 5”. It is Volksmaschinenpistole! MP! The MP 507 was intended to be a simple semi-auto carbine

The MP 508 was a prototype fully automatic variant of the MP 507
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Volksgewehr 1, made by Walther, bolt-action using Gewehr 43 magazines, the Germans arms committee had to ask the Luftwaffe to hand over 245,000 reserve barrels for MG 15, 17, and 81 for the rifle
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Volksgewehr 3, made by Rheinmetall, bolt-action using Stg magazines
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Volksgewehr 4, made by Mauser, chambered in 7.92x57mm or 7.92x33mm Kurz
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Volksgewehr 5, made by Steyr, used the Gewehr 98 action, also known as the Volkssturmkarabiner VK 98
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Volksgewehr 45, made by Erma Werke, bolt-action using Stg magazines
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Volksgewehr 45K, made by Rheinmetall, a shortened carbine variant developed from Erma Werke’s Volksgewehr 45, bolt-action using 10/30 round Stg magazines
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Wetzlar Rifle, made by Hessiche Industrie Werke and August Coenders, unique bolt-action as the “bolt” is connected to the barrel and the barrel must be manually pushed forward to cycle
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Wetzlar Carbine, made by Hessiche Industrie Werke and August Coenders, semi-auto carbine of the rifle, chambered in 7.92x33mm Kurz, blow-forward operation

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Walther Volkspistole
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Gustloff-Werke Volkspistole

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Mauser Volkspistole

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I think all Guerrilla squads should be able to have any weapon that has been unlocked for example a German volksturm could use a Bren gun from the allies, or a soviet rifle. Or the French resistance squad could use a German Mg42 as long as it has been unlocked in the German tech tree

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While Im not against the idea completely this would be waaayy OP.

Picking up an enemy weapon and having ammo for it is fair, but spawning with any factions weapons no that’s too far.

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There are 10 Volksgewehrs. The MP 507 and VG 2 are in game.

That leaves 8 rifles to add. The old Berlin campaign Volkssturm riflemen squad (which I’m sure most of us have) has 9 men. If each man was to get a different rifle so all volksturm rifles are represented, that leaves 7 rifles. So 7 rifles would need to be added to the research tree, ideally foldered.

That leaves 1 weapon that could be added as say for a special squad

Personally I could see one of these being a premium/ event Engineer squad. I imagine desperate Volkssturm manning MG nests and artillery pieces and setting up defenses to hold back the Reds. I could see the Wetzlar carbine being their unique weapon since it’s the most unique of the bunch. A 5 round semi-auto carbine

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yeah 5 mgs too strong

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i dont think bolt action 8mm kurz guns would have any place in this game, they’d all probably end up feeling like the delisle carbine, a bolt action rifle that needs to 2-tap people

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It would be meme weapon for br 1. Not particulary useful but it would be fun. Also quite humiliating if you get killed by one

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Darkflow has better things to do than to model and animate meme guns for BR1 that nobody will use

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This game can’t only care about the top of the top BR 5 content. All BRs need a flow of content and should be treated equally. At a certain point they will run out of King Tigers to add