The Kugelblitz was the most advanced design in the FlakPanzer IV series.It was designed to provide mobile air defense to armored divisions against Allied air superiority.
Its production began in May 1944 But Allied bombing delayed everything, and only between 2 and 5 complete prototypes were built in February-March 1945 With only 3 operational vehicles,The vehicles produced were assigned to the Panzerflak Ersatz und Ausbildungsabteilung near Ohrdruf
One witnessed combat on a bridge at Spatenberg Hill, near Spichra (Thuringia) against US forces in March-April 1945,Another saw combat in Berlin and was destroyed by the Soviets
Characteristics
•Turret Armor: 30mm on the front,30mm of armor on the sides, 30mm of armor on the rear and 10mm of armor on the tank
•Chassis Armor: 80mm at the front,30mm on the sides And 20mm at the back
Main armament: A Zwillingsflak 103/38 composed of two 30 mm MK 103/38 cannons With a Cadence of 450 With 1,200 Projectiles
•Secondary Armament: One MG34 with 900 rounds
Crew: 5 people (commander/main gunner, two turret assistants/loaders, driver and radio operator in the hull)
The Kugelblitz is the ideal anti-aircraft gun to effectively counter the annoying superiority of the Allied CAS.And being able to see it on the TT will be incredible
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This seems more of an event tank honestly
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There’s another, more fitting surprise.
Wow double standards much at best five ever built, yep German sounds tech tree to me lol
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I like how your standards regarding history changes between was it used or how many were built which ever suits your narrative.
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No I am fine remove prototypes so long as you remove rare exotic weapons
Yes when it comes to tanks under 200 might as well be 5
Smgs under 10000 might as well be 1
I am against authenticity that favors one faction over all others
Yes the fg42s were real weapons but outside of games they were so rare they should not be in 5he tech tree
Remove the fg42 and t20 from the tech tree
Remove the hyde but keep the stg44 and move the M2 to assault
Remove the zh29 and johnson rifle
Remove the 50 round thompson
Remove the Italian br2 rifle
Again I would love a more realistic mode or even game
Sorry but 92 Ferdinand is no more tech tree than either Pershing
I could go on but the point is simple
The tech tree is for common or semi common iconic weapons the fg42 was a specialist weapon
Simple the axis put everything into limited production and action us uk even ussr focused more on fielding weapons in numbers that mattered. I have never said that prototypes should be in the tech tree if they were not needed to balance rare wunderweapons. When I suggest a rare weapon it’s usually event. Or battle pass.
All weapons have a place but the zh29 with 500 is not in the tech tree nor the amarv39 with 100
Have I ever used was it used, no that’s you side saying but they where real guns used in combat. Never made that argument if colonel sander and his unit used 50 pistols at that drunken brawl in a cat house in the Philippines that does not make it a tech tree weapon.
Against think of it like the olympics
Gold or tech trees should be weapons like the type 99 the garand the g43 and the mosin nagat
Hundreds for planes and tanks, tens thousand or more for rifles and smgss
panther, jumbo, t34,
Silver event or battle pass should be rare weapons like the fg42 , johnson rifle, zh29
Ferdinand super pershing, t2h
dozens made tanks planes hundreds to thousands rifles and smgs
Premium should be everything else so like the hyde and t20
So prototypes
So yeah take the prototypes out of the tech tree but also the rare exotic and specialist weapins
Kiraly tens of thousand made great tech tree
Fnab 43 1000 made great event or battle pass weapon
Yeah Grandpa remember in d day when that German pulled a fnab 43 on you
Punches me in the faces
Please tell me the us uk weapons in the tech tree that are rare limited weapons but not prototypes
I already know the Johnson rifle and mg marine weapons that should not be in the tech tree
Drum fed thompsons, yep
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Braindead argument seeing as on the forum you can only suggest one thing at a time. Spaa are somewhat rare in ww2 especially these higher caliber ones. I’d be fine with seeing them in tech tree
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For example I’d like to see the m19 in the tech tree for America and zsu37 for Russia and so ki for Japan
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Just sour grapes cause they say fake weapons and the mean us than ussr and ignore Japan greatest offender and germany, least but still offending
The bar for tech tree can’t just be did they make more of the. Five of them was it nitba prototype yep well that’s tech tree
Armagureea 39 100 zero combat usage yet that sacred tech tree
Yep seens fair not you but a lot of wheeraboo add a cannon fully tracked aa vehicle and like yep that’s the same br as two 50 cLls on a half track
And suddenly, the fact that M2 was issued in hundreds at maximum is no longer issue.
so what happened to your narrative that GE gets better tanks and murrica gets better planes ?
“Mehmuh wehraboo double standards”
Your standards switches like every 2 mins.
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Again point it out don’t say it
My point is that either the system stays as it is
Or we add real standards
The bar can’t just be no prototypes but everything else is good that overwhelmingly favor the axis
Sorry but a thousand smgs is not tech tree worth
A hundred rifles never used in combat is not tech tree worth
500brifles in total made a fraction used by Germany is guess
You don’t get to raise the water level from tea spoon to tea cup just enough to drown you’re enemy
The standard has to be a meaningful impact on the war
The stg44 had a meaningful impact on the watr both gpfg42s were a founding error
You’re acting like I am saying prototypes belong in the tech tree
I am saying if rare weapons like the fg42 belong the t20 need to be
Second 600 000 made
7000 of all fg42s mades 1 and 2s made hit saw combat made
500 tiger 2s of all types made
Again in 1945 half of all German tanks made were destroyed before being relieved
Until you yourself can provide combat and not production numbers don’t sheer at kine
I do have two standards
One keep the system as it
Or set some real standards
Otherwise it looks like the power p******
With full auto rifle and assault rifles couldn’t beat the us with garands and thompsons
Why are talking about things that have nothing to do with the game? Production numbers aren’t relevant
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because thats all we have almost all number quoted are production not number used in combat
I think you misunderstand me. This is a video game not real life.
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sorry i thought you were a wheeraboo of the thousand wank i apologize
Literally an American main but go off
I am not against this tank to be added.
However, I am against it at BR3 : it gets HVAP ammo with as much pen as most soviet BR3 tanks, combining this with high firerate it could be crazy good against tanks if you know where to aim.
I would see the Wirbelwind at BR3 and the Kugelblitz as either 4 or 5.
It’s much worse against infantry than normal tanks. Has terrible armor. And hvap is kinda awful. So don’t see ur logic
