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Those are great images but what’s your point?
Glider landed vehicles? Not really much landing potential in Enlisted. Every part of the map is designed for cover etc and the game doesn’t really feature realistic open fields. Even the few runways featured in game are completely obstructed. Other than that, cool idea.
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might have to alter some maps but it would be fun
it would also be a good way to fast deploy vehicles without allowing engineers to make vehicle rally points, also give a second use for flare guns, if there ever added
Neat idea …though i wouldnt say this worked in WW2 and i dont think it would in-game
Hypothetically lets say this is added …
1 - You would need to learn how to land this so you dont end up crashing or immobilizing your tank
2 - You must figure out where to land it. Crowded maps with urban areas could be a huge issue
3 - There are no multiple attempts because its a glider, you cant really turn around and do many spins before you’re ready to land
4 - You would a huge target on the map. Enemy airplanes would shred your glider, and not to mention enemy tanks being able to see you landing down, you’d be much slower at being manouverable so enemy infantry would sorround you easily
Its a neat idea, i like it …but being honest this only stays at cool factor, having any strategic advantages ? Not so much.
Perhaps only good thing this could have is very light armored vehicles - but even then, these 4 points stay.
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neither of you are wrong, yes they had limited function but so did a lot of tings not everything can be the rifle, the Thompson was an SMG of limited function heavy, expensive, with an overly powerful bullet but try to take it awa7y from the soldiers and … or the bar rifle, a lot of the early gear wasn’t even designed for ww2 but ww1, but you’re right Enlisted maps are big for game maps of the type they are but maybe not big enough for glider, its just sometimes fun to dream
Yes but the “limited function” of Thompson SMG and glider tanks arent the same terms.
Thompson was useful throughout WW2, despite being heavy and expensive to manufacture it was a weapon that was reliable and had its specific use, and within its specific use it did its job. You could still use thompson smg hypothetically for modern warfare.
BAR on the other hand was awesome innovation during WW1 and early WW2. Why ? Because it server its itended purpose, it was a portable machine gun with semi auto rifle capabilities. Its weight and low capacity magazine weren’t a problem during WW1 and early WW2 since it served its itended purpose, it was effective for what military needed back then.
It had reliability and robustness and within its niche it served its purpose well enough that it was used until the end of WW2. And you could still use BAR in some warfare scenarios, and it could serve a certain purpose.
The problem with tank gliders is that …perhaps it was used, but it wasnt effective, hence the idea was abandoned. Would it be fun to mess around with ? Absolutely
But it wouldnt hold within its built purpose for various reasons i listed above - so people in enlisted would stop using it (just like militaries abandoned the idea very fast) and devs would end up having work wasted. Now, would tank gliders have its use in today’s warfare ? Not really, right ? I understand your point, but i dont know if you understand mine.
Would i like to see this in-game ? Ohh yeah i’d love to goof around with glider tanks and squads, but it stops there. Perhaps good idea would be to find common ground with effectiveness and fun - such as your previous suggestion related to tankettes.
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what i meant with the Bar and Thompson is there were better options i love both those weapons to death but no body but the US could have afforded to use those weapons the way they did, and yes unlike paratroopers and glider troops you can’t really deploy them into a battle, and after a certain size of glider it become counterproductive to the airplanes you need to use to tow them,
Its just a fun idea so devs no i don’t want you to spend hundreds of hours trying to make gliders, but 1 this is a game you don’t have the limitations of reality, for one i doubt i have heard much about real life use of flame throwing tanks, from what i have heard they had very limited fuel and were thin skinned by tank standards yet we have them in game.
so i repeat devs don’t make gliders for tanks, its just a fun thought experiment for all those people tired of spending half the game spawning a tank driving it to the front only to hit a land mine, be blown up by infantry, take a rocket or a bomb,
and thanks for bringing up the tanketts i always thought an infantry fighting killing tank would be fun, hell don’t know if its true but in a popular ww2 movie a general gets himself killed during d day by trying to paca jeep and belly plate of armor, so yeah a tank might just crack many gliders in half, though i dod show by picture that the British had limited success, sometimes the best way to fall upon a good idea is to get all the bad ideas out of the way
How about a special mission with attackers freely deploying from gliders and transport planes, but defenders can heavily fortify the objectives with many buildable gun emplacements with AA, AT and more frequent artillery, increased engineer building points.
Could be awesome and a bit broken too XD.
This would work better in War Thunder ground battles tbh.
Most maps have ample space for a glider to land. Typically those need relative short landing areas. Enlisted for sure wouldn’t fit on the maps as is.