Improve the machine‑gun of the TT‑version Japanese jeep

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Well, today is a great day. The game finally got a new squad: armed jeep squads.

But there’s an issue. Among all these jeep squads:
The Soviet one uses the DS‑39, Germany has the MG 34, the US has the M1919A4

When we get to Japan, however, their machine gun is pretty underwhelming.
It’s just the basic BR 2 Type 11 light machine gun.
I think it’s pretty obvious which ones are strong and which are weak.

We finally get jeeps, so why equip them with such a weak weapon? I did some research and found the vehicle‑mounted variant derived from the Type 11: the Type 91 tank machine gun. It has a 1.5x telescopic sight and an enlarged 45‑round feed hopper.
It would be a perfect replacement for the current machine gun on the Japanese jeep.

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I think this fits the Japanese jeep really well. From a marketing perspective, remember what happened before? They gave the premium motorcycle squad a BR 2 machine gun, while the TT tech tree motorcycle got a BR 4 machine gun.
That was basically a disaster; no one would buy it.

Should the Japanese tech-tree jeep squad receive a buff?
    1. Replace the weapon model with the vehicle-mounted Type 91 machine gun.
    1. Add a new foldable Japanese jeep squad armed with the Type 91 machine gun to the tech tree.
    1. Release it as a premium squad.
    1. Make it an event squad/vehicle.
    1. Leave it as-is, no changes
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Besides replacing the existing gun, there are other options too, like adding a brand-new squad.
Everyone is welcome to share their thoughts
Haha, yeah. Sorry to mention that I haven’t found any real examples or photos of jeeps fitted with the Type 91 machine gun.
I only made this suggestion to buff the Japanese jeep squad so it won’t fall behind other nations.
So please don’t consider nerfing the jeeps of other countries just to bring them down to the level of Japan’s jeep.

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I just looked it up, luckily I found it, so no embarrassment.
The suggestion for the Type 91 machine gun has already been approved.
Haha, so it could definitely come into the game later and replace the machine gun on the premium Japanese motorcycle squad.
Too bad it was not implemented on jeeps from the start.

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I know you really want that MG but there’s no need to try and slap it onto everything.

It’s just like when they stuck the Te-4 onto the motorcycle and universal carrier. It was an aircraft mg that probably rarely ever appeared in ground use. It was ridiculous to add it to those vehicles

I would much rather get variants with the Type 96 and Type 99

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Actually your suggestion works too. In any case, it is good if it gets buffed
Ah, but I have already posted my suggestion, so I cannot add two more machine guns to it.

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That’s not an improvement, it’s a nerf.

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It would be cool to get this machine gun as a standalone infantry weapon, too.

I also thought that, ideally, we should find evidence of this thing being used on cars.

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