Kübelwagen with 20mm Mg FF/M

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I would like to suggest this Küblewagen armed with a Free movement shoulder stab 20mm Mg FF/M, which would be more of a novelty, but still usable in the lower Brs. While Penetration of 20mm is nothing to write home about, it could still be used as a fast and nimble scout car with 520 rpm. It is mentioned that it was used in North Africa, that is however unconfirmed.

More details around the Modification are unknown, however it was supposetly made by the Luftwaffe as a support vehicle.

Visible on the only known picture is that the front right and back left seat was taken out, to the front middle (a bit right) the 20mm Mg FF/M on a Free moving Podest was mounted with the gunner sitting behind it on the ground (when not in use he moves further back on the backseat). and the back left seat was removed, presumably to store more ammo.

It is visibly fed by the 30 round drum, combined with quick reload and fire rate of 520 rpm it would offer usable suppressive fire. (Even In game against light and unarmored targets, or to simply destroy tracks.

The Aiming angles are unknown, however it is a free moving gun with shoulder stock, presumably around 15-20° Depression, 30° Traverse each side and 30-40° Elevation.

The Gun:
20mm Mg FF/M
520 rpm (unsyncronized)
Free Traverse and elevation, shoulder stabilized
Ammo Storage 240 rounds (1x 30 round drum on the gun, 3x to the feet of the gunner, 4x In the Storage box of the Car.)

The Vehicle:
Kübelwagen VW Typ 82
Produced from 1940-1945
Engine: Aircooled 4 Cylinder Boxermotor 25 Ps (from 03.1943 onwards)
Speed: 80 km/h
Weight: 715kg 106,75kg the gun and all equipment.
Produced: 50.788

Source:
Handbuch des Kübelwagen VW Typ 82
Handbuch der Flugzeugbordwaffenmunition 1936-1945
Private gallery
RH 8/1542

I hope you will appreciate and support this Suggestion! :grin:

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Rider class is specifically designed for people who want to actively sabotage their own team. Same goes for planes with no CAS capabilities.

First they should redesign the rider class to make it actually viable.

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Could certainly work as an event squad, would make for a nice matching pair with the famous SAS custom jeeps.

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I mean what you could do with them, is have them be the inverse to “guerrillas”, where they do have the ability to further travel into the grey zone, but only on the flanks, they still can only move up as far as all the other squads.

Maybe you could add a feature for them, where they can act as a radio “booster”/etc, where they can place down a radio which decreases the cooldown for artillery by 10%? Give them say +50 score each time artillery is called in?

That or just give them bonus points for scouting, maybe the ability to scout infantry (Though the mark would just stay in place, unlike tank marks).

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Rider II Premium for Germany? Actually looks hillarious.

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Or make alternative spawn for them on sides of the map, rather than ultra rear which completely negates their speed in the first place.

Whatever. There’s is numerous mechanics that could be created specifically for this class.

In its current state, rider class is simply just a gimmick for larpers.

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Completely agree, there are so many relatively easy fixes that could be made, but that would require devs who work on the game for that.

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Yeah good 20 mm would require a direct hit to kill infantry one at a time, and could only kill br 1 2 tanks