Praying Mantis Battlepass/Event/Premium Vehicle

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This post is dedicated to my good friend @OggeKing who like add british things in the game, this time and for prove I am not just a crazy japan lover, I want share a funny weird thing, the Praying Mantis Carrier (not a real APC,it use the base of the Universal Carrier), The Praying Mantis was a private venture by one Mr. Ernest James Tapp (often shortened to E. J. Tapp) of County Commercial Cars. The design was patented in 1937, with the construction of prototypes beginning in 1943. The vehicle was designed to shoot over walls and other obstacles while staying as concealed as possible, a funny thing for br 1 or 2, for more info you can get from tank enciclopedia and the only vehicle who is still ALIVE it’s in the Tank Museum in UK, here some footage from their facebook showing how it works
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Specifications
Crew

  • 2 (driver, machine-gunner)

Propulsion

  • Ford T 4-cyl petrol, 40 bhp

Speed (road)

  • 25 mph (40 km/h)

Armament

  • 2 x .303 Bren Light Machine Guns

Armor

  • 6 to 9 mm (0.24-0.35 in)

Total production

  • 2 Prototypes
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You’re making me blush… :blush:

Could be a fun meme Rider vehicle… 2 crew in exchange for a machine gun armoured vehicle capable of firing from behind cover (like a wall, or a rock).

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I am a crazy japan/italian stuff lover, but I love make stuff for other nations too time to time

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So im going to suggest is new APCs for each nation can as their sub factions in them as for USA the US/Uk as for the Axis Germany/Italian as the soviets and Japanese get their own and these APCs can be their respective nations Made and used to transport their troops for Example ill use the US their was the M4 Tractor
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Could be a new Tech tree or a Premium/Event APC for the allied
United Kingdom the Bedford MW used in North Africa
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Soviets the T20 Kimsomlets armored tractor
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Japan i will say the Type 4 Ka-Tsu or the Type 4 Chi-so without the 75mm on it that became the Type 5 Na-to
Type 4 Ka-Tsu
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Type 4 Chi-so
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Germany we have a few that would be better than the default APC currently tech tree but these could be optional variants over the Sd.Kfz. 6
Sd.Kfz 251 equiped with a 2cm anti tank gun
Sd.Kfz. 251 2cm
Or optional for the germans the Mercedes-Benz L3000
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As the Italians we have the Fiat 626
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These are only thoughts for additions to the current tech tree of the game or optional as events preferably tech tree so gives players a more incentive to use these APC that don’t get used a lot by players. I would have involved the French and Chinese but they basically only minor by small amount is why i haven’t added them but may do another in the future.

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for japan, I DID huge post time ago for event Japan APC for Event/Premium or Battlepass

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I must have missed it but yeah i can agree with yours on the APC’s

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No love like bro love

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We been asking for jeeps all nations since day 1. They wont do it

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i mean they can its more id try to keep it ones that were common to find

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Good post

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I don’t see why a vehicle dedicated to reaching heights otherwise inaccessible besides paratroopers is needed… especially only for one faction… tank… apc… rider? only thing not a waste would be rider

oh wait it’s just a mg? yeah… no.

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lol

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Riders i never use. They need to revamp bikes. Slow bikes down a bit

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A vehicle like this was not used for the troop carrier role. There’s still 3 other basic 251s that can be added. The one in game is the Ausf D.

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The Sd.Kfz251/7 engineer variant with the assault bridges would be super cool and it could come with a sqaud who maybe has the ability to either disarm mines or can carry 2 mines (might be a bit cancerous) or just a simple unique buildable.

Would also be a reason to add the M3A1 for the Americans as engineering troops in the field just stuffed pioneer equipment in standard M3’s.

Soviets unfortunately don’t have a domestic halftrack besides the M5A1(american M3) and the closest thing Japan had was the Type 1(Ho-Ha) engineers don’t need to be the actual focus just the Sd.Kfz251/5 and the Sd.Kfz251/7 both were closest to the base troop carrier without adding a AT guns, the Ausf A-C variants are intresting with its angled rear doors though not sure how easy those would be to implement as they primarily use WT vehicles and the primary used one in WT is the Ausf D.