This is the vehicle i’m talking about.
I feel like that this vehicle have been forgotten by the devs and haven’t gotten an update ever since it’s addition.
Let me explain. Frist of all, the commander on this tank cannot use their personal weapon despite that all other Panzer 4 in the game could.
Can confirm everything the OP said — I own the premium Panzer IV J as well, and it’s been left behind since it was added. No commander personal weapon, no functioning hull coaxial MG. It’s the same story across the board
But ithk this is just the tip of the iceberg. The bigger issue is that none of the silver Panzer IVs in the game have any add-on armor at all. The developers have somehow forgotten one of the most iconic features of these tanks — the field modifications. The Panzer IV H in particular is famous for crews welding captured T-34 track links onto the hull as improvised extra armor, while the J typically used its own track links
From a historical accuracy standpoint, from a “veterans and enthusiasts actually care about this stuff” standpoint, and even from a balance standpoint, deliberately ignoring such a defining feature is hard to accept.
And here’s what really gets me I genuinely hoped the vehicle upgrade system would finally make add-on armor and similar visual changes actually mean something — you know, real functional upgrades tied to appearance. Instead, there’s still no “add-on armor” upgrade option anywhere, and the whole system just feels like they’re selling you an incomplete vehicle and making you spend silver to bring it up to what should have been its baseline performance
I bought this tank a long time ago and spotted this bug early. From my perspective, it is not a disadvantage under current game conditions.
On the contrary, it is beneficial. Once the commander gets killed, the hull‑machine‑gunner can take over as commander right away, instead of being stuck uselessly inside his station.
Binoculars and submachine‑guns are not that vital anyway. Usually, you only have three crew members remaining. You need crewmen to switch freely between commander and loader roles.
Now that this trick has been exposed, the secret is out. We can only wait for this favourable bug to be patched.
Players driving this tank will then be trapped by the hull‑mounted gunner once more.
