Svt40（ag）squad has the same mortar as the silver one.Nobody want to buy it.This if this squad is equipped with HM-38（120mm）or PM-41（82mm but it should be better than BM-41），more people will pay for it.
No one is buying this squad for the mortar anyway. The main selling point is that unique GL engineer structure.
Plus, not having a premium unique mortar means you can actually swap out mortars. Which is also quite beneficial.
Then it depends on whether you want to play this squad in BR4 or BR5. And whether you prefer to be more effective against infantry or tanks.
If they were to add new mortars to the game, they should put them in the tech tree. After all, that’s an item category where there isn’t much variety.
anyway, personally i bought it because of few reasons:
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i’m still clinging on the " premium uniform on TT as long you bought them " ordeal.
which… it’s kinda on my mind.
for all we know, that ain’t gonna happen, since never has been a thing. -
Larp reasons ( needed an additional guards squad for my full line up )
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Auto GL & “unique” SVT
( even though i don’t use it that often )
but anyway.
i bought them because it is a rather stronger squad with the ability to have 4 mortars instead of 2.
it’s worth to mention that, the ussr has 3 mortars compared to others nations.
unlike japan which only has one…
or other nations that have only two.
so imo, for what it offers, its okay.
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Me too… for exactly that reason…
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I’m still behind every faction getting 3 mortars in TT. First issue is Japan only has 1 in game when they have so many options, but after every nation has the extra mortars you add new TT ones with a mortarman II, expand on the structures they can build with engineers and provide a meaningful bonus for the player to use them over the mortar I squad similar to radio ops and the permanent full to all class soldiers of that type. That way you can take more “minor” structures and pick one that lets you carry it to the other squad.
It keeps the more infantry or AT feel that this premium gave the vibe with.
You add a total of per faction, 4 more TT mortar. Each faction having at least 1 in BR I, 1 in BR II, 2 in BR IV/V in total combined with the existing extras like the RM-38 etc, and a new squad with a stat increase and new structures it would be nice to make this squad type a bit more relevant.
The support structures would be designed to be 1 long range (+150m and AT) and the rest closer AT/infantry mix (10-50m). They had slingshots converted to fire mortar shells, look at the Piat it uses the same type of basic technology that’s surprisingly more effective then originally thought. Short range stuff like the ampolet without fire, a few good structures can be made in the desperate times of WW2.
The +150m weapon would further stop more grey zoning, as was a massive missed opportunity to make the class feel like it had more use other then objective spam.