Capt. Cool I salute you for your dedication to put a bunch of threads into 1. Thank you good sir.
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1. Take a careful look at the rear end of the Ausf. E - you'll see the smoke pots above the main muffler. Now take a look at an F1, F2 or G* - look - no smoke pots! And, no, I don't just mean modern drawings that have forgotten to put them on - I mean both photos and German Wehrmacht equipment layouts.
2. As for the Zielschiene - we are looking at it and usability. The sight is modeled, along with the gunner's port - but it is really cumbersome and hopeless to use. Current view is that it ain't worth the effort, for the rare (broken optic) moments when you'd want to use it.
Put it back on the list please. Also add tank tracks to the list as wellsmoke dispenser (Nebelkerzenabwurf) for tanks not added. Thanx Alan for the info. (I still hope we will see more tank models in the far future where we also have smoke dispenser included!)
Just give it four 50 kg (110 lb) wing rack bombs then instead of the heavier bombs.Stuka etc attacks instead of arty. No. We were messing with this one a while back internally, but the weight of ordnance getting dropped is just horrendous. Totally overpowering.
There are various differences between what is dubbed the "F2" & the G series while they may seem small they are not non-existent as you seem to imply.I think this is what you are referring to said:Both Ausf F(F1) and Ausf F2 were identical except for their armament.Ausf F2’s new 75mm L/43 gun was mounted with single baffle muzzle brake.
Of course there is an F-2, because it existed!According to the D 653/7 manual and a Vorlaufige K-Geratverzeichnis (parts manual) there is an F2.
Do tell.There are various differences between what is dubbed the "F2" & the G series while they may seem small they are not non-existent.
Ok, I was asked to comment on a few of these...
Weapon/ammo pickup has seen a lot of love... you'll see improvements.
Yes, there will be ways to get a handle on the "skill" levels on servers.
A couple of hundred G's recieved the L/43 cannon with single baffle muzzle break. One can generally say that the name changes were not based on any modifications on vehicles but orders from high levels. The vehicles just got a new name even if they were surviving, old vehicles. Before 1942 July, the long-gunned Panzer IV were known as F2, but they became G after then. That means, F2 and G were not essentially differentiable until post-war militarians separate them either due to short of information or for a convenient use.
All the changes that one "may" recognise as changes from F2 to mid G are not changes from one to another, but changes during the production run of the ausf. G.
[1]Was there any difference between Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf. F2 and Ausf. G
The F2 and the G were basically the same - the designation for the 7. Serie Pzkpfw IV with 7.5cm L/43 changed from F2 to G on 5th June 1942. From 1st July 1942, Wa Pruef 6 decreed that the old F1 was to be called the F and the old F2 was to be called the G.
The muzzle brake was just one of many non-diagnostic changes in production, like hull side doors in Pzkpfw III.
The F2 is basically an early G, so to speak. The F2 only existed from March 1942 until July 1942 when all F2's were renamed G's, from then on it was known as a G model. There really is no difference between an F2 and a G, since they are the same tank. The thing is, that there were modifications made during the production run.
The muzzle brakes are NOT how you tell the difference, since the G models had the single chamber muzzle brake until September 1942, when it was replaced by the double chamber muzzle brake. Likewise, the L/43 and L/48 guns are NOT how you tell the difference either, since the G model did not get the L/48 gun until April 1943.
Best way to look at it, is that the F2 and early G's are the same (since the F2 was renamed G anyway), then you have a line of G's with several modifications added, then in May of 1943, the H model comes out.
(...) This is an early model G identified by the single baffle muzzle brake at the end of the L43 barrel. The spare tracks attached to the front hull plate were a regular addition and added protection.
I was thinking the same thing too...PS: Lol at you kids voting down my posts and voting up your's.
So Alan, no comments on the IV's Nebelkerzenabwurfvorrichtung?Thanx Alan for the quick info!
The point is that RO2's IV has the features of a 7/BW but is labeled an 8/BW. For it to be a genuine (not post production renamed to) 8/BW the single baffle muzzle break, vision/signal ports, and whatever else would have to be deleted. Most importantly zusatzpanzer (30mm additional armor) would have to be added to the hull of the 8/BW. So far in RO2's IV screenshots there is no evidence of this additional front armor. Essentually it looks like RO2's IV will be like RO1's "mix and match versions" Panther "G".stuff
I guess I will too:Ok I guess I'll come with one of my suggestions then.
For example the Germans were the only ones to issue rifle ammunition seating heavy boat tailed projectiles, whilst the Russians relied on light flat based spitzers. )
For it to be a genuine (not post production renamed to) 8/BW
Ok I guess I'll come with one of my suggestions then.
Spoiler!
In the pursuit of all out realism I think differences is ammunition used by the two sides should be noticable. By that I'm not just talking muzzle velocities and ballistic coefficients, I am also talking dispersion.
For example the Germans were the only ones to issue rifle ammunition seating heavy boat tailed projectiles, whilst the Russians relied on light flat based spitzers. This gave the Germans a clear advantage in engagements at long ranges, as their projectiles featured a much higher ballistic coefficient, and were therefore less affected by wind and range, resulting in higher accuracy.
Now this didn't make much of difference in places such as Stalingrad ofcourse, where typical engagement ranges were usually below 300 meters. But at ranges above 400 meters the German marksmen had a clear advantage over their Soviet counterparts, atleast when it came to the accuracy of their weapons system.
Below I have provided the specifications & characteristics of the German & Soviet rifle ammunition used during WWII:
7.92x57mm IS s.S. Patrone (600mm barrel)
Caliber: .323"
Bullet weight: 12.8 gram (198 grains)
Muzzle velocity: 760 m/s (2493 fps)
Sectional density: .271 lb/in
Floyd said:Question?
Why are the units in both metric and US units of measure? As mv is stated in m/s, is the windage in mm, cm or inches? It says inches but one has to wonder at the mixing of the units of measure.
Soviets started to produce type D heavy ball in 1930 (type L light flat tail spitzers stayed still in production), and type D was a heavy boat tail bullet. Allthough intented mainly to be used in MGs, it was used also on rifles.
Put it back on the list please. Also add tank tracks to the list as well
Just give it four 50 kg (110 lb) wing rack bombs then instead of the heavier bombs.
Our tanks have tracks... so "huh?".
Oh, ok... being tested. Will make/fail the cut depending on performance impacts.He means tanks leaving tracks in the ground - like footprints.
Especially in snow it would look cool and add imersion. They can disapear after a while like decal.
I think its a good idea, but dont know if the game server can handle this. Any idea?