I've read on these forums that some of these tanks had cupola mounted MGs, but they may have been rare in the Ostfront.
That got me thinking, could the tank commanders popping out of the cupola use an SMG if they had to? Would the guns available to the commander have been within reach?
Right now on 3.3, if your a tank commander/gunner, and see somebody coming up behind with a satchel, the best you can do is tell the driver (if you have one) to turn the tank around, and tell the MG (if you have one) to be read to start shooting. Or you can exit the tank to take out the saper.
IRL could the commander just have whipped out that MP40 or PPSh and fired away? Could this be implemented in the game?
In this case, the outside cupola view wouldn't fire the main gun, but give you access to your SMG. This would work best with another suggestion on these forums to have the outside cupola view be completely decoupled from driving the turret - making the turret rotation and gun elevation done by the movement keys.
That got me thinking, could the tank commanders popping out of the cupola use an SMG if they had to? Would the guns available to the commander have been within reach?
Right now on 3.3, if your a tank commander/gunner, and see somebody coming up behind with a satchel, the best you can do is tell the driver (if you have one) to turn the tank around, and tell the MG (if you have one) to be read to start shooting. Or you can exit the tank to take out the saper.
IRL could the commander just have whipped out that MP40 or PPSh and fired away? Could this be implemented in the game?
In this case, the outside cupola view wouldn't fire the main gun, but give you access to your SMG. This would work best with another suggestion on these forums to have the outside cupola view be completely decoupled from driving the turret - making the turret rotation and gun elevation done by the movement keys.