Optic sight

[AXEL]

Has anyone made an optical sight for the mg34/42's yet? I've been looking through tons of eastern front pictures and it seems that all of the mg's i've seen (all of them mg34's) had optical scopes attached to the top. I saw someone was talking about the Russian optical scope but what about the Germans?

 

[mlespaul]

Has anyone made an optical sight for the mg34/42's yet? I've been looking through tons of eastern front pictures and it seems that all of the mg's i've seen (all of them mg34's) had optical scopes attached to the top. I saw someone was talking about the Russian optical scope but what about the Germans?

Axel - Go back and re-read the post again about the PP-1 MG sight that I posted...you'll see it....MG Z40 is already in working plans for DH, but has never been implemented in RO. That optic is meant for what was known as the "Heavy MG" set up on the lafette carriage you see in pictures. It would probably require the MG to be modeled like a stationary vehicle....could be done, just never has...good idea...but you'd have to have some sort of maxim thing set up for the Russian side, too i'm sure....infantry would have to have a way to outflank the field of fire...and take it out like they do the PaK guns in the Pariserplatz/Berlin maps...

What about it did you have a specific question about?

 

[AXEL]

Axel - Go back and re-read the post again about the PP-1 MG sight that I posted...you'll see it....MG Z40 is already in working plans for DH, but has never been implemented in RO. That optic is meant for what was known as the "Heavy MG" set up on the lafette carriage you see in pictures. It would probably require the MG to be modeled like a stationary vehicle....could be done, just never has...

What about it did you have a specific question about?

I was just wondering if anyone had/was working on it because it seems that in all of the eastern front photos i've seen of the German machine guns none of them are using the simple sights, they all have the optical

 

[mlespaul]

I was just wondering if anyone had/was working on it because it seems that in all of the eastern front photos i've seen of the German machine guns none of them are using the simple sights, they all have the optical

It's because the only infantry MGs for both sides haven't been update since the original RO and were the "light" hand-carried weapons, portable, etc.

The modders will have to devote some time establishing a fixed facility for a "heavy MG" nest type set up, with the optics...a lot of efforts been going into armor lately.(and other enhancements)..I'm sure the heavy MG emplacements are coming...
I share the desire to have the telescopes put in a Lafette setup, of course..