M26 Pershing

[BlitzPig_Machine]

Hehe...you mean the "secret" M26's @ El Alamein?

M-26's should be on any Post-Jan/Feb '45 map. Maybe a bit earlier for gameplay purposes...they were at the front of III Army's advance.

Before that we should have Jumbo's and M4A1 76(W)'s.

[Shade_PW]

Yes, the Jumbos sound nice! I'm also for not putting the Pershing where it doesen't belong.

Killor;



:lol:

[[TC|N00bey]

Yeah Blitz sounds good, it's not entirely realistic but I think we all feel that it's needed for gameplay!

However, if I see some gun penetrating the Tiger II's frontal armour I'm bound to get mad. Not a single Tiger II got it's front penetrated in battle (not talking about torn-off armour plates, splintering etc)

By the way. Realism lovers out there. Maybe this is a sick idea but it could be nice to see splintering effects on tanks that had them, ie the IS-2 etc. What I mean is that you'd get a loss in health by sitting in a tank that gets hit powerful enough for the splintering to occur. This would be some sort of "not a penetrating hit but I still get scared" thing. Like it?

[BlitzPig_Machine]

I like the spall effect.

The M26 shouldn't be able to punch through the front armor...but it should be a one shot kill to the sides (hull)...Tiger or Tiger II.

Maybe a captured skin for the Tiger II, too.

[[TC|N00bey]

Yep!

Nice picture btw!

Ain't much left of the Zimmerit on that Tiger II

Would be cool with skins like that tho, I don't like the "Straigh from the Factory" look really.

[McGibs]

Just a few facts on the .6 tiger:

Its still a beast on the battlefield, but its also the stiffist brick ive ever driven.

Tanks, it has no problem with, it can eat shermans and t34s like popcorn (although, most tanks can take a shell to the front armor)

Infantry on the other hand, poses a problem. The tigers turret turns about as fast as the mobile howitzers in DC, wich makes tracking infantry difficult. Also, with the slow turret speed, its very hard to pan for targets, wich limits your FOV. Basicly, if you want to target something, you have to turn the whole tank (wich is realistic)

I was playing yesterday and Omni was a us infantry with a bar. He sat on my ass for almost 5-10 min before i could kill him. And that was only 1 guy. Id imagein tigers will get bogged down VERY easily if they do not have propor infantry support because they are sooooo unmanuverable.

Tigers take some skill, and some patiance. They arnt the most forgiveing tank out there no more. Later on I switched to the much faster, and more manuverable sherman, because it was getting to be a pain to kill infantry with my tiger.

[[TC|N00bey]

Sounds great McGibs! even tho the Tiger I had pretty good characteristics when it came to negotiate terrain. It actually had exceptional suspension..

Wel lwell it still sounds better tha before! Great news and thx for the info!

[McGibs]

its fine nogotiating terrain, its turret just isnt fast.

That and the main gun doesnt have HE shells, wich makes a BIG diff.

[BlitzPig_Machine]

Great news McGib...sounds cool for us Sherman drivers.

[Cochise]

Originally Posted by McGibs

its fine nogotiating terrain, its turret just isnt fast.

That and the main gun doesnt have HE shells, wich makes a BIG diff.

Well, that okays I guess. The handling on terrain was excellent as well as maneuverability. The turrent traverse was hydraulic and could traverse at a rate of 6 degrees per second..... not real fast.

It did however carry both HE and AP rounds!!! So THAT is a BUMMER!