AA MGs for Soviet tanks

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Hello !

Today, I’d like to suggest the addition of anti-aircraft machine guns to low rank Soviet tanks.

As you may know, AA MGs were added to some German tanks, like the Panthers, a few years ago.
I’ll introduce you to the Soviet tanks that could benefit from getting an AA MG. Obviously, it’s not a big deal and the game won’t be unplayable because the T-28 doesn’t get a 4th DT but they look nice, can be useful in some circumstances and are generally easy to add.

First of all, to address a concern you may have, while Soviet tanks are usually depicted without any kind of roof MG, they were not that uncommon and are, say, more frequently seen than on tanks like the Pz. III series.

The following list encompasses the tanks that either have photographic evidence of having received an AA MG or physically could have received one but didn’t. The MG used is the classic DT that’s already used as a coaxial MG in a lot of tanks.

- BT-5
- BT-7 (and TD)
- BT-7M
- RBT-5 (could mount it)
- T-26 (and 1st. Gv.T.Br.)
- T-26E (could mount it)
- T-28 (1938)
- T-28
- T-28E
- T-35
- KV-1 (L-11)
- KV-1 (ZiS-5)
- KV-1E
- SMK (could mount it)

Historical photos

Spoiler


Pictured above is the P-40 AA mount on a T-26


Pictured above is an AA mount on a KV-1


A T-26 seen during the invasion of Iran in 1941


Tankodesantniki on a BT-5


A BT-7 lost during the early months of the war


Two different variants of the T-28 seen with an AA mount


An up-armored T-28


German soldiers posing on a T-35, the mount can clearly be seen


An early KV-1 armed with L-11


An up-armored KV-1


The KV-1 “Shchors” armed with ZiS-5, whose decal is in-game, had a roof MG


The incredibly famous F-32-armed KV-1 that fought at Raseiniai had a mount

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It would be a nice feature to also be able to remove machine guns from the top of vehicles that are already in game, not sure if someone already made that suggestion yet.

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Sure! Why not. +1

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A nice function to deprive yourself of air defence? Nuts!

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Yes, Finally a way to defend from cas

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It looks like the Finnish KV-1A will be getting an AA MG that it (iirc) never had, which is pretty funny. It would have been a great time to add those MGs to Soviet tanks but so far, we’ll probably have to wait.

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Sure ,as soon as they nerf .50 cal to its historic pen values ,not this current one that they found in “Tanks of Narnia” sekrit dokument"…

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Sure, but why stop at USSR? I would gladly like on other vehicles, to other nations as well. Better to have even a small MG caliber than not having at all.

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It would be great if every nation got their specific MGs, yes. Tanks like the Surbaissé would really benefit from having their MG.
It’s just that I’m overly fixated on Soviet tanks but I encourage people to make suggestions for other nations.

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More dakka = more better

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With so many Rats in the game this is a must

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Welp, wave goodbye to one of the last few advantages that American tanks had

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So confusing that other countries get them but Russia and Britain don’t.

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Huge development for us AA MG enjoyers, the T-26 finally gets one… in the Chinese tree. I don’t know if I should be happy or cry about it.
This makes it the second Soviet tank that gets one that’s not in the Soviet tree.
Since I do not have access to the dev server right now, has any Soviet tank received one as of now ?

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