The Wiesel can do the same and probably much better and of course RU-251 is by far much better witht he same BR.
Germany need movility in mid ranks since years ago, light fast tanks between 3.7 and 6.7, West Germany MBTs or proto Leopards between 7.0 to 7.7. No another useless light tank poor armed with a 20mm.
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It really depends how it is implemented into the game.
If the Luchs is properly implemented, then you have a vehicle that is extremely quiet when its running, so you have no engine noise to give you away, you have no exhaust fumes visible on TVD and you’re fast.
So you have a perfect scouting platform that doubles as an AA against helicopters and low flying planes and you can take barrels and tracks…an awesome platform…if implemented correctly.
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Is a german tank, just forget that.
Tiger 1 still his main gun blocked by the oversized modelled and useless s-minen lauchers.
Panther 2 can obtain optional removal of his completely useless night vision device.
Movility nerf on Panthers even after his BR bump.
Wrong armor in Tiger 2P turret.
Fixed ammo rack in Tiger 2 turrets.
Leopard 1 inertial mocvility nerf.
Most of the thing listed above are reported since 2016 or before…
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Again, if the ammo was properly represented, it would be great. Mostly agree though, the 251 is fantastic.
Thank You! Seemed like nobody cares about that gap except me. The Sp1A/spähpanzer kurz at 4.7 would have been much more usefull. They even mentioned it in this devblog
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What a shameful and lackluster implementation.
Engine way too loud, miserable mobility…this is just sad
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Mobility is bugged. Its acceleration is slow and in the first couple of seconds it barely moves. It tops out on plain grassland at 45-50km, after endlessly slow acceleration to reach that.
It cant climb. Look at this screenshot. I’m hammering the forward key, but the Luchs won’t drive. When I press forward it actually starts to roll backwards…almost no engine power this thing. I spotted a target and tried to shot it, but it refused to drive up this road.
Did you forget the 1st and 2nd gear? It feels like starting to drive in 3rd gear.
Also thanks for putting the super 60mm pen ammo as rank IV mod. Its so fun to rely on 50mm pen…fails to penetrate even other light vehicles, except pb range.
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The Luchs A2 IRL was unable to swim due to the additional weight of its modifications.
Not quite, it was considered unsafe and that‘s why the Bundeswehr prohibited it.
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Is there any map left which supports amphibious tactics? I remember in the past of WT there were some maps, but nowadays too much was changed and offmap timers are everywhere. Right now its more a dead, useleass feature. Like terrain modification with your dozerblade… required alot work and was praised as super fun feature…but its simply ignored by all players.
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A lot of content in the game is just straight up unusable, like most bombers, attackers, heavy fighters, ans lot of light tanks and tank destroyers are just there to fill tech trees and Gaijin has never bothered to create maps and game modes where they can be useful and fun.
Its been clear for years now: Gaijin is a company that knows how to make semi-realistic models of vehicle and their weapons, they don’t really know how to make actual video games. But WT still sells well because most people are just satisfied with flying/driving/sailing around their favorite military vehicles and there is no competition to WT when it comes to that, so Gaijin can get away with absolutely terrible gameplay and game mechanics.
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That’s the main problem with the community right now, everyone is so hyperfixated on getting shiny and chasing a new high with vehicles. People forget how flawed this game is, most maps outright not support any playstyle that isn’t aggressive MBT spam, most features in this game are gimmicks and game modes for ground and air are beyond stale.
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Just remove the Thermal for gunner and move down to 6.0 where probably can be usefull against hellcat spam. But right now in 7.3 is useless. Specially when you have the Wiesel and Premiun RU.
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No, they did not accept my report about the transmission.
Usually the amount of gears is increased to simulate the torque converter.
You have to prove it has one for this to change (oof)
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Are spawn costs of the Luchs are higher then the Wiesel (light tank tag vs SPAA)?
Thats also why Luchs has not the ammo upgrade box. Wiesel has it along with tons of other features the Luchs lacks. The bonus ammo is really useful. You need alot ammo to grind down targets and you havn’t alot clips.
Best would be indeed to scrap the thermals and to put it to the same BR as the R2.
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yes, as long as i keep getting new shiny vehicles for Britain i’m not complaining (Or they will butcher it or forget stuff on it, like the Brimstone or forgetting the GBU-15s on the F-111C, or the Harrier Engine Heat, or harrier VIFFing not breaking lock but making even AIM-9Bs all aspect)
but in seriousness, this is true so many maps in this game just no longer have flanking routes, that either don’t have them due to the inherent design of the map, or have had them removed (looking at you Eastern Europe)
Faulty Driver controll Moduel
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/Kmf3y9O7nSCZ
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I am glad it is new vehicle so it won’t be on sale until spring.
I was really looking forward to try it out, but seeing reported issues like this, I am glad devs have time to fix it, before I will be able to buy it on sale.
This vehicle is garbage
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