and the panther ii must be little op because the german players in br 6.7 are very poor soo this tank must add again with benz turet
Nah, without the long 88, the Panther 2 6.3 max. Now if we scroll up s bit in this thread, the Jagdpanther with the 8.8 cm autoloader would be a really great Tank at 6.7. I even have the regular Jagdpanther in my 6.7 line-up to have some mobility. Maybe Armen Lozone already did a suggestion for it, I don’t know.
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I think I can get behind that. The L/70 is a solid gun, but I don’t think the Panther II chasis is quite good enough to make it 6.7 worthy.
If the version of the Jagpanther’s gun with the ready rack being built is enough for Gajin to consider it partially built vehicle that can be added, then ig I’d be fine with this. It would probably be lower priority however, than patching the gap between the Panther and Leopard.
I also mean the Panther II with the 88 mm gun. I mean the same Panther II we have in the game today, just with minor changes for balance.
Gaijin will never add this autoloader version of the tank. Maybe if it were a Russian vehicle, they would add it, but since it’s the German faction, they never will. Besides, we’ve been begging Gaijin for about five years now to bring back the Panther II. Without it, the German 6.7 BR line-up becomes a living hell for German players, but to this day, we haven’t received any response. Instead, Gaijin goes and adds tanks russian like the T-34 with a stabilizer or the T-34-100 to the game.
Then let me cope. (I want to see the 44m Tas as well)
Literally, Bulgaria is the only country among the Axis that built good tanks. But well, both you and I know that in the next update, Gaijin is going to pull another T-34 model out of some godforsaken valley and add it to the game instead of adding the Panther II or the 44M Tas, just to make grinding these factions worthwhile compared to grinding Russia.
I think the most painful historical event that has happened to you, and that you always wish you could change, is the burning of those two 44M Tas tanks.
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could be 6.7 with heat FS it could have gotten germany was workinng on it for late panthers
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What?
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Yea man, them and their…oh wait they are all bought tanks from other nations.
What did they “build” that makes them “the only country among the Axis that built good tanks” ?
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me when i spread missinformation
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You mean Hungary, right???
The only credible source I was able to find is Panther & Its Variants by Walter J. Spielberger but sadly the book des not include any photographs or illustrations of KwK 44/2. However, it provides a fairly detailed explanation of how the mechanised worked.
Eh Walter J. Spielberger mentions in Panther & Its Variants that there was similar mechanism for L/70 too.
According to Spielberger, the assisted loading mechanism held 4 rounds and allowed rate of fire of 40 rounds per minute. However, this figure is likely for only to the 4 rounds stored in the carriage. At that 40 RPM rate, reload between shots would 1.5 seconds. There is, however, no information provided regarding reloading process or replenishment time of the carriage. It would be similar to Chi-Ri’s assisted loading mechanism I suppose.
Spielberger also notes that the KwK 44/2 was prepared for installation in the Panther F, most likely in the Schmalturm.
Since Gaijin is not against adding semi-realised or half-completed prototypes (like M6A2E1 and that Soviet plane with IRST) a Panther F equipped with the KwK 44/2 L/70 and S.Z.F.1 stabilized sight or S.Z.F.1B stabilized sight with the pre-ignition device would be an interesting option for 6.3–7.0 BR range. Especially considering both 44/2 and S.Z.F.1/S.Z.F.1b were specifically designed to be used on serial production Panther F.
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This would be peak If we could get more info about this
I’ve went through pretty much every Panther related book I have, only Panther & Its Variants mentions KwK 44/2. Luckily some Panther focused website also mentions such gun, which probably allows for a suggestion as there is now two secondary sources. (Though I would count Spielberger, Jentz and Doyle as primary source if anything.)
Also I’ve realised that you’ve did marvels job mate, pretty much anything related to Schmale Blendenausführung and Panther II is here.
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oh yeah i remember that too but iirc while this was a 4 round loader, that one was 3 round but i dont remember where i read that
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oh im sorry bro :) hungray
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i make huge mistake
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im sorry i want to say hungary
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