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.
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
So it sounds like there were two holders, but the first one had stowage for four rounds?
@Ghostmaxi
do you know anything about this i would not be shocked if it you did already have suggestion for it ?
What I would give for biblically accurate Panther F.
Nothing more than anything presented here, along with the US photos.
+1. Hopefully this will be added in the Tech Tree.
I agree…
fully swapping out the fake one at the same time i hope. theres no reason to keep a fake one when theres a real one
Unless the thing they are giving to players is superior to the thing they are taking from players doesn’t make sense business wise. We already are seeing a trend of companies acting like you should one nothing and be happy with the recent random elimination of physical in many sectors. I personally don’t support these predatory business practices lol. It doesn’t benefit anyone but elite.
There are plenty of tanks that aren’t accurate that shouldn’t be the way they are. IS-6 is also one of em. Those 3 German vehicles ain’t the only ones.
it would be a good business decision to have a thing actually accessible to ALL players instead of segregating content for a select few. seeing that content that you can NEVER access puts people off bothering with the game, same reason why i think event vehicles should become GE premiums once the event is finished. Inaccessable content to new players is infinitely worse than paywall or f2p content no matter.
it would be the 75mm instead of an 88 which is a bit of a nerf but not significant with how good the 75 is, remove the smalturm for the volumetric dumpster fire that is the panther D style turret but with 20mm more protection than a panther 1 so a buff on armour. the pointless NVDs are also not going to be present so overall it will be just as good with the benefit of not being an ugly inaccurate model.
Ehh, you ain’t missing out on much. The 10.5 lost it’s over pressure and is 7.0 along with the Panther II so you end up seeing 8.0 things like T-54s and such. Overall, no one’s thinking about getting those vehicles outside of the few players who still enjoy WW2 content. Look how many updates everyone is obsessed with modern this modern that. I’ve been campaigning for years to have WW2 iconic aircraft’s 3d models improved to no avail. It’s because hardly anyone cares. Hardly anyone knows about those vehicles either.
I’m happy I have the vehicles mainly not because they are exclusive but because I spent all that time getting them. Before the economy buffs. The same question can be asked, why is it that I had to work harder to get vehicles others got so easily in 2026? That’s unfair too. But yk what? That’s fine. I don’t see a problem in that. It sucks to miss out, just like it sucks I missed out on the IS-7 but what are you gonna do? Take it away or give it to everyone? There are things inaccurate to the IS-7. What’s your stance on that?
Hmmm So you’d want gaijin to charge market prices for event vehicles so only rich people can pay 1500 dollars worth of GE to get em? Thats messed up too. Lastly, I don’t think you know how badly the long 7.5cm performs in comparison to the long 8.8cm. The little amount of HE filler being really low, the pen being just barely enough to do somethings, but ultimately you’ll need to be frank heavy, which is detrimental when you can’t one shot stuff…
The reason the Sherman 75mm feels fine in uptiers is partially because you can one shot Panthers and Tigers side on, you can actually go for cupola shots, etc. Even if you don’t, your reload is sorta speedy at least (5.9 secs maxed out?). Overall a Panther with a regular 7.5cm at 7.0 doesn’t seem fun, or appealing as a replacement. You’ll need to add more sauce, like is it more mobile? Is it better protected armor wise? Is the traverse and reverse speed faster? Is it quieter? Do you get a camo net on top? I may not agree with you, but at least sell me on this swap out as I’m open to it as long as the vehicle you’re swapping in is objectively better in some meaningful way.
I’d like to say the Panther II you describe is just as inaccurate and doesn’t deserve to be in game. The AMERICANS put that Panther G (I don’t think it was a D turret) turret on the chassis… That’s an American modification done at Aberdeen testing grounds. Unless it’s an American premium (which opens the door for many allied countries to just get more German Tigers and Panthers. Which I don’t like either) it’s not fitting in game for me aswell.
It has to be an original German design. Realistic. And somehow better than what we have if we are swapping in.
thats not what im referring to. im referring to a completed to spec panther ii. which would have been a D style turret +20mm thickness
yea, exactly as i was saying, if it wasnt cancelled half way that is exactly asit would have been
eh its a whole new turret. not rlly D style.
fair. still closer to a panther 1 than smalturm.
from the back its practically the same old turret. from the front its practically the schmalturm. so its kind of the schmalturm before the schmalturm
Tiger 2?
no, not for that sadly