The German spike puma have a so high of battle rate over the regular one which is also at high b.r but this is not my complement .
Going up two steps in battle rating only for four spikes is unfair .
For example the Italian freccia got 10 spikes at lower b.r of 10.7 more than double the amount
Which is the primary weapon to kill tanks
I know other examples like vilkas and lynx
nymer… Have four and I think they should have 10 as standard number for All of spike caryers especially the puma
Because it’s published on the manufacturer’s website that it carries exactly this amount.
For other platforms it isn’t known, for example in the variant of Freccia with similar unmanned turret (OWS 30) the same manufacturer only tells about 2 missiles in the launcher and nothing in reserve.
On the other hand they of course can model some ammo box inside of troops compartment, especially since IFVs don’t carry infantry in the game.
the freccia without spikes is 9.3 (the VBC (PT2)), the puma without spikes is 10.3
so presumably it would go to an even higher br than it already is if it did get more and it has an unmanned turret so can fire them from a safer position
Looking at the photo and in-game X-ray, it looks like additional attachments can be installed on these side rails, so I don’t think they are “2 extra”, as unlike for KF-41 or Puma where such extra missiles are placed just on the floor of the troops compartment, for Freccia all 8 missiles are placed exactly there irl attachments are located.
It is likely that more can be added, like on the the rail to the left of as the arms can be bolted on those, but not where they currently are in game, keep in mind that irl the tube launcher is more bulkier than the model of the spike in game
In game the freccia used to have 8, when the other recived the extra two they also get the 2 more at the same time, in this case i think that they are also “extra” like on the others
" * Freccia — missile ammunition amount has been increased from 8 to 10. Sources: VBM Freccia IFV Datasheet and Specifics; Website of the manufacturer: CIO. Centauro AIFV Freccia."
only 3 tanks have the puma gun, the puma at 10.3, the puma at 11.0 and the kf41 also at 11.0
so no its technically not a 9.7 gun, because it is not a bushmaster
What do you mean ? You can clearely see that it has at the very least 6 missile rack, so at the bare minimun they could carry 8, and it seems like 10 is also correct, so it doesnt have any extra missiles.
Exept that gaijin use base the number of ammunition on the number of racks that it has, this is for every vehicle, which is also the number that they were supposed to carry, as you can see on the freccia this higher amount of missiles was a trade for the ability to carry more dismounts, the other vehicles did not, so why they should get similar amount of missiles than the other vehicle when deliberately decided for it?
You can hold a lot of ammunition outside of thr vehicle, does it mean they they should have them? Why should a tank designed to carry two be able to usethe same as one that was designed to carry 10?
I mentioned every ifv that used it but i forgot about the swedish one and said that All of them should get more of these not only the puma but I make it my focuses because of it being at 11.0 and still in real life if it doesn’t Carry infantry in the back seat it could transport ammunition off any type that fit in there and of course an 1 meter 9kg small tubes could be carried in higher number than 2
Show me any evidence that a puma crew ever did this, and again any vehicle could do this, why should they get more than many of the vehicles that actually have more missiles? i mean why any vehicle carry the shoulder spikes mounted one and fire them from the commanders cupola, again just because they can doesnt mean that they should.
A bmp 2 can only carry 4 missiles does that mean that it should have 12 just because the Bradley have 12, obviously not, the same applies here.
