So yea, I want to talk about the Wiesel family of vehicles. It’s not about their firepower or gremlin energy, it’s about something that was bothering me for quite some time already. Why does driving a tracked vehicle feels like driving a wheeled one? Or perhaps even worse, driving a Wiesel feels like constantly slipping on a piece of soap in the shower. It flies in the stratosphere on every bump, but I can live with that and understand it, but every other aspect of driving doesn’t seem too realistic to me, to say the least. What do you think guys? I bet I’m not the only one with that question. I mean I know it’s a light vehicle, but I’ve been driving small tracked vehicles IRL and they feel different for sure.
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Maybe because its small? Im not sure
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But it has the same inertia - small wheeled vehicles have, that doesn’t seem right… It just feels like a piece of soap
yeah. i mean. the game has fucked up physics that’s for sure. it’s so bad that tanks that can climb steep inclines cant even climb as it should IRL. the game is trash at physics. and we even dont have regenerative steering yet.
Wiesel has a problem. Not enough of them!!!
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Wiesel MELLS (Spike ATGM);
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Wiesel 2 RMK 30 (prototypes);
Both versions with HOT (not specified which type)
judging by the nose it’s definitely not a HOT-1, my guess is HOT-2. Which is already in game on the FRA Mephisto.
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wiesel 2 lepzmrs - 120mm self-propelled mortar carrier
Need a weisel with the gun the gepard and full sabot belt, ultimate ratte.
Honestly, driving in general doesn’t feel that great in war thunder. The tanks feel underpowered and don’t climb hills and obstacles as well as real tanks, and fast vehicles have no traction and feel weightless.
Not sure if this can even fire directly at a target or is limited to indirect fire.
you also need to turn the vehicle due to limited horizontal traverse angles.
also effectiveness comes to mind:
a mortar rounds weighs around 16kg with a 1,5 kg TNT charge.
while a 155 arty round weighs 43 kg and has an almost 7 kg TNT filler.
there is also the speed difference: 274m/s (mortar) against 945 m/s from modern houwitsers.
which is strange from all the accounts i’ve heard, the Wiesel is a highly mobile platform even in difficult terrain. keep in mind for such a small vehicle it still weighs 3t + and with the narrow track it should retain enough ground pressure to actually have good mobility and controle.
The Wiesel 2 lepzmrs has Rheinmetall’s M-KE/MRSP. A guided round. It isn’t actually in use by the Bundeswehr. :(