also another fun fact the jeeps basically already modeled in game and can be seen on several maps a few I can think of are: cargo port and 38th parallel, its also a ship decorator (I think, may have been an event award or something) but yea!
In the specifications and specifications notes I listed two crew because TM 9-803 states two crew and then a second crewmember may or may not affect traverse angles. It could certainly go either way since truck and car-type vehicles with multiple seats seem to either have those extra crew or not.
As for the horsepower, the majority of my sources listed engine horsepower for the Willys MB and Go Devil engine between 54 to 60 horsepower, do you have a source for the 80 horsepower figure?
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+1
and who the fuck voted no
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I would love to see the armed Willys Jeep in-game, but I fear that realistically the .50cal will not be able to traverse a lot, since there’s not much room in the back for the “gunner” to rotate in wide arcs, as can be seen in this Short Video:
This limitation will make the Willys hard to use in this configuration in War Thunder. In the Russian GAZ truck, this issue is not as problematic since you have access to a big surface flatbed to rotate around the tripod. Perhaps the .50cal Jeep could work better as a “quick deployment” squad in Enlisted instead.
But we do have other Willys Jeeps eligible for War Thunder, where limited gun traverse can be negated by a more powerful AT gun that does not need for a lot of traverse if used in ambush positions, like the 37mm Jeep variant:
Or this twin-axle Willys Jeep with rear-facing gun:
The’s also a twin-bazooka AT variant mounted on a standard Willys Jeep:
And the last proposal, the recoiless gun variants (there are several calibers mentioned, but I will just limit it to 1 variant for the moment):
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+1, try not to flip while doing sick af drifts Simulator
Need, need bad
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+1 sure.
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agree, who done it
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Torch it in fire this idea is stupid.
new TD dropped for the Cold War BRs
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M6 GMC and M38A1C are must-haves IMO, at least the M38A1C for Israel
Edit: hold on that’s not a jeep but my point stands
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Jeep hater, you disgust me.
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imagine they gave it turn signals and anytime you drift you use the turn signals XD
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question though: windshield up or down?
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That could be a modification like the Ka-Chi’s pontoons, so you could choose to have it up/down.
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be cool if you could do it in battle kinda like how you can in Forza horizon
EDIT: @Ion_Protogen it might be a good idea to add a second poll for what br it should be at
New to the forums and already stepping on people’s toes 😂
But that’s besides the point, let’s keep it on the topic of awesome freedom wagons!!
I’m not new to the forums, and actually, I just dislike people who say the MB is stupid and has nothing to do with the forums or the game.
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I considered the traverse (I didn’t change the rotation figure because I didn’t want to arbitrarily make up a number and I didn’t want to cap it at set angles.) That’s right that it would be more limited but I believe it would be pretty similar to aircraft defensive turrets. Those gunners are able to sit in tight fixed positions and still operate their guns to the effective limits of their traverse, sometimes up to 90+ degrees of horizontal traverse depending on the mounting. I think it would be very similar to the GAZ-AA (DshK)'s gun traverse just with the gunner rotating and then stretching to maneuver the gun instead of just sliding around. Perhaps it would be useful for War Thunder tank crewmembers to practice yoga in order to increase their flexibility
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I’m sorry to hear that, would you care to explain why you would consider this vehicle problematic?