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Offline EagleDNY

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Sdkfz 234
« on: November 16, 2015, 07:41:44 PM »
I'm putting in a plug for the 8-wheeled wonder - the Sdkfz 234!   Now this would be a fun thing to have running around during a GV battle.

http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/nazi_germany/Sd-Kfz-234_Puma.php


Offline Skyguns MKII

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Re: Sdkfz 234
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2015, 01:23:45 PM »
Always thought we were pass do for it. Great potential with its many Versions that can be perhaps introduced via loadout hanger?
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Re: Sdkfz 234
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2015, 06:15:12 PM »
There were four main variants.
234/1 - 1 x 2 cm KwK 38 L/55 autocannon, 1 x MG 34 machine gun. This design featured an open-topped turret. Around 200 were produced.[5]
234/2 - 1 x 5 cm KwK 39 L/60 gun, 1 x MG 34 machine gun. Employed a fully enclosed turret originally designed for the VK 1602 Leopard light tank. The turret front was protected by 30 mm armor set at an angle of 20° from the vertical. The sides and rear had 10 mm armor set at 25°, and the top plate was 10 mm armor. The gun mantlet was rounded and was 40 to 100 mm thick. 101 were produced between September 1943 and September 1944.[5]
234/3 - 1 x 7.5 cm K51 L/24 gun in open-topped superstructure replacing the turret. 88 built between June and December 1944.[13]
234/4 "Pakwagen" - 1 x 7.5 cm PaK 40 L/46 gun in open-topped superstructure replacing the turret. 89 built between December 1944 and March 1945.[14

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Offline Skyguns MKII

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Re: Sdkfz 234
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2015, 12:42:36 PM »
There were four main variants.
234/1 - 1 x 2 cm KwK 38 L/55 autocannon, 1 x MG 34 machine gun. This design featured an open-topped turret. Around 200 were produced.[5]
234/2 - 1 x 5 cm KwK 39 L/60 gun, 1 x MG 34 machine gun. Employed a fully enclosed turret originally designed for the VK 1602 Leopard light tank. The turret front was protected by 30 mm armor set at an angle of 20° from the vertical. The sides and rear had 10 mm armor set at 25°, and the top plate was 10 mm armor. The gun mantlet was rounded and was 40 to 100 mm thick. 101 were produced between September 1943 and September 1944.[5]
234/3 - 1 x 7.5 cm K51 L/24 gun in open-topped superstructure replacing the turret. 88 built between June and December 1944.[13]
234/4 "Pakwagen" - 1 x 7.5 cm PaK 40 L/46 gun in open-topped superstructure replacing the turret. 89 built between December 1944 and March 1945.[14

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just the armament changed correct? I see this being easily implemented as load out options if so.

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Re: Sdkfz 234
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2015, 06:07:14 PM »
Interesting, ..........veerry interesting.