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General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: EagleDNY on November 16, 2015, 07:41:44 PM
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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 (http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/nazi_germany/Sd-Kfz-234_Puma.php)
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Always thought we were pass do for it. Great potential with its many Versions that can be perhaps introduced via loadout hanger?
:aok
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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
234/1
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/SdKfz_234-1_front-left-view.jpg)
234/2
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9a/SdKfz234-2_side_view.jpg)
234/3
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/SdKfz_234-3_1_Bovington.jpg/1280px-SdKfz_234-3_1_Bovington.jpg)
234/4
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Panzermuseum_Munster_2010_0404.JPG/1280px-Panzermuseum_Munster_2010_0404.JPG)
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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
234/1
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/SdKfz_234-1_front-left-view.jpg)
234/2
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9a/SdKfz234-2_side_view.jpg)
234/3
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/SdKfz_234-3_1_Bovington.jpg/1280px-SdKfz_234-3_1_Bovington.jpg)
234/4
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Panzermuseum_Munster_2010_0404.JPG/1280px-Panzermuseum_Munster_2010_0404.JPG)
just the armament changed correct? I see this being easily implemented as load out options if so.
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Interesting, ..........veerry interesting.