Company of Heroes: Eastern Front

Eastern Front Mod (Read-Only) => Suggestions => Topic started by: JuL14n on June 07, 2008, 02:49:16 PM

Title: Russian MG
Post by: JuL14n on June 07, 2008, 02:49:16 PM
My suggestion for the Russian MG

Maxim  8)
(http://www.kirkemmerich.co.uk/wp-content/imagescaler/9a2587109593ff10e82a54e509e72f06.jpg)

http://www.kirkemmerich.co.uk/militaria/ww2-russian-maxim-deactivated/ (http://www.kirkemmerich.co.uk/militaria/ww2-russian-maxim-deactivated/)


Saw that someone allready had given you this suggestion.  :-[
Title: Re: Russian MG
Post by: William on June 07, 2008, 05:40:34 PM
Yep, and you may see more if it in the coming months, keep an eye our  ;)
Title: Re: Russian MG
Post by: palm on June 07, 2008, 06:25:36 PM
My suggestion for the Russian MG

Maxim  8)
My word that is ugly! Looks like WWI. I bet it was effective though...
Title: Re: Russian MG
Post by: Dominic 'Dragon' Cassidy on June 07, 2008, 06:59:33 PM
Ugly?!! I love that gun, total beast of a weapon. You might just see it soon as well.
Title: Re: Russian MG
Post by: Sithlord on June 07, 2008, 11:10:05 PM
Hm i Would prefer their standart mg DP2  ;D
Title: Re: Russian MG
Post by: JuL14n on June 07, 2008, 11:54:51 PM
Hm i Would prefer their standart mg DP2  ;D
Which is more portable (If we think about the same weapon Degtyaryov), it would fit good in a Russian Engineer team or a Assault team for a uppgrade. But Maxim is a moveable stationary mg,
and degtyaryov is a hand held mg, you can here it from it's name: Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova Pekhotny which means Degtyaryov hand held infantry machine gun.


The maxim mg, is easy to handle, with its heavy weight of around 60 kg, and small recoil, and a rate of fire abot 10 shots/sec. , it's easy to hit anything that is moving. ^^
 

My grandfather fought the winterwar (talvisota) against the Russians, so I hope that
I know a bit what I'm talking about :) And we Finns used some Russian weapons in the war,
Later my dad used them in the military 20 years later :)
My dad is a machinegunner ^^ And his favourite machinegun was Degtyaryov, which has a bit
slower rate of fire then other mgs. And in the war Finns stole Degtyaryovs of Russians and used them  againts them, about 9000 Degtyaryov were found in the fronts used by Finns.


But I don't think it fits the role of moveable stationary mg in the game.

@Dragon93: Word on that.

I'm looking forward for this mod.

Title: Re: Russian MG
Post by: Dominic 'Dragon' Cassidy on June 08, 2008, 11:36:20 AM
DP and a Maxim are totally different weapons and i don't think they can really be compared. One is a light Machine Gun, like you said, its a hand held infantry machine gun. The Maxim is a Heavy Machine gun on wheels.

DuL14n, glad to here. I'm looking forward to it as well :). Can't wait to see it all come together.
Title: Re: Russian MG
Post by: Lone Commissar on June 09, 2008, 10:04:03 PM
It's like comparing a SAW to a 50. cal.
Title: Re: Russian MG
Post by: JuL14n on June 10, 2008, 12:31:48 AM
Now I'm not sure about who are comparing any thing but I did just give som fact about the two weapons. The only thing you can compare with these two guns are the bullets (7.62x54mmR)
But on battlefield they are totaly diffrent, you can't run with the Maxim under your right arm
and fire like you can do with Degtyaryov.
Heavy and light, totally diffrent.

If you ever get the maxim in to the game in the hands of a mg-team I suggest that you use the animation of a cannon when moving it.   ;)
Title: Re: Russian MG
Post by: Dominic 'Dragon' Cassidy on June 10, 2008, 05:25:49 PM
Thanks for the info. That's planned/what we've done.
Title: Re: Russian MG
Post by: major_roadworks on June 29, 2008, 02:18:36 PM
The DP mg(dunno name...but the handheld one) should be liek the BAR, as in an upgrade for a squad. Where as the ugly one(maxim...?) would be an mg team like the vickers or mg 42.
Title: Re: Russian MG
Post by: TheAllMihtyOne on June 29, 2008, 05:47:05 PM
i woul drealy like too see the maxim on the battlefield and i cant understand that you think its ugly its a beuty