Is it possible to carry a heavy mgun by a truck?

[Korsakov829]

Yeah in big maps like Desert Airport its mostly all tank and heavy artillery, unless its Battlezones or Victory Flag, then having mortar is really fun.

[KnightFandragon]

GSM FOH2 mod has a Zis 5 w/ a Quad Maxim MG in its cargo area and there are dudes using it....that was pretty awesome. So, my guess is if you knew how to mod it in, it is possible but normally nope...no MGs on trucks haha

[Korsakov829]

Yes its possible in many ways to carry a heavy MG by truck now that I think of it. In normal game you can't port something like a mounted MG42 but you can carry things like that Soviet 14.5mm PKP by a simple motorcycle.

In a mod we can do this but unless we make new models, animations etc it will be unrealistic.

[Crni vuk]

considering the nature of heavy machineguns on a tripod it should be possible though and very easy to load them on a truck/vehicle and simply drive it to the front. Its sad this hasnt been done for the game.

[Korsakov829]

The way I see it is that if you pull a MG42 by a motorcycle is that all it will do is drag, get dirt in it and jam. If you add wheels to the tripod all it will do is fall back and pin you down when you shoot it.

[Crni vuk]

not a motorcycle but a truck or jeep should do fine.

[Twan]

I think that he means put it IN the truck, not tow it like anti-tank guns or artillery.

[Nikitns]

Originally Posted by Crni vuk

considering the nature of heavy machineguns on a tripod it should be possible though and very easy to load them on a truck/vehicle and simply drive it to the front. Its sad this hasnt been done for the game.

who cares, there are no MGs on tripods in multiplayer anyway.

Mortars is kinda different, but they move so fast that it isn't an issue on most maps, except the large open panzer maps where the frontline is all over the place (where they are mostly useless).

[Korsakov829]

There are MGs on tripods. You know, the two manned MG used in big infantry maps, that chop up 2 squads before having to reload?

The mortars and MGs do move fast, faster then a King Tiger. And they never run out of gas.

[Crni vuk]

Originally Posted by Nikitns

Mortars is kinda different, but they move so fast that it isn't an issue on most maps, except the large open panzer maps where the frontline is all over the place (where they are mostly useless).

cause you cant move them around with halftracks/trucks/cars which is the whole point of "why cant you move them around with halftracks/trucks/cars" ...

Originally Posted by Nikitns

who cares, there are no MGs on tripods in multiplayer anyway.

Huh? Never used them eventualy then I guess. Right in the section with the mortars you have also a few heavy machineguns ~ but I agree they are used only very rarely since its just wasted points to easy to destroy them with any kind of artillery. With the Axis using the MG34 on a trypod for example. It should be possible to use those with a car or truck so you can get them faster to the front on "large" maps.