Russian MG

My suggestion for the Russian MG

Maxim  8)


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


Saw that someone allready had given you this suggestion.  :-[

Last edited June 7, 2008 at 12:55 PM by JuL14n

Yep, and you may see more if it in the coming months, keep an eye our  ;)

JuL14n wrote:
My suggestion for the Russian MG

Maxim  8)

My word that is ugly! Looks like WWI. I bet it was effective though...

Ugly?!! I love that gun, total beast of a weapon. You might just see it soon as well.

Hm i Would prefer their standart mg DP2  ;D

Sithlord wrote:
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.

Last edited June 8, 2008 at 2:45 AM by JuL14n

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.

It's like comparing a SAW to a 50. cal.

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.   ;)

Thanks for the info. That's planned/what we've done.

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.

i woul drealy like too see the maxim on the battlefield and i cant understand that you think its ugly its a beuty