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Offline GIJordncc1701d

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Portable AT gun for Italy
« on: 07-04-2012, 02:04:55 »
I was looking at pictures online for my Facebook page, and I came across this:

http://www.antitank.co.uk/images/20mm/solothurn-PhotoItalyBersaglieri.jpg

It's a Solothurn S-18/1000 in Italian service. While it was very bulky, it was fairly powerful. I'm not sure if the Devs have a candidate for an Italian man-portable AT gun, but if they don't this could be a good one.

Does anyone have any other ideas?
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Re: Portable AT gun for Italy
« Reply #1 on: 07-04-2012, 02:04:50 »
S-18/1000 would seem better suited to me as a deployable AT rifle (like how the deployable lafette works).  If you wanted a portable AT rifle, a fucile controcarro 35(P) would be the best bet.
Quote from: Wikipedia
In 1940, Germany sold some 800 Polish antitank rifles to the Italian armed forces, which used it in combat until the end of World War II.
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Re: Portable AT gun for Italy
« Reply #2 on: 07-04-2012, 02:04:58 »
We just gave the Italians two brand new aircraft, a field artillery gun, and a new tank, and now you guys want this too? What more do the Italians need?! :P
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Re: Portable AT gun for Italy
« Reply #3 on: 07-04-2012, 02:04:53 »
More hats!
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Re: Portable AT gun for Italy
« Reply #4 on: 07-04-2012, 02:04:30 »
German support so they can actually win a battle?
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Re: Portable AT gun for Italy
« Reply #5 on: 07-04-2012, 05:04:57 »
Quote from: hyperanthropos on 07-04-2012, 02:04:30
German support so they can actually win a battle?

Ooohh, I know.

Maps for where the Italian army stands and fights whilst Rommel runs away crying and abandons them to die in the desert because he is an asshat. :D

Oh yah, that's most desert maps in FH2 |:
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Re: Portable AT gun for Italy
« Reply #6 on: 07-04-2012, 08:04:03 »
I like the idea of the Wz. 35. The only problem is it wasn't in widespread service. That's the problem with the Italians (no rifles with optics either.....).

Why? I'm obsessed with historical accuracy, that's the main reason I love FH2 so much. The desert war has always fascinated me. Seeing that German AT gun in Italian hands just bugs me. However, I can definitely understand why the Devs haven't replaced it, they've been doing quite a few other things.
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Re: Portable AT gun for Italy
« Reply #7 on: 07-04-2012, 10:04:49 »
isn't there a Solothurn S18 mounted on Sahariana? Maybe there is a way to make it stand alone weapon?
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Re: Portable AT gun for Italy
« Reply #8 on: 07-04-2012, 13:04:04 »
Quote from: azreal on 07-04-2012, 02:04:58
What more do the Italians need?! :P
Dont get me started............
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Re: Portable AT gun for Italy
« Reply #9 on: 07-04-2012, 13:04:58 »
They need maps where to put all the stuff they need made.
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Re: Portable AT gun for Italy
« Reply #10 on: 07-04-2012, 13:04:04 »
Quote from: jan_kurator on 07-04-2012, 10:04:49
isn't there a Solothurn S18 mounted on Sahariana? Maybe there is a way to make it stand alone weapon?
I also suggested this before but I dunno, it should be.Wz35 could maybe be imported from Fh1 aswell.

Quote from: GIJordncc1701d on 07-04-2012, 08:04:03
I like the idea of the Wz. 35. The only problem is it wasn't in widespread service. That's the problem with the Italians (no rifles with optics either.....).

Why? I'm obsessed with historical accuracy, that's the main reason I love FH2 so much. The desert war has always fascinated me. Seeing that German AT gun in Italian hands just bugs me. However, I can definitely understand why the Devs haven't replaced it, they've been doing quite a few other things.
Yes this was mostly used by paratroopers and Italian army in USSR afaik. Also they used whatever Boys rifles they could get their hands on.
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Re: Portable AT gun for Italy
« Reply #11 on: 07-04-2012, 19:04:28 »
Maybe the Italians could have a mixed selection of AT guns. On certain maps they could have certain guns, to show that they used whatever they could (like a Boys, but with Italian gear and what not, or a Wz. 35). It would be similar to the Aussies having captured M13/40s.
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