United Front News Update 7: The Thing That Should Not BeWelcome to United Front Update 7, well we thought a bit about what to show you now. We decided we wanted to continue the theme of what was old is now new again. Last week we showed you some modifications of existing equipment, Trogdor, The Sherman 105mm, etc. This week we would like to show you some other modifications we are making to current FH2 equipment. You may think some of these are weird, but they are all historically accurate as either factory produced modifications or common field modifications.
So without further ado we bring you the Piat Carrier and the Ordnance QF 2 pounder carrier.
The Universal Carrier was a highly versatile platform. It ranged from artillery tractor, to scout vehicle, to a flame thrower variant named the wasp, as well as other uses.
The 2 pounder carrier was basically an Australian built only modification to the Universal Carrier to provide a highly mobile AT gun platform, they where a response to an increased worry of a Japanese invasion of the West Coast. The others that entered combat where mainly field expedients of a 2 pounder welded to a UVC chasis.
The Piat Carrier is another field expedient in which the Bren was replaced by a Piat. What you got was a UVC that could ambush tanks effectively and then run away.
The next thing we would like to show you is the Pak 36 with the Stielgranate 41 modification.
In 1936 the Pak 36 was powerful enough, but with advances in tank armor by 1941 the Pak 36 was rendered obsolete. To counteract this and get more use out of the 36 series of Pak guns, they where fitted with the Stielgranate 41 modification. This modification effectively could penetrate allied armor with ease up to 150m away, with accuracy decreasing after that.
The last bit of update we have for you is working backwards instead of forwards. In here we have the Panzer I.
The Panzer I was a light tank used by axis forces. It was much lighter armored with only about 8mm of armor vs the PII's 30mm of frontal armor. It was also lighter armed with only one dual all purpose MG13. The PI was first used in the Condor Legion in the Spanish Civil War in which 121 where sent to the front lines.It was then used in every major campaign from 1939 to 1941 and was a large amount of the on paper German armored force. The last campaign to see PI's in any large amount of force was Operation Barbarossa. It was their experienced at the battle of Moscow that the PI was deemed as unsuitable to serve in a combat role.
Well that is all for today, but not by far all we have to show you. We will see you next week for another update from The United Front.
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