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Red Army Suggestions / Re: Zis-3 76.2mm Field Artillery Gun

« on: December 31, 2010, 07:21:47 AM »

@blackbishop: Cool, I had heard about it being the upgraded AT-gun but was skeptical of it. Regardless I will love seeing the model in action! I will just turn on a trainer and build eight and roll them around to see if they will gib a few unlucky Germans 

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Red Army Suggestions / Re: Zis-3 76.2mm Field Artillery Gun

« on: December 31, 2010, 02:40:07 AM »

Ideally, I think the Zis-3 would complement a T-34/76, as the artillery is could be made strong against AT-guns or fixed emplacements. I see your point though. You have a valid point, and I guess the Zis-3 is best implemented as a reward unit, but The Red Army seems missing something to me without the ubiquitous Zis-3 gun. Plus I just love the gun

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Red Army Suggestions / Zis-3 76.2mm Field Artillery Gun

« on: December 30, 2010, 10:54:18 AM »

After looking at the 45mm gun post, I wonder if the Zis-3 has a place in the mod as a weaker anti-tank gun/ field artillery piece? I think it has a model, and is man-portable, Soviets would drag them up by hand to fire over open sights. It is a cool piece that embodies Soviet tactics, good when massed, direct, simple and destructive. I wonder what it could replace though, perhaps the heavy mortar or the At-gun?

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Red Army Suggestions / Re: Unit - Reward suggestions thread:

« on: December 29, 2010, 09:45:07 PM »

@Godlikedennis: Huh, I thought the upgraded Zis-2 was just like an ammo upgrade, as I thought that the Zis-2 had better armor penetration than the Zis-3 seeing as how the Zis-2 is a purpose built AT-gun unlike its bigger cousin. Thanks for telling me though!

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Red Army Suggestions / Re: Unit - Reward suggestions thread:

« on: December 29, 2010, 04:53:46 AM »

       I am interested in seeing a Zis-3 as a replacement for the At-gun, or for the heavy mortar team. If I am not mistaken, the Zis-3 was a common 76.2mm gun widely used by the Red Army as field artillery or as an anti-tank gun. Or both at the same time if some panzers found the artillery battery. I suppose it would be similar to the AT-gun, but less capable against tanks, but its rounds are more deadly against soft-emplacements or infantry. If used en-mass it can flatten formations, but is unwieldy and has same weaknesses as the AT-gun. I am sure the Germen Heer captured and re-purposed quite a few of these guns. Perhaps the gunnery upgrade would let it do weak bombardments? This is one of my favorite pieces from World War 2, and fits the soviets well, flexible yet brutally simple but not always the right solution.