OBR 76mm, what do you guys think?

[Riggsman]

Voted to keep it. Backed up with a Mgnest it can provide very good area coverage. If you wanna protect a VP or high resource point or Post, it's pretty reliable. I don't see any reason to remove it. "I don't use it let's remove" is not a valid reason.

[Cranialwizard]

"I don't use it let's remove" is not a valid reason.

Exactly my thinking. Does every US player use Demo Charges, even though they're useful at what they do?

IMO its actually really strong at picking away at infantry and PAKs.  Sometimes I wonder if Dennis just buffs himself to counter my T2 Terror    I played against it in its current stage.  It has the range of a Flak 88, but instead of being good against tanks, its good against infantry.  I don't see how its useless at all.  In fact, the range on that thing is ridiculous.  It really creates a huge "no-mans land" for T2 units...

Indeed. I think we may have to adjust the stats of it, particularly the range as you said.

[Riggsman]

I've tested once again today, it doesn't have a Flak-88 range btw. Slightly smaller circle. But I'm talking about the Sandbox version.

[Dreamerbg]

This wasnt good example Cranial

I didnt used OBR. I was thinking to use it , but its small range (for me and for the game ot villers bocage) stoped me.

[Cranialwizard]

This wasnt good example Cranial

I didnt used OBR. I was thinking to use it , but its small range (for me and for the game ot villers bocage) stoped me.

No, I feel it was a fair enough example. The OBR is plenty useful but it's not used in so much of normal gameplay due to hit or miss use. Just like a US player does not normally tech for Demo Charges. A US player may not always use demo charges to blow up bunkers, just like a soviet player may not always use the OBR to kill bunkers.

Same with Flak 88. Do you see it in every game that includes defensive doctrine? The answer is no.

The emplacement has slightly smaller range than a Flak 88. It's range is probably a contributing factor for it's awesomeness. I don't know if you put it near a shot blocker but things are being tweaked to adjust this, to adjust it's firing angles.

[e-gon]

IMO its actually really strong at picking away at infantry and PAKs.  Sometimes I wonder if Dennis just buffs himself to counter my T2 Terror    I played against it in its current stage.  It has the range of a Flak 88, but instead of being good against tanks, its good against infantry.  I don't see how its useless at all.  In fact, the range on that thing is ridiculous.  It really creates a huge "no-mans land" for T2 units...

Maybe i just used it worng

[Killar]

the gun has to be targeted into the right direction. It doesnt autorotate.

[Cranialwizard]

the gun has to be targeted into the right direction. It doesnt autorotate.

Which is one of it's few flaws, the largest being its face360 and the 2nd being it's unreliability at close range.

[Major Hochstetter]

I play often with OBR and i like the design of this.
I used it like Cranialwizard said, relatively offensive near the front line and i think it works.

[Orle]

I Almost only play against AI so i wont talk that about balance and stuff. I like the 76mm cannon, its like a super mortar (dug in that is)
The sound it makes when firing is also good,as is the impact sounds(along with a nice explosion).

But i get some problems with the model, it looks kinda inside out if you know what i mean, don't know if this is just for me or for others as well

[Riggsman]

I Almost only play against AI so i wont talk that about balance and stuff. I like the 76mm cannon, its like a super mortar (dug in that is)
The sound it makes when firing is also good,as is the impact sounds(along with a nice explosion).

But i get some problems with the model, it looks kinda inside out if you know what i mean, don't know if this is just for me or for others as well

I agree about the design, looks "weak" without sandbags etc. It should be redesigned something like Bofors imho.

[Orle]

I Almost only play against AI so i wont talk that about balance and stuff. I like the 76mm cannon, its like a super mortar (dug in that is)
The sound it makes when firing is also good,as is the impact sounds(along with a nice explosion).

But i get some problems with the model, it looks kinda inside out if you know what i mean, don't know if this is just for me or for others as well

I agree about the design, looks "weak" without sandbags etc. It should be redesigned something like Bofors imho.

What i meant is that the barrel of the cannon looks strange, if you zoom in and look at it ingame i think you will see it. You can see the inside of the barrel, but not in through the muzzle but through the barrel itself.

[Speed]

It's a very decent gun, works well when backed up by MG nests & AT guns and also as some have mentioned, it can be effective bombarding the enemy's camp point. However, as it's on the RHS of propoganda doctrine (the much lesser picked of the sides), it's usually not until late game when you see it, by which time it struggles a bit holding off vet 3 Grens and KCH, not to mention panthers. I do believe it should be kept, as it's very unique, just I agree it does need to become easier to obtain, as you very rarely see one.

[BurroDiablo]

What i meant is that the barrel of the cannon looks strange, if you zoom in and look at it ingame i think you will see it. You can see the inside of the barrel, but not in through the muzzle but through the barrel itself.

Yes, that's a problem with the normals on the barrel, it's an easy fix and would have been fixed a long time ago if the 3DsMax RGM importer plugin didn't have problems importing the model.

[Dot.Shadow]

I dunno. It just doesn't do anything too well if you ask me. I'd much rather take another squad of navals or a light tank instead of it.