Skryabin Wrote:Besides Degtyarev DP/DPM machine gun (adopted as an standard LMG of Red Army in 1927 and modernised in 1943-44 to became DPM) is not represented in the game at all, though it was very common during WW2.
I'm not sure that it's correct to say the DP is not represented in the game at all. It is probably present as part of the organic firepower of various Soviet infantry units. Not every machine gun type will be represented by separate and distinct MG units. Similarly, MG 42s and 34s are present not only in separate machine gun platoons but as part of the organic firepower of some German infantry units. That's one reason why German infantry has such ferocious firepower and is so bloody hard to close with.
Skryabin Wrote:I am just preparing for 1945 scenario and my Guards (!) MG platoon is equipped with Maxim. A little a... funny? Wouldn' it be nice to equip at least Guards MG platoons with Degtyarev mg? I think that would shift the balance slightly closer to realism, wouldn't it?
You're right about that, the DShK 1938 is perhaps the MG they should be equipped with, if they are heavy MG platoons. I wonder though if you're not confusing the DShK 1938 with the Degtaryev?? -- he (Degtaryev) did design both, but they are very different weapons. I don't think the Degtaryev -- the cheap drum-fed contraption -- has quite the firepower you may imagine.
/TJD
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