ground vehicles More German Track upgrades?

[Schleifer_ger 427]

Hello, I would like to discuss the possibility of further German track upgrades.

Almost any vehicle in the Wehrmacht had the possibility to add track upgrades.

I guess most of you already heared about the Ostketten, but additionally

 Panzer III and Panzer IV could use Hammerstollen and Mittelstollen to provide more traction in mud or snowy terrain.

 

Panthers and tigers had their versions of Mittelstollen, too.

Tigers could even use 3 Mittelstollen on each tracklink.

 

 

All pictures are taken from the book "Panzerketten" by Dr. Peter Schwarzmann, ISBN-978-3-943883-00-8

[CokeSpray 7,274]

Open for discussion.

I would recommend expanding your idea a bit further and explaining why such an upgrade would be necessary and what benefits it would bring to the vehicles this could be used on. Your current suggestion is just proposing an idea without giving a good explanation of why this would be a good addition to the game,other than the reason that it was used by certain vehicles.

 

However,if the advice above isn't followed after 48 hours,the suggestion will be closed as it's deemed incomplete.

[Schleifer_ger 427]

I thought this could be a good way to personalize tanks to the players liking.

On soft terrain these track attachments provide more traction making the tanks more maneuverable.

The downside is that when using these attachments on hard terrain like streets the track will have less traction and therefore be less maneuverable.

Depending on what map you are playing on and what route you want to use you can choose to fit these attachments or not.

 

These attachments could be researchable via the tank-tech-tree and fitted like camouflage just before spawning on the map.

[vikingrGER 2,124]

Support it. The Winterketten and Ostketten could also be part of that.

 

 

Edited September 12, 2016 by vikingrGER

[Wilhuff_Tarkin_ 467]

+1

[Nell_Lucifer 927]

Would be quite good for the Panzer IV +1

[ALIEN109 1,321]

Finally in 1.99

[Solarmod 1,204]

1 hour ago, ALIEN109 said:

Finally in 1.99

Wait what?

[ALIEN109 1,321]

4 hours ago, Solarmod said:

Wait what?

The following vehicles have received the Ostketten (“eastern tracks”) modification to change the default tracks to special tracks with increased width:

• Jagdpanzer IV

• Nashorn

• Panzer IV/70(V)

• Pz.IV Ausf.E

• Pz.IV Ausf.F

• Pz.IV Ausf.F2

• Pz.IV Ausf.G

• Pz.IV Ausf.H

• Pz.IV Ausf.J

• StuG.III Ausf.F

• StuG.III Ausf.G

• StuH.III Ausf.G

[Chomusuke1 1,221]

Why no Panzer III?

 

[Solarmod 1,204]

On 17/05/2020 at 01:02, ALIEN109 said:

The following vehicles have received the Ostketten (“eastern tracks”) modification to change the default tracks to special tracks with increased width:

• Jagdpanzer IV

• Nashorn

• Panzer IV/70(V)

• Pz.IV Ausf.E

• Pz.IV Ausf.F

• Pz.IV Ausf.F2

• Pz.IV Ausf.G

• Pz.IV Ausf.H

• Pz.IV Ausf.J

• StuG.III Ausf.F

• StuG.III Ausf.G

• StuH.III Ausf.G

 I didn't see this when I looked around the dev server, then again, I was checking out the new vehicles  

Edited June 19, 2020 by Solarmod
Why did I say boats

[Ghostmaxi 873]

What About pzbeflswg IV J?

[markojustas 12]

I like new Ostketten tracks ...and just looks super cool ...just to add couple pictures for my favorite tank Hetzer with Ostketten as this pictures are hard to find 

Also Ostketten tracks are missing for Panzer IV/70(A)

[Chomusuke1 1,221]

 

Edited June 10, 2020 by Chomusuke1

[ThedepthPunisher 194]

14 hours ago, markojustas said:

I like new Ostketten tracks ...and just looks super cool ...just to add couple pictures for my favorite tank Hetzer with Ostketten as this pictures are hard to find 

Also Ostketten tracks are missing for Panzer IV/70(A)

 

The hetzer with this is just beautiful! I hope it will be added! 

[player62514 607]

Shouldn't the pz III M have it too?

[ALIEN109 1,321]

“Winterketten” chassis modification has been added for the following vehicles:

• Pz.III E
• Pz.III F
• Pz.III J
• Pz.III J1
• Pz.III L
• Pz.III M - with removed protection screens on the hull. 
• Pz.III N - with removed protection screens on the hull.

 

Spoiler

 

Edited August 22, 2020 by ALIEN109

[Milocat 4,857]

I'm happy to see more of these added to the game.  

 

I know that wider tracks tend to improve handling and make the tank less likely to get stuck in the mud but what exactly is the difference between the ostketten and the winterketten?

[ALIEN109 1,321]

From what I understood

Oostketen were made for mud

Winterketten for snow

 

The visual difference is a small diagonal metal strut (gripping bar) seen on the extension on the Winterketten

 

https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=79855

[Milocat 4,857]

2 hours ago, ALIEN109 said:

From what I understood

Oostketen were made for mud

Winterketten for snow

 

The visual difference is a small diagonal metal strut (gripping bar) seen on the extension on the Winterketten

 

https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=79855

 

I understand now.  Thank you!  

[Ghostmaxi 873]

Also Ostketten are wider and have the small Extension while the winterketten are just normal with a small extention

[leroyonly 4,311]

As both the Ostketten and Winterketten have now been added as per update 1.101 Raining Fire,

 

Moved to Implemented Suggestions.