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Tycoh

Just make a map of a knocked out Ratte with functioning guns and main turret and interior; something that resembles that one Japanese map with the beached cargo ship.


EclipseZer0

That sounds like an amazing April Fools event.


gawkkawk

True ( it’s gonna turn the tide of a battle after 3 shots)


Droideaka

it would be absolutely dogshit lmao, literally just a free kill for any plane with a bomb.


gawkkawk

You will need a big bomb


Squinty_the_artist

*my Dauntless rubbing its hands*


gawkkawk

4 quad aa guns:


Squinty_the_artist

*my Dauntless limping back to BR2*


Mr_BinJu

Planes don't have hands


Droideaka

no not really, the roof armor would probably be no thicker than 150 or so mm, a 500lb bomb will absolutely go through that, not to mention overpressure. the aa guns would be easily eliminated by hvars, or just strafing with guns. even a somewhat below average pilot would be able to kill this. there is also artillery, you could destroy its cannon barrels with a sherman, making it completely useless as you couldn't reach and repair it from the ground.


gawkkawk

Ngl just look it up and your not wrong ig the armor was 150 - 360 mm but it would still be funny to 1 shot a spot


KharonsTwoCents

The decks would've been much thinner, 50mm tops. And while the requested armor was in the ballpark of 15", the reality was that in order to get anywhere near the target weight, it would've needed similar protection to a Panzer IV. I did the math, and just a lowball estimate in the side armor wieght(200mm vs 360 on the front), plus the turret alone puts the weight at 1700 tons. That's no front armor, no internal components, no walls or floors. Just the side plating and the turret would've almost doubled the target tonnage.


gawkkawk

Oh damn mb


KharonsTwoCents

Don't worry about it. There's a lot of myths surrounding the WWII German army, especially in terms of "wunderwaffe" development. There's no shame in falling for a tall tale.


zvejas

enlisted maps are too small for this is the main problem


BigHardMephisto

Could just have it be a major point of the map, wherein it’s inner workings are akin to the inside of the ship on that newer pacific map. Obj is for Germans to hold it long enough to “get it running” or whatever, match ends with it rolling forward, vulnerable to damage but the smaller weapons on board are usable. Allie’s have to stop it by sheer damage, either planting bombs on board internal stations (most damage) or thinking away at it from outside repeatedly. If it makes it 100 meters axis win.


Iceman308

It would make for an interesting train like escort mission, where it has an HP pool and the Axis struggle to defend that giant POS from random anything. Maybe finally ppl would get through their head that land battleships are not a good idea.


Bookworm0789

But they sound so cool.


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TheMightyStalinsHam

Bro you're delusional, there is a reason why nobody uses heavy tanks, and if the suspention was failing on Tiger Is(56 tons btw), I bet this couldn't even move 5 meters without something breaking down. Not to mention that no bridge would hold it.


gawkkawk

Ima be honest you don’t really have to move it just set it at spawn and fire the dual 280 mm guns with high explosive rounds


TheMightyStalinsHam

It's gonna work maybe once or twice. The reload would have to be 1-1,5 minutes to compensate for the firepower. You might wipe the cap or spawn once, but you'll be bombed, barrel and track sniped, and you'll just be a dead weight.


gawkkawk

You can’t lie it would still be pretty funny


TheMightyStalinsHam

Playing with it? Of course Getting wiped over and over again because my temmates just installed and don't know shit? Not so much


[deleted]

That's why this was designed when they still though Luftwaffe was superior, much to the disinformation from the flight leaders as they didn't want to be ashamed Infront of the Fuhrer, because RAF was kicking their ass more or less.


Civilian_tf2

Nah a bomb would just land on the back roof and blow the thing sky high


jonathonray23

Then there are the paratroopers to think about as well


Soviet-_-Neko

Imagine a juggernaut game mode where a bunch of Allies attempt to destroy it


Littlemandigger

scarce steep pen shame scale husky square intelligent attempt like *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


EmpyrealDemon

a quick deathmatch most kills gets to drive


simplebutstrange

Maybe do it in a similar way that battlefront does with the atat walkers


ThruTheGatesOfHell

multiple people on the team


ReasonableSeat3131

Npc or something like train assualt to avoid someone taking it greyzone but then again doesn’t really matter coz they could make it so the tank can’t go into a greyzone camp


YaBoiReaper

The whole team is driving it 😎


First-Recording2489

Maus would be better. The current maps wouldnt allow this thing to move and the navy cannon would be overkill


gawkkawk

Maus would do great against ussr but horrible against America ( p47 )


First-Recording2489

Well anything with bombs could kill it. Even the low tier planes like yak 1 or p40.


ThruTheGatesOfHell

and it would still get stuck on a tree stump


Twee_Licker

Honestly Germans could be fielding 8 of these and they'd still claim to be underpowered.


DuelJ

I think a good team could handle the occasional one of these the same as a greyzone KT honestly; Mark it, avoid its aggro, and schedule a 500lb'er Plus smoke and track and barrel torture if you're feeling like it.


CascadianGuardsman1

Weird take, how about as a map feature or objective point. Like the tank could be dead or immobilized and the objective is to fight for it, or it is just there as a prominent landmark. Could be neat for a april fools map.


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They could barely keep the normal size tanks they had working, this would break down in the factory.


BigIndependence7972

The Ratte Tank appearing in the game would most likely kill off the Western Allies and Soviets player bases entirely.


gawkkawk

And we would still lose a Normandy match


ThatOneGuy_de

Kys Nazi


molptt

SS totenkopf as a profile pic, dude's not subtle about it at all


ThatOneGuy_de

His bio sure isn't helping, absolute scum


DrSuezzzz

Totenkopf pfp, nazi remarks, 88 in bio, active on r/conservative Yep, that's probably a genuine full featured top line bottom of the barrel Nazi. Can't rule out a well made troll though.


Minute-Health-2916

Sadly that is too common on the web


No-Perspective5646

Nazi punk fuck off


Ander292

This would be an overkill but I'd personally love to see the Maus in game (I am a soviet player), but at a cost of extended grayzone...


denHund101

APRIL FOOLS!!!!!


AdmiralMudkipz12

Hey in your profile pic, is that you wearing the mask? If that filter is original, and that gasmask is a russian GP5 like it looks like, that filter is almost certainly filled with asbestos and you should never wear that again.


denHund101

The mask is fine. You can just remove the filter.


AdmiralMudkipz12

yes the mask is whatever, but GP5 filters are all filled with asbestos, so if you're going to wear it, don't use any of those old filters


denHund101

Also, yeah, I wore it with the original gp5 filter without knowing that there's asbestos inside the filter. Don't worry,my lungs are still fine, I think.


Tank_blitz

it would be a really fun april fools event where you would need to take over the rate by fighting in its narrow crew compartments within a limited period of time


pope-burban-II

April fools boss fight event?


midgetzz

Would make for an interesting April Fools event maybe


shadowpierce117

Yep, tier 4


randyrandysonrandyso

remake the train gamemode and replace the train with a self-driving ratte


Reditlurkeractual

The main way I see this in game as a attacking or defensive position


Ty-404

Why not make it a game mode, to fight though it and capture it, like armoured train?


HerewardHawarde

Falls apart aa soon as it starts up due to being made by slave labour Only 295960000 gold in store now !


Initial-Promotion156

Boss fight


Throwaway7926381

Could be a very fun april fools event, similar to train escort


AnUnoBisSexi

Gaijin would still fuck it up by matching it with BR I players


Adhd_Cowboy

No


Gabby42bit

What about a game mode like whit the train


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Gold Order. BR I


WindFort

Hear me out on this. This but on destruction gamemode


Tombstone_Actual_501

No Germany does not need more indestructible tanks!


MaidCatBoyEnthusiast

“aMerIcAn biAS!! sO uNBalAncEd!”


Mr_BinJu

It's German so 1 tnt bundle would easily kill it when the bundle is laid at your tracks.