Hey everyone,
Welcome to Dev Brief #127!
This week we're delving further into the arsenal that will be available to Soviet forces when Update 10 arrives later this year. We're also in a position to give a first peek at what we're moving towards with the upcoming armour overhaul. This is still in progress dev side, so as we move towards finishing this substantial task we'll share more details and depth on the changes with you!
Right then, lets take a look at the first primary weapon that will be available for the Soviet Machinegunner role, the DP-27!
The DP-27
The DP-27, developed by Vasily Degtyarov, was the primary light machine gun of the Soviet Union in WW2. An earlier light machine gun designed in the inter-war period, the DP-27 nonetheless proved itself capable on the battlefield and served with the Soviet armed forces for over 30 years.
The DP-27 fed from a 47-round pan-shaped magazine and shared its full-power ammunition with the Mosin-Nagant family of rifles. Affectionately known as the “record player,” it put reliable automatic firepower in the hands of rifle sections. Tankers would also use the Degtyarov machine gun in a form modified to fit the cramped fighting compartments of Soviet armor. This DT variant used a different type of magazine and featured a collapsible stock.
Fierce combat on the eastern front made apparent some of the weaknesses of the DP-27. The bipod was relatively flimsy and the recoil spring was awkwardly placed, causing the weapon to malfunction as it heated up. Furthermore, while the pan magazine was successful in reliably feeding rimmed ammunition, it did so at the cost of being both awkwardly shaped and somewhat fragile. Being magazine fed also limited its firepower compared to the opposition's MG34 and MG42 belt-fed machine guns.
The reliability issues of the DP would be addressed in the wartime DPM variant, and the design would finally be converted to feed from belts in the post-war RP-46.
In Hell Let Loose, the DP-27 will be the backbone of the Soviet Machinegunner role. Due to it’s relatively low capacity magazine compared with its German counterparts, the DP-27 is best used from the deployed position. With a clean sight picture and lower rate of fire, it’s an easy weapon to move from target to target while delivering pinpoint accuracy. The DP-27 will be the first primary weapon for the Soviet Machinegunner role.
Video Content Competition ReminderWe continue to get some great submissions for the video content competition. Again If you are unsure what that is, you can find all the details in
Developer Briefing #124.
We want to thank everyone who has made a submission so far. A reminder that the last day for submissions is May 17th! So one more weekend to get these in. We will start to share these via our channels shortly.
If you have made a submission, you may receive an email asking for the original file, so please make sure to save this.
Armour UpdateWe want to share with you some insight into what the Armour rework will involve. We will have a more in depth view in an upcoming Dev Brief, but this is a total overhaul to remove the instances where projectiles will clip on smaller external geometry and cause one hit kills or points of invulnerability.
Here you can see what the new hitboxes look like.
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Onwards to the weekend!That wraps up this week's Dev Brief, thanks for taking the time to check it out!
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Have a great weekend everyone!
See you on the frontline.
