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Old 10-22-2019, 07:57 PM
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I'm not sure whether I got it from Maxim's site, but I did find enough to generate MG 18 TuF stats (it probably was his site, since I do check on it occasionally, but I'm bad about tracking where I get technical data).

MG 18 Tank und Flieger
Wt. 37 kg (+86 kg tripod), Mag 75B or 50
ROF 5, Dam 9, Pen 2-3-4, Bulk 11, SS 5/1, Burst 11/3, Range 211*

*Range does not include tripod modifier

It's marginally better than the T-Gewehr:
Dam 9 instead of 8, so very slightly better penetration
ROF 5 and either 50 or 75 rounds instead of SS and 1 round
About 10 meters more range, plus a tripod instead of bipod
On the down side, much heavier than the T-Gewehr at 123 kg instead of 17.2 kg.

After those two weapons, nothing I've done so far is above Dam 4 (the US's shotguns would be Dam 5 if they had slug, but they were only ever issued 00 shot). The MG 18 is going to be virtually immobile on the battlefield, but if they could have been fit into Beutepanzer in place of the 6-pdr they could have been very useful as a rapid-firing anti-tank and anti-infantry weapon.
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