Maxim M1910/30 medium machine gun

[s.Pz.Abt.]

I have detected a technical problem with the Maxim M1910/30 medium machine gun. Soldiers can repair it but cannot occupy it. I don't know if it has happened to more people. Could the game developers fix the problem?

[Saxhorn]

In Conquest?

There are pre-placed defender MGs in Conquest later in the campaign.

You can't crew these weapons because you aren't meant to be able to capture them.

You can take the repair kit and ammo from them.

[Jazzwingo]

Originally posted by Saxhorn:

In Conquest?

There are pre-placed defender MGs in Conquest later in the campaign.

You can't crew these weapons because you aren't meant to be able to capture them.

You can take the repair kit and ammo from them.

You can crew every other weapon though, but somehow it's only the HMG that you can't. For me it's the M1917.

[Dick__Dastardly]

Saxhorn is saying it's not the specific type, but rather how the weapon got there. There can be pre-placed MGs that are part of the defense group for a given point, as you will have with the defensive options researched. Those cannot be captured while those that spawn in as part of the enemy mobile/main force can be captured. My last battle there were 3 MG-42s at the end, 1 was capturable, 2 that were part of the defenses were not.

It ultimately comes down to how they're created in the editor. There's a property for "vehicles" (includes mg, mortar AT guns etc.) and whether they can be recrewed/captured.

[Saxhorn]

If the MG was placed there by AI:Defender you can't capture it.
It's sort of like a part of the map.

If the MG was spawned by the AI:Heroic / AI:Hard / AI:Normal / AI:Easy then it's a standard MG that you can capture and keep.

You'll find the same things happens with AI : Defender Laffette MG34s if you play as USSR.

DD has mentioned this just above in their reply.

[s.Pz.Abt.]

The problem lies in the dynamic campaign skirmishes where the Maxim M1910/30 medium machine gun is part of the enemy mobile/main force and cannot be captured, only repaired by soldiers. With the MG-42 there is no problem.

[Saxhorn]

Please post a photo of the dead gun crew who will probably be dead next to or under the gun. Activate show corpses and take a screenshot whilst hovering over the bodies called MG Crew or MG Crew Assist.