Author Topic: Ooooo...Arty... (Read 656 times)

OOZ662 · « **on:** October 18, 2004, 07:24:26 PM »

I haven't really reasearched, this just popped into my mind.

I think it'd be awsome to have towed artillary introduced into AH as a GV.

I'm not talking something like in WB3 and THC's BoB(basically one of the WB3 ripoffs) where you order in arty and tell the dweebs firing where to land their next shot, I mean a player driven GV.

Arty would be great as an innacurate GV defender and a standoff base attacker. It wouldn't be fair to have it work like a tankgun, nobody'd last longer than ten seconds in a GV. Rather have it work only in the "land mode" and "sea mode" like a portable CV gun so that you can't really sight it directly in, but you could shell down a base from a distance or shell in and around a GV spawn.

Thoughts?

Raptor · « **Reply #1 on:** October 18, 2004, 08:18:06 PM »

this is something i'de like to see itroduced, but the ability to give coordinates along with it. press something like cntrl q and pull up clipboard and you see X and Y coordinates on the map where your cursor is. Be able to shoot at an enemy without directly seeing it (have someone in a tank give you estimated coordinates of enemy location)

J_A_B · « **Reply #2 on:** October 18, 2004, 08:54:25 PM »

I seem to recall the M-16 was originally supposed to have a towed Howitzer

J_A_B

wojo71 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 18, 2004, 09:59:24 PM »

I was just thinking about this same thing the other day! In ww2 they had the m7 priest sp howitzer with a 105 mm main gun .50 mg for aa defence . In game use I was thinking you would drive in the woods hide under a treeline or in a clearing and have somebody in the air or closer to target spoting your rounds for you. Also with a howitzer you could hide behind hills and rain steel death on the target. ....Artillery............. .the king of battle!

WOJO 13bravo= ****2/35 field artillery.**** 24th inf ( 87-89)

OOZ662 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 18, 2004, 10:11:32 PM »

Glad to see I haven't been flamed yet

I never thought of the coordinates on the map idea, that rocks!

Octavius · « **Reply #5 on:** October 18, 2004, 10:26:47 PM »

A Storch for arty spotters would be nice. I actually think Pyro mentioned this a looooong time ago.

Octavius · « **Reply #6 on:** October 18, 2004, 10:31:19 PM »

Found it here:

"Fi 156- I think it'd be a lot of fun to fly with such a radically different flight envelope. It could be useful for artillery spotting when working out of a vehicle base."

Sabre · « **Reply #7 on:** October 21, 2004, 02:15:20 PM »

I talked to HiTech about this at the Con a year ago or two. He said Pyro had a towed arty piece he was looking at adding, probably towed by one of the half-tracks. Nothing since then, though. It would be cool to model the German 88, as it could be used for AAA, traditional artillery, and as a direct-fire anti-tank weapon. Notice that a lot of V-bases have revetments, which would make an ideal place to set up the arty.

vorticon · « **Reply #8 on:** October 21, 2004, 03:51:42 PM »

i would definatly support its implementation, my grandad was a artillery gunner in india.

Pyro · « **Reply #9 on:** October 21, 2004, 06:47:44 PM »

Actually, I"m more inclined towards self-propelled artillery. I wouldn't mind fixed artillery being available at bases. It will take some thought to put it in the game. They'll most likely need different spawn points so you can't just spawn in range of a target.

As far as spotting aircraft in the MA, I think I would go with the Lysander instead of the Storch.

Rafe35 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 21, 2004, 07:01:09 PM »

Reschke · « **Reply #11 on:** October 21, 2004, 10:37:40 PM »

I kind of like the idea of stationary artillery at a spawn point type of area...maybe call it a firebase...yeah I know it wasn't something they did in WW2 but at least you could then direct say 1 to 3 batteries of guns to fire on targets.

Conversely the SP idea is pretty cool since all sides had some very effective SP Artillery in WW2.

gunnss · « **Reply #12 on:** October 21, 2004, 10:37:45 PM »

The "Tube" would need some kind of T&E so that you could elevate and traverse the Gun in a repetable manner.

Call for fire!, 1 Round HE @ X-Y

OTW

Round short and left, Up 5 left 2

OTW

round left, Left 1

OTW

On Target Fire For Effect 12 rounds!

Shot out.

Target destroyed......

Gunns