Field Artillary

[smedddd]

This might be easier to implement. It's on a Panzer IV chassis which we already have in game. I think it's calles "DAS BRUMBAR". (Sorry Lusche, my German sucks)



While you're looking; can anyone ID this little gem??
This isn't a quiz....I don't know what it is either.



V/R and <S>, LTARjink

[smedddd]

Triple post...sorry

[smedddd]

Sorry again

[Cavelife]

I think artillery would be killer, Also:  maybe a more detailed grid system. One that could be used for navigation (show elevations and the like) and..... used so that fire could be directed from artillery or tanks to specific/moving targets out of sight. If such a system already exists I apologise.

[RaptorL]

The addition of Field artillery is a great idea. What about adding a towed Nebelwerfer.Here is a short clip of a set of Nebelwerfer's in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34xz-WPVZqg

[Penguin]

Well, what about the problem of about 30 of those things popping up out of nowhere and blasting a base to smithernees in minutes.  There is no defense against something like that, as it delivers a bomber-size payload without the bomber-size wait. 

There should be some kind of a wait on those things, or perhaps a warning before you come.  Perhaps the user should have to wait five minutes after clicking to get there, and during that time a warning would be sent to the side in question.  Heavy perking would be nessecary as well.
                             
-Penguin                       

[RaptorL]

Well, what about the problem of about 30 of those things popping up out of nowhere and blasting a base to smithernees in minutes.  There is no defense against something like that, as it delivers a bomber-size payload without the bomber-size wait. 

There should be some kind of a wait on those things, or perhaps a warning before you come.  Perhaps the user should have to wait five minutes after clicking to get there, and during that time a warning would be sent to the side in question.  Heavy perking would be nessecary as well.
                             
-Penguin                       

That takes away suprise attacks Penguin. Why not have it when the artillery's first shot hits the base or town, the Base alarm will go off.

[Penguin]

That seems like a good idea, maybe even a special warning for the strike: Something like, "Base Under Shelling".
There just needs to be a bit of warning, since it could be used in a giant horde.  The perking should be in the 30's though, do to the stopping power of the rounds.  (Hint: You only need to hit the tread to make it go boom)

-Penguin

[hibbie2]

There are already a lot of German tanks how about the M18 Hellcat 40+ mph and a 76mm tank busting gun



In service 1944-1957 (USA)
Specifications
Weight 17.7 tonnes (39,000 lb)
Length 6.68 m (21.9 ft) (with gun)
5.28 m (17.3 ft) (without gun)
Width 2.87 m (9.4 ft)
Height 2.57 m (8.4 ft)
Crew 5 (Commander, gunner, loader, driver, co-driver)

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Armor 5 to 25 mm (0.2 to 1.0 in)
Primary
armament 1× 76 mm (76.2 mm) M1A1 gun
45 rounds
Secondary
armament 1× .50 cal M2HB machine gun
800 rounds
Engine Continental R-975-C4, 9-cylinder, radial piston gasoline engine
340 hp (253 kW)
Power/weight 18.9 hp/tonne
Suspension Torsion bar
Operational
range 168 km (105 mi)

[AWwrgwy]

I really shouldn't do this....:





wrongway

[321BAR]

ive brought the idea of land sp or stationary field artie up many many many many ohh and many times... im still backing it 

[Templar]

+1 for mobile artillery, especially Bishop, and Hummel. In addition +1 for the M-18!

[Scotty55OEFVet]

155s werent used till modern wars like desert storm i think and also Im pretty sure there was already a post about this, I think it was mine.....

155mm Paladins were used during hte Vietnam War.  Read your history books.  Not sure if they were called Paladins, but US gave a bunch of them to the ARVN. 

[saantana]

Inaccurate.  The M12 GMC was a self-propelled 155mm artillery piece fielded by the U.S. Army in WWII.  the gun was a m1917 or m1918, both derived from the French 155mm GPF of WWI mounted on an M3 (Grant/Lee) hull with M4 suspension.  There was also the towed 155mm M1/M2 gun, the famed "Long Tom".  Later the m1/m2 was mounted on a M4 chassis & designated the M40 GMC, aka "King Kong" and saw service beginning in Korea, except for one single M40 that made it to Europe before the end of WWII.

But anyhow, IMHO, artillery would not be a good idea for AH at this juncture.

Do you just pull all of this info out of your bottom or do you obtain it from a reliable source and copy it?

No pun intended. I just wish sources were quoted more often.

 

[Puck]

The mission of the field artillery is to kill as many godless communist bastards [ROOKS] and their subhuman immoral cohorts [BISHOPS] as possible with the least expenditure of munitions, and to coordinate all supporting fires so as to restore cave-dwelling as the default form of habitation in the former-communist region.

+1.  Knight only, of course, because Knights are brave and pure and true and all-around great people and would never use this new technology without just cause.  No LTARs at all, though