Artillery?

[Tank-Ace]

Goto a CV, and start firing away at the town with the 5" (127mm) guns. Its much more difficult and time consuming than using the 8" ers.

[skorpion]

Goto a CV, and start firing away at the town with the 5" (127mm) guns. Its much more difficult and time consuming than using the 8" ers.

im sure once you get a range, its alot easier, bigger doesnt always mean better. and those 5" guns kill town buildings in 1 hit, wether its close splash damage or if its a direct hit. also, who says that the arty will be the same as a CV aiming mode?

[Tank-Ace]

If you want to use a 105mm gun as a direct fire cannon, then go start your own thread and ask for the 105mm Sherman. This thread is about artillery for the purpose of beyond visual range fire.


And my point is that while you can kill buildings with it, its very difficult to target a specific area of town. Granted you are moving, but you're rarely further out than 8000yds or so. Now imagine trying to target a specific cluster of buildings at 7 1/2 miles.

[skorpion]

If you want to use a 105mm gun as a direct fire cannon, then go start your own thread and ask for the 105mm Sherman. This thread is about artillery for the purpose of beyond visual range fire.


And my point is that while you can kill buildings with it, its very difficult to target a specific area of town. Granted you are moving, but you're rarely further out than 8000yds or so. Now imagine trying to target a specific cluster of buildings at 7 1/2 miles.

i dont think the OP was asking to fire from that extreme of a distance.

[Tank-Ace]

You've reached that conclusion because.....?


Depending on what your aiming at (town or base) and what direction your spawning in from, 7 1/2 miles isn't enough range to hit the target.

For example, on NDisles, if you spawn in from A1 heading towards V2, you would be out of range. If you drive much closer than your maxiumum range, you'll be under fire from their spawn heading toward V1.

[skorpion]

You've reached that conclusion because.....?


Depending on what your aiming at (town or base) and what direction your spawning in from, 7 1/2 miles isn't enough range to hit the target.

For example, on NDisles, if you spawn in from A1 heading towards V2, you would be out of range. If you drive much closer than your maxiumum range, you'll be under fire from their spawn heading toward V1.

so you dont want to do any work other than kill your engine and start dropping shells?

[Tank-Ace]

I don't mind work. Aiming a shell at a 10m x 10m square from 8 miles back isn't what I'd call easy. But I don't want to have to have a spotter overhead adjust my fire onto each little cluster of buildings.