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General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: WolfSnipe on August 31, 2007, 09:02:05 PM
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i know this has been brought up but how bout this type of artillery
(http://friendswithpants.com/images/uploads/2007/02/dora-twin-rail-gun.jpg)
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i dont know i thought it said WW2 cause they did make them in WW1 and WW2 but the on in WW1 shot 1 round an hour cause it over heated somehting like that
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Originally posted by mensa180
I could be completely wrong, but isn't that from WWI and not WWII?
It's from WWII, not WWI. It's the Dora.
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Nevermind then, Happy to be corrected. I just seemed to remember it from something else.
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Originally posted by WolfSnipe
i know this has been brought up but how bout this type of artillery
(http://friendswithpants.com/images/uploads/2007/02/dora-twin-rail-gun.jpg)
now that would be a pain to get shot with :]
that'd bbe one plane that's never comin home.
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Would be fun for sure, but be more interested in the Wespe or some other tracked artillery that could deliver rounds against airfields and towns without having to see your target.
Most of them dont have armored protection for their crews so they would be easy targets if you had to get in a postion were you have to see your target. Would perhaps be hard to model tho because the land mode we have on ships would not work well enough unless they found a way were you can zoom in the clipboard map far enough to see individual structures. IF the latter could be implemented for GVs it would be alot of fun to uses them, and they would in no way be impossible to find if you could spot their rounds flying towards you.
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yea i dont think that gun would move fast lol prob shoot rounds of every 5 mins to cool down lol
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Originally posted by WolfSnipe
yea i dont think that gun would move fast lol prob shoot rounds of every 5 mins to cool down lol
It's more like a few shots per day, not per hour.
But it will take weeks to prepare a firing site before that...
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i'm in favor for the 105 artilerry really. I think they should be 15-25 perkies to use (with eny changing the value). I think they should be able to be towed by say an M3 or a jeep (give them another job) or air drop them from C-47's :O. How COOL would that be (i know that isn't practical, but how cool would it be???
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towed artillery would IMO be too fiddly and easy to kill.
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towed artillery would IMO be too fiddly and easy to kill.
Maybe, maybe not. Towed or self-propelled arty could be used realistically in AH with a few changes to the code perhaps. The use of forward observers, either a jeep/M3-M8 or even aircraft could be utilized for distance firing. Also, the ability to spawn near troop bases, radar, and fuel factories could boost the perspective of the game. I have used LVTR's Howitzer as arty on many occasions with good success. Of course, air cover would probably be required, that goes without saying, but a properly set "mission" with the items the game already has and a few "new" arty equipment pieces could be intresting to try. I think the potential is great if we can get the developers on the same page. I also think that if we did have arty....it would become popular. Case in point with the new B25. It is growing in popularity with GV killing and not necessarily for bombing. Some called it a "hanger queen"; maybe for some models, but one in particular is wrecking havoc with GV's as it is.
Field Artillery ought to be part of AH. It fits with the rest really, as does tanks and CV, etc. There could be a lot of uses and new strategies/tatics to be learned and it could possibly make the game more interesting....new targets and learning curve. It will help wittle down the "ho-hum" factor in time I think.
So...my "vote" is: Field Artillery (towed or self-propelled). :aok
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hey heres some more pics of artillery
this is the M7 howitzer also known as M7 priest
(http://fetco1.homestead.com/99348_20S2_20M7_20Priest_20OD_B_2010_20OClock.jpg)
and also this german Anti tank gun for fun on back of M3 being towed :D
its a PAK 40 75mm anti tank gun
(http://fetco1.homestead.com/files/PAK40335_.JPG)
and another type of howitzer
(http://www.avalanche.org/pictures/howitzer.jpg)
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:lol Playin with your toy soldiers in that second picture WolfSnipe?
Last pic is an american 105mm howitzer, and I say yes to artillery.
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ahh rgr no latrobe found it on Google lol :D
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The LVT has that 75mm howitzer, thats artillery right? plus it floats!
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but having LVTa4 is cool but it doesnt lock onto target in range like cv guns that would be colol and jus like artillery with range in corner tellin u degrees and range :D
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artillery with range in corner tellin u degrees and range
This would be nice as well, even better if one were to use a forward observer calling out range and effective fire. Those pics of artillery pieces above would be awesome to have in the game. Towed and self-propelled. ;) Having a anti-tank weapon (other than another tank) would just add to the fun and options of defense.
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thank you all for agreeing yes Anit Armor gun behind M3 would be great to mount up on Tank Town Mt along with Artillery piece for ranging tanks :)
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why not put a recoilless rifle on the jeep rather than the machine gun?
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The dora would be able to shoot from one HQ to the other. Artillery would be a very nice add.
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Originally posted by WolfSnipe
thank you all for agreeing yes Anit Armor gun behind M3 would be great to mount up on Tank Town Mt along with Artillery piece for ranging tanks :)
I dont agree at all. Dont want it.
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:aok :aok :aok
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Originally posted by cat691
why not put a recoilless rifle on the jeep rather than the machine gun?
Did they do that in WW2? I know it was done in Vietnam.
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Nilsen i could care less what you think i was talkin to the people that did agree with me
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Originally posted by WolfSnipe
Nilsen i could care less what you think i was talkin to the people that did agree with me
excellent! :aok
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Originally posted by Latrobe
:lol Playin with your toy soldiers in that second picture WolfSnipe?
Last pic is an american 105mm howitzer, and I say yes to artillery.
why not add option wing mount gun pods & rocket pods to
goons & sheep kidding what about grid overlay maps in the drop dwn menu with lon lat for F A C spotter arty? would be nice to see more Gv fighting and activitys on the killin floor
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I agree - add Arty to the game :aok
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we could just have an artillery emplacement at each base that can be used just like an ack gun using the shift w to have a forward observer say the coordinates or have them show up on text bar
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I thought the arty system in Dawn of Aces was pretty cool. Only certain planes (two seaters in DoA) could call in artillery from fixed bases. First you'ld call for a spotting round, then you'd call in range and aszmuth corrections. Once you got it spotted in, you'd call for barrage fire, again calling for corrections occationally to walk the barrages around the target. In addition to fixed batteries (which can be destroyed, and are captured when the base they're tied to is captured), allow a player to spawn a six-gun battery of towed arty. It would be a perked option, of course.