Adjustments to Field Cannons

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Stoickk
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Adjustments to Field Cannons

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After experimenting heavily with the Wehrmacht field artillery pieces, I have a couple of suggestions.

1. I have noticed that neither of the field artillery variants, the shorter gray model, and the larger camouflage model (I apologize, but I do not know the actual designations for either), are able to be reloaded via rifleman ammo boxes. I am not sure if this is working as intended, or if this is a limitation of the platform. If at all possible, implementing a way to reload these guns would be helpful.

2. I would suggest a much more pronounced drop on the projectile fired from both of these variants of field artillery. As it stands, there is little reason to ever adjust elevation past the first couple of shots because the trajectory of the rounds are so flat. This makes it very easy to hit targets within the field of view, and at the same time makes the weapons completely useless to engage targets beyond even the slightest rise in the terrain, including the low stone walls and road embankments.

3. Possibly, these weapons could use some type of deviation. During testing (to learn indirect fire capabilities of the field artillery pieces) last night, by way of a complete freak accident, I managed to hit a telephone pole (the wooden pole itself, not the ground near it) from approximately 1200 meters away. It scared the living hell out of the guy standing near it at the time. :D Just to see what would happen, I proceeded to fire four more shots without adjusting my aim at all. All four rounds hit the pole dead center at the same point of impact. I think that adding some deviation to this weapons platform would be in order.

I think that these suggestions would help to improve the usability of these weapons quite a bit, as well as adding to the fun factor.
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Re: Adjustments to Field Cannons

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yeah, it couldn't hurt from a LITTLE deviation
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and a BIT of drop...
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Don't worry, I'm not suggesting we turn them into true field artillery. ;)

Unless of course AD and the guys want to give the U.S. some P51 Mustangs on a carrier spawn for some air cover. That way they can have air support as they hit the beach, and the Wehrmacht can put all those flak guns to use. Hmm, now there's a thought... :twisted:
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I agree though, Some air support wouldn't hurt. If Afterdune wanted to couldn't he use the planes from Forgotten Hope 2?
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On another note though Afterdune, I really like the Mod though. WWII mods are my favorite, along with Vietnam ones. Thanks again.
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No airplanes models are avaible and the mod won't have airplanes anytime soon. Maybe waaaaaaay later if there's enough support and if models are avaible.

Also, the US have a hotwizer cannon model avaible. Might see it's use in another map.
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Too bad. Air support would be beautiful. That being said, Project Normandy is absolutely amazing. I have had an absolute blast with it thus far, and can't wait to see where it goes. :D

Back on topic though, adding drop, combined with the maximum elevation of the guns will limit the maximum range of the guns. That, combined with the lack of sights, fire solution calculator, etc., will keep them from being used as fixed mortars.
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Has been noted.

Regarding planes, there are some German planes we can use from BGF, but there are no plans to incorporate them as of yet.
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I appreciate the feedback. Just an idea, but the U.S. howitzer model would make a beautiful deployable AT position. Those were towed in by trucks in the first place, so having them "dug in" once a truck brings in crates wouldn't be that much of a stretch. It would make an interesting counter to Wehrmacht Pumas and Halftracks. If you wanted to balance it on the Wehrmacht side, the smaller field cannon could be repurposed to a deployable AT position as well, and leave the larger one as the fixed cannon. Just an idea.

As for the planes, it would be really cool, but I understand that it is a lot of work. Given the amount of time and effort that you guys have already put into this, I know that I would be more than happy to wait. They would be a great addition though. Something about watching those guys diving through quad cannon fire for strafing runs on entrenched Wehrmacht infantry just seems epic in my mind. 8)
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Stoickk wrote:I appreciate the feedback. Just an idea, but the U.S. howitzer model would make a beautiful deployable AT position. Those were towed in by trucks in the first place, so having them "dug in" once a truck brings in crates wouldn't be that much of a stretch. It would make an interesting counter to Wehrmacht Pumas and Halftracks. If you wanted to balance it on the Wehrmacht side, the smaller field cannon could be repurposed to a deployable AT position as well, and leave the larger one as the fixed cannon. Just an idea.

As for the planes, it would be really cool, but I understand that it is a lot of work. Given the amount of time and effort that you guys have already put into this, I know that I would be more than happy to wait. They would be a great addition though. Something about watching those guys diving through quad cannon fire for strafing runs on entrenched Wehrmacht infantry just seems epic in my mind. 8)
The smaller one? No the Pak40 (the biggest one) would be a match. A howtizer shoots 105mm and a Pak40 shoots 75mm.
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I was thinking of the smaller 57mm field cannon, which was largely used in WWII as a towed AT gun by infantry units. It was used as a replacement for the 37mm field gun, as the 37mm only had an armor penetration of 50cm, compared to the M1 Bazooka which could penetrate 100cm. Thanks for the clarification though. :)
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