05.01.2009, 06:12
Gents,
I am a REAL artilleryman by trade. 13M, US Army. What you are failing to realize is that the longest range artillery in WWII were either Ships (16" guns or better) at appx 25-30 Miles, (Over the Horizon), or the very large artillery pieces that Germany tried using such as the Paris Gun.
Standard artillery, 105-155mm only have a max range of about 19-24km (11-14miles) respectively. (That's with unassisted rounds). The 75-88mm guns are only out to about 10-15km (6-9miles).
** Unassisted rounds are rounds that are fired with normal propellant.
** Assisted rounds are rounds that have a rocket boster. Commonlly called a RAP round (Rocket Assisted Projectile).
From What I've seen in game so far, the ranges of the guns is pretty dead on. The ranges I've given you are for modern Artillery, which has even better range than it's predecessors of WWII except for Naval Gunfire. The rounds used on Battleships then and into the early 90's when all the Iowa Class BB's were decommissioned, was unchanged from WWII to 1992.
I am a REAL artilleryman by trade. 13M, US Army. What you are failing to realize is that the longest range artillery in WWII were either Ships (16" guns or better) at appx 25-30 Miles, (Over the Horizon), or the very large artillery pieces that Germany tried using such as the Paris Gun.
Standard artillery, 105-155mm only have a max range of about 19-24km (11-14miles) respectively. (That's with unassisted rounds). The 75-88mm guns are only out to about 10-15km (6-9miles).
** Unassisted rounds are rounds that are fired with normal propellant.
** Assisted rounds are rounds that have a rocket boster. Commonlly called a RAP round (Rocket Assisted Projectile).
From What I've seen in game so far, the ranges of the guns is pretty dead on. The ranges I've given you are for modern Artillery, which has even better range than it's predecessors of WWII except for Naval Gunfire. The rounds used on Battleships then and into the early 90's when all the Iowa Class BB's were decommissioned, was unchanged from WWII to 1992.
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