"About Artillery" Topic
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Tango01 | 03 Oct 2016 10:07 p.m. PST |
If you like the Artillery… this is the link you want to read… "From the beginning of human civilization, the use of various long-range weaponry has existed, allowing hunters to attack their target from a safer distance. That quest has gone from throwing stones, to the catapult, to ancient Chinese rockets and primitive cannonry that shook the walls of castles, all the way to modern computerized field cannons and rockets that suppress vast territory in lethality unknown to warfare previously. Modern artillery is composed of self-propelled platforms that fire shells and rockets to towed field cannons that continue the age old role of traditional artillery. On the horizon, directed and kinetic energy could alter the abilities and lethality of artillery from land, air, sea, and even space. While artillery is still an important component of modern warfare, it is rarely represented in science fiction. In this blogpost, FWS will going over the basics of artillery and its confused role in science fiction. Please note that while mortars are classified as artillery, FWS will be covering mortars in their own blogpost in the near future…." See here link Amicalement Armand |
Lion in the Stars | 04 Oct 2016 5:50 p.m. PST |
FWS is pretty good for scifi writing ideas. Does have a few goofs, and could really use some better proof-reading sometimes, though. |
Covert Walrus | 04 Oct 2016 11:02 p.m. PST |
Airborne artillery and no mention of the rocket artillery via helicopters in Viet Nam? As also featured in the James Cobb book "Target Lock"? ( link ) An oversight there . . . |
Fastest | 05 Oct 2016 5:39 p.m. PST |
Cool article but there are several inaccuracies in the terminology (at least if it's US only terminology). Same in the history portion – the claim that there are artillery units who have not trained to their mission in years is completely false from a US standpoint. The claim that cannons are more accurate than rockets has not been true for roughly sixty years. Observers can certainly call for fire utilizing rocket artillery. Etc. |
Rick Don Burnette | 05 Oct 2016 8:02 p.m. PST |
We need other and better info on artillery. Some examples of issues follow. The different kinds of artillery sheafs. if you dont know what a dheaf is, well, it aint the square shape of most rules for indirect fire, it is more like an elipse and it is parallel to the gun line Thd difference between high angle fire and flat tragactory fire and how this affects troops behind cover Artillery ammo types The effects on troops and vehicles by large calibre snhejllsj such as the flipping over of tanks by near misses and lots more Not covered in TMP discussions or rules |
Tango01 | 05 Oct 2016 10:40 p.m. PST |
Glad you like it my friend. Amicalement Armand |
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