ww2 artillery

[i24 GOD Lt. Ball Sack]

I think we really need more focus on ww2 artillery in arma 3, pak44's, land matresses, long toms, M1910/34, b-4's and more would really be needed for the diversity of the battle, also the ability to tow artillery to position would be required, as it is very annoying only having a static cannon that cannot be moved after shots is annoying.

If anyone has any ww2 mods that include one of these guns (i know of ifa3, fow and all of the extensions of those) please let me know!

[iEatCheapGlue]

I'm confused, you say you know of IFA3, yet ask for towed arty, which IFA3 has. Faces of War has kwk flak 36 (flak 88) guns, and CSA38 has a few small calibur field guns.

[i24 GOD Lt. Ball Sack]

How do you tow the artillery in ifa3 though?

[iEatCheapGlue]

There is a module in the editor, "Enable towing of artillery". When that is added to the mission, you drive a large vehicle (ie blitz / halftrack) to the back of the arty piece, and you get a tow prompt.

[i24 GOD Lt. Ball Sack]

aha, thanks for sharing the wisdom

[iEatCheapGlue]

No problem.

[i24 GOD Lt. Ball Sack]

I cant seem to find that module in the editor, what mods are required and where is it located?

[морская пехота]

You are not going to tow an artillery piece to a fight. AT artillery were deployed by moving them to a static sector, in expectation of an enemy advance. AT artillery units in the Soviet Army had honorifics, such as Farewell to the Motherland, because even in those situations those fellas knew they likely would not survive a fight against tanks.

Note please that the great Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was an LT in an artillery sound ranging/target acquisition unit during WWII. If you can find his writings, he talks about his experiences during WWII.

[i24 GOD Lt. Ball Sack]

I was thinking more of being able to tow your cannon if you need to retreat or advance, and aswell being able to reposition it would help greatly

[морская пехота]

Originally posted by r5:

I was thinking more of being able to tow your cannon if you need to retreat or advance, and aswell being able to reposition it would help greatly

You get no argument from me.

[iEatCheapGlue]

Originally posted by r5:

I was thinking more of being able to tow your cannon if you need to retreat or advance, and aswell being able to reposition it would help greatly

I've personally done this before on a invade and annex server, if a town was about to fall or there was no time to mount a proper defense, we would tow the pak 40's to the next town where we could consolidate a proper defense.
And as to why you can't find the module, i'm not sure. I can't check now, but i'll take a look asap.

[Jackboc]

Originally posted by iEatCheapGlue:

There is a module in the editor, "Enable towing of artillery". When that is added to the mission, you drive a large vehicle (ie blitz / halftrack) to the back of the arty piece, and you get a tow prompt.

Hi, do you need a specific mod for the artillery towing module or is IFA3 enough, because I can't find the module in the editor.