A Guide on Stealing a Cannon/Mortar

Did you know it's possible to neutralize the crew of a cannon/mortar and repurpose it as a potent weapon in your mission to eliminate enemies? Here's how.

A Guide on Stealing a Cannon

First of, yes, It's possible, kind of. You can definitely see that developers did not intend for you to kill the cannon crew and then use that cannon/mortar gun. But YES, you can.

1) Kill all enemies that are close to the cannon.
2) Then tactically position your men in stealth mode around the cannon.
3) Disable stealth for ONE of your soldiers so he can start shooting the cannon and its crew.
- This will make the cannon crew leave the gun.
4) Pause the game, order all your men to stop hiding, and shoot them.
5) After killing the crew, immediately stop the game and order everyone to hide again.
- because even an empty cannon is still counted as an enemy until manned by your men.

6) Choose two soldiers, man the cannon, and enjoy the power.

Some missions are really fun with cannons on your side.

[OrangeLark]

Oh I thought this is how it intends! a big gun to use, nice!

[1230james]

I've tried it twice now, albeit with some luck, perhaps

I got it to work both times. I think when you shoot at the howitzer, the bullet has to hit one of the guys on the howitzer and not the howitzer itself to prompt them to leave it.

I was shooting at one and at first it just started turning around, but when it was about halfway through its turn (so I was shooting at it from its side), one of the shots made the guys leave the gun. Not sure what exactly about it was different, but my assumption is that and the bullet managed to hit one of the people manning the gun instead.

Haven't done an actual test of it to see if it's true, just my hunch.

[Andrej Kalinin]

In the first half of the game, this method worked perfectly. However, as you progress further, it will became increasingly difficult to trigger the crew to leave. Not sure why. I will test this again in my next run

[DEADPOO]

This works, but not always. Some cannons you keep shooting and shooting, but they won't leave!

[Nanotonium]

This has been really helpful, thanks. Figured we could use them somehow, like the trucks you find in some levels, and tanks

[JOEman]

ty, or use the solgier spezial attac with the bayonet, worked for me.

[SoupLord]

knew there had to be a wa y