Artillery range question.

[LachenKrieg]

Is there a reference anywhere for the range of in-game artillery/field guns? I would like to know how far they should be placed from target areas and still be effective.

[VSN_Razor]

Probably infinite, since there is no actuall shell coming out of the artillery guns (I drove my tank infront of the muzzle when they fired. Nothing happened)

[[KG]Destaex]

1 hour ago, VSN_Razor said:

Probably infinite, since there is no actuall shell coming out of the artillery guns (I drove my tank infront of the muzzle when they fired. Nothing happened)

That kind of makes sense. Considering they are simply made for aircraft to destroy. That would mean you would need an arty battery and a barrage of shells landing separately when making a mission.

[LachenKrieg]

I made a simple mission where a tank drives towards an artillery piece. They start shooting around 1800m some of the time. I only tested 3 different field guns.

[LachenKrieg]

For anyone interested in mission building and the range of in game artillery pieces, I made a quick list for reference. But because the artillery ranges would sometimes change from one trial to the next, I am including the mission file used in case anyone wants to check for themselves. Line-of-sight to the target affects the behavior of artillery. If the target drops out of sight behind a hill, the artillery stops and restarts when the target comes into view again. I recorded the shortest distance each gun fired with a direct line of sight. 

 

Note: The plane in the mission does not follow the simple way point pattern and I cannot find the reason why.

 

Origin            Gun                        Range
German        Flk96na                 1900m
German        Flk 7.7cm              1900m
German        Lefh18                   1800m
German        Pak40                    1900m
German        Flk38                     1900m
German        Pak38                    1900m
German        Flk36                     1500m
German        Pak35                    1300m
German        Flkvierling 38        1000m
Russian        72K                         1500m
Russian        61K                         1500m
Russian        53K                         1900m
Russian        52K                         1900m
Russian        M30                        1800m
Russian        ML20                      1600m
USA              M5 Gun                   1900m
USA             M42                          1900m
USA             M1 Gun                    1700m
French        French75                 1800m
British         QF13-p                     1900m
British         QF4.5in                    1200m
German      MG34 AA                   400m
German      MG34                         200m
German      MG08 AA                   400m
German      MG08                         300m
Russian      Dshk MG AA             400m
Russian      Dshk MG                   400m
Russian      Maksim4 AA             400m
USA            M2MG AA                  400m
USA            M2MG                        400m
French       Htchmle 1914 AA     400m
French       Htchmle 1914           300m

 

Artillery MG gun range.zip

[LachenKrieg]

Fixed the plane issue and added AA vehicles.

Artillery MG gun range.zip