Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3

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La Rouge Beret

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Is there any practical use for rocket artillery in a mountain warfare environment?

My thoughts that it would really be restricted to Line of Sight only - still devastating, but pulling the range in somewhat. Otherwise is it just tube artillery and mortars?
 
Claymore

Claymore

La Rouge Beret said:
Is there any practical use for rocket artillery in a mountain warfare environment?

My thoughts that it would really be restricted to Line of Sight only - still devastating, but pulling the range in somewhat. Otherwise is it just tube artillery and mortars?
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If the terrain is good for tube artillery it will be good for rocket artillery - more or less. While the flight trajectory of rocket artillery isn’t as steep a parabola as howitzer fire, it still generally follows a parabolic flight path. So no problem engaging forward slopes and firing down valleys.
 
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Claymore

Claymore

Currently watching the Super Bowl and was starting to lose the will to live until Shakira came on at half time... Nom, nom! 🥴

What the hell is Jlo wearing - or almost not! 😳

Those football players are very talented, being able to do all that dancing too at half time! :openedeyewink:
 
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Claymore

Claymore

Yeah, my adopted local Missouri team win the Super Bowl... Go Kansas City Chiefs! 🏈 😎🤠👍
 
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wietze

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Great minds... I looked at that very turret and I think it would look great only it is a little too modern for LRB’s 1990 based TL. Still, worth a drawing if incan find a good turret image. 👍
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there were earlier turrets with a single 120mm mortar

AMS 120-mm Self-Propelled Mortar System | Military-Today.com

The AMS 120-mm self-propelled mortar system is intended to provide heavy mortar support for infantry units.
www.military-today.com

and other things you could look at if it would take a 155mm G6 turret, or a 35mm AA turret (like the cheetah version of the Gepard)

or a 155m along these lines:

Army Guide

Army Guide - information about the main battle tanks, armoured vehicles and armament of the land forces and also the information concerning other army subjects - Rascal, Self-propelled howitzer, Armoured Vehicles
www.army-guide.com
rascal1_wrueio1.jpg
 
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Matt

Matt

Claymore said:
If the terrain is good for tube artillery it will be good for rocket artillery - more or less. While the flight trajectory of rocket artillery isn’t as steep a parabola as howitzer fire, it still generally follows a parabolic flight path. So no problem engaging forward slopes and firing down valleys.
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Close terrain like mountains or urban build up can create "shadows" for field artillery. Not enough to completely neutralize it but it still needs to into consideration. It would be most pronounced in dense urban build up with sky scrapers.
 
FickleCrossroad

FickleCrossroad

Matt said:
Close terrain like mountains or urban build up can create "shadows" for field artillery. Not enough to completely neutralize it but it still needs to into consideration. It would be most pronounced in dense urban build up with sky scrapers.
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*Grumbles in bitter World of Tanks arty memories*
 
Claymore

Claymore

wietze said:
there were earlier turrets with a single 120mm mortar

AMS 120-mm Self-Propelled Mortar System | Military-Today.com

The AMS 120-mm self-propelled mortar system is intended to provide heavy mortar support for infantry units.
www.military-today.com

and other things you could look at if it would take a 155mm G6 turret, or a 35mm AA turret (like the cheetah version of the Gepard)

or a 155m along these lines:

Army Guide

Army Guide - information about the main battle tanks, armoured vehicles and armament of the land forces and also the information concerning other army subjects - Rascal, Self-propelled howitzer, Armoured Vehicles
www.army-guide.com
rascal1_wrueio1.jpg
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So many great ideas!!! 👍
 
Claymore

Claymore

Matt said:
Close terrain like mountains or urban build up can create "shadows" for field artillery. Not enough to completely neutralize it but it still needs to into consideration. It would be most pronounced in dense urban build up with sky scrapers.
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Absolutely. Terrain is always going to affect artillery no matter whether tube or rocket (or indeed aerial). It's very much horses for courses - correct selection of the best weapon system for the job at hand.
 
La Rouge Beret

La Rouge Beret

Matt said:
Close terrain like mountains or urban build up can create "shadows" for field artillery. Not enough to completely neutralize it but it still needs to into consideration. It would be most pronounced in dense urban build up with sky scrapers.
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How do you counteract the impact of shadows when calculating artillery fires?
 
Matt

Matt

La Rouge Beret said:
How do you counteract the impact of shadows when calculating artillery fires?
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The FO calling the mission would call for "high angle" as part of the method of engagement portion of the call for fire. This will reduce the potential range of the howitzer, but means the round will come in closer to the vertical. Like @wietze said you would use your organic mortars more heavily, since they have more of a natural arc.
 
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