DUST Search - Large Mortars to Counter Railguns

Oxskull Duncarino wrote:

RECON BY FIRE wrote:

Charlotte O'Dell wrote:

RECON BY FIRE wrote:

Mortars are not the same as artillery, just an FYI. As such they would not exceed the range of a railgun. If anything they would match it, but would probably be closer to mass driver range on our current maps. It would also need to be rotatable to some degree or else when you notice your rounds are landing beside the target you would be able to do nothing about it.

Types of artillery:
Guns: think of the 120mm cannon on the M1 abrams. Mostly straight trajectory.
Howitzers: The modern M777. A medium between the gum and the morter.
Morter: the 81mm morter of today. Very steep trajectory.

All are technically artillery, though howitzers claim most of the fame. These weapons could be extremely powerful with a good crew (gunner, spotter, at a high altitude to adjust fire, and a forward observer embedded in the the infantry to request fire. No longer would railguns dominate if.they couldn't return fire bc LOS isn't necessary anymore

Dear baby Jesus, everyone is always an expert on military stuff arent they? The main gun on an Abrams is not artillery, it is a tank cannon that does not lob its ammunition. Mortars are man-portable, have much shorter range, and are not artillery. Only artillery is artillery, howizter is simply another name for a piece of artillery.

Ya might want to have a read into mortars. They come in both smaller infantry transported and larger self propelled versions.


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RECON BY FIRE IMPSwarm Negative-Feedback 68	Posted - 2013.03.14 16:06:00 - [1] - Quote Mortars are not the same as artillery, just an FYI. As such they would not exceed the range of a railgun. If anything they would match it, but would probably be closer to mass driver range on our current maps. It would also need to be rotatable to some degree or else when you notice your rounds are landing beside the target you would be able to do nothing about it.
RECON BY FIRE IMPSwarm Negative-Feedback 68	Posted - 2013.03.14 17:21:00 - [2] - Quote Charlotte O'Dell wrote: RECON BY FIRE wrote: Mortars are not the same as artillery, just an FYI. As such they would not exceed the range of a railgun. If anything they would match it, but would probably be closer to mass driver range on our current maps. It would also need to be rotatable to some degree or else when you notice your rounds are landing beside the target you would be able to do nothing about it. Types of artillery: Guns: think of the 120mm cannon on the M1 abrams. Mostly straight trajectory. Howitzers: The modern M777. A medium between the gum and the morter. Morter: the 81mm morter of today. Very steep trajectory. All are technically artillery, though howitzers claim most of the fame. These weapons could be extremely powerful with a good crew (gunner, spotter, at a high altitude to adjust fire, and a forward observer embedded in the the infantry to request fire. No longer would railguns dominate if.they couldn't return fire bc LOS isn't necessary anymore Dear baby Jesus, everyone is always an expert on military stuff arent they? The main gun on an Abrams is not artillery, it is a tank cannon that does not lob its ammunition. Mortars are man-portable, have much shorter range, and are not artillery. Only artilley is artillery, howizter is simply another name for a piece of artillery.
RECON BY FIRE IMPSwarm Negative-Feedback 72	Posted - 2013.03.14 21:04:00 - [3] - Quote Oxskull Duncarino wrote: RECON BY FIRE wrote: Charlotte O'Dell wrote: RECON BY FIRE wrote: Mortars are not the same as artillery, just an FYI. As such they would not exceed the range of a railgun. If anything they would match it, but would probably be closer to mass driver range on our current maps. It would also need to be rotatable to some degree or else when you notice your rounds are landing beside the target you would be able to do nothing about it. Types of artillery: Guns: think of the 120mm cannon on the M1 abrams. Mostly straight trajectory. Howitzers: The modern M777. A medium between the gum and the morter. Morter: the 81mm morter of today. Very steep trajectory. All are technically artillery, though howitzers claim most of the fame. These weapons could be extremely powerful with a good crew (gunner, spotter, at a high altitude to adjust fire, and a forward observer embedded in the the infantry to request fire. No longer would railguns dominate if.they couldn't return fire bc LOS isn't necessary anymore Dear baby Jesus, everyone is always an expert on military stuff arent they? The main gun on an Abrams is not artillery, it is a tank cannon that does not lob its ammunition. Mortars are man-portable, have much shorter range, and are not artillery. Only artillery is artillery, howizter is simply another name for a piece of artillery. Ya might want to have a read into mortars. They come in both smaller infantry transported and larger self propelled versions. Please show me one of these self propelled mortars since my time as a weapons repairman and a Cavalry Scout in the Army means I have no knowledge of such things whatsoever. Please do, both of you, try and show me.
RECON BY FIRE IMPSwarm Negative-Feedback 72	Posted - 2013.03.14 21:56:00 - [4] - Quote So putting a weapon on/in a vehicle turns it into a differant kind of weapon? Awesome. Ill notify the military that they can take crew served MGs and put them on Abrams as the main cannon to save money. Putting a mortar inside an APC does not make it artillery, nor does it make it a self propelled mortar.
RECON BY FIRE IMPSwarm Negative-Feedback 72	Posted - 2013.03.14 21:58:00 - [5] - Quote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:M2_-_24th_MEU.jpg Hey look guys! Its a self propelled 50!