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    Silly AT gun question

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    sorry to have dumbed down a complex issue :D i was aware even if correct, my statement was grossly simplified, apologies.

    Do you know of anywhere i could read about this subject? specifically the very things we are talking about, artillery pieces and armor penetration?

    As you are aware, my knowledge on the subject is.... limited. :P

    Question -

    IF a 42 cal gun is generically 'better' than a 24 cal short gun, then why use short barrels at all? (i have often wondered this in ignorance), is it the weight of the artillery piece?

    and the 88/L56 trumps both due to increased weight AND velocity.

    Saying that , a pak 42 has

    # Caliber: 7.5 cm

    # Barrel length in calibers: 70, the velocity of this gun is 20% or so higher than the 88, with a 10% lesser round? seems a superior weapon to me?

    Edit* scratch that last Q, i understand now.

    'That's one of the things that made the German 88 such a fearsome long range tank killer. It still had a lot of its muzzle velocity even after it had traveled 1000 meters.'

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    Silly AT gun question

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    Not at all a silly question, noxnoctum. Not a trivial question either.

    Let's see... umm. Mostly you've got the answer - the higher velocity of the 57mm gun gives better penetration than a lower velocity 75mm gun. But a 75mm projectile with the same velocity as the 57mm will have better penetration (for a projectile made of a given material):

    By this, i am thinking that the 57mm will be more accurate and can fire longer range than a 75mm due to the lighter weight, but the 75mm can pack more of a punch at a closer range?

    Surely the 75mm is placed in a more powerful gun, thus giving it more kinetic force to counterbalance the increased weight?

    my silly question.

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    Map editor.....

    in Empires of Steel

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    lol god dammit.

    I just made a map of Britain with the intent of using it for a battle of Britain map, until i realised you cant save with the demo!! :eek:

    Its not a problem though, the map editor is amazing, i merely painted over the overlay and the map was done!

    2h73q4i.jpg

    Not bad is it?

    When i buy the game in the next few weeks, ill make a BOB map/mod.

    Ill no doubt have to increase the range of aircraft, to represent the more local scale of the map, other than that it should be fine.

    Then i can do my British duty and defend the motherland against the hun!

    *ps map took me about 5 mins to make

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