Moving artillery pieces

[Fed]

I was wondering if there was a way to move the leIG 18 (75mm) German infantry gun. I can use the move command, but it is very slow. The other movement commands are greyed out. They are there, implying that they can be used somehow. I wonder if you can use a truck of some sort.

Thanks,

Fed

[agusto]

You should be able to mount/dismount undeployed onmap artillery pieces just the same way as normal infantry.

[mjkerner]

Fed, there's only one movement rate "MOVE" and it is slow, but still seems about right. augusto is correct about loading/unloading to/from a truck.

[MikeyD]

Deploying and packing up takes time and pushing a field gun across the map takes about as much effort as you'd imagine it would. But limbering the gun and 'mounting' onto a truck will allow you to scoot it around a map nicely. If you're finding guns awkward and dangerous to maneuver during a battle that's only because they were.

[Sgt Schultz]

Reverse the truck/halftrack right up to the gun while packing up.

Make sure the truck is backed up to the rear of the gun.

Give gun crew move order into truck.

Drive away.

Back into new spot, and move and deploy.

[John Kettler]

Fed,

Were certain things properly modeled, you could also move an leIG 18 this way.

Regards,

John Kettler

[mjkerner]

Fed,

Were certain things properly modeled, you could also move an leIG 18 this way.

Regards,

John Kettler

You can, John. It just doesn't look that smooth. The crew will move it by foot, though.

[dieseltaylor]

And note from the JK video the minimal amount of shells.

This is informative

[Waffen_PL]

I think gun crew should be able to move gone on a short distance without packing it up and deploying it once more. Of course if there were enough men to lift it

[Fed]

Thanks a lot guys. Loved the videos. I didn't realize it was such a unique piece.

[Steiner14]

Fed, there's only one movement rate "MOVE" and it is slow, but still seems about right. augusto is correct about loading/unloading to/from a truck.

Deploying and packing up takes time and pushing a field gun across the map takes about as much effort as you'd imagine it would. But limbering the gun and 'mounting' onto a truck will allow you to scoot it around a map nicely. If you're finding guns awkward and dangerous to maneuver during a battle that's only because they were.

Gun crews in the game always turn around the guns before moving, instead of immediately moving them backward.

At least we would need the reverse command available for guns, too.

But in combination with the ridiculous slow movement, even on streets and from the first meters on, in CM this is still not possible.

With the bad protection from trenches, the inability to use guns heavily dug in, the outcome of the CM gun model IMO has not much in common with reality.

But also the ROF for the german PAKs seems way too low (4 seconds for the PAK 40 with a trained crew).

[Sublime]

But also the ROF for the german PAKs seems way too low (4 seconds for the PAK 40 with a trained crew).

How fast would you like them to fire then?

[dieseltaylor]

Wikipedia says 14 rounds per minute so I suspect in game it is slower - significantly. BTW you have to be very careful on RoF as technically I think the Sherman 75mm could do 20 or more. The problem is taking what a gun is physically capable of its not the same as when the gun is installed and a practical ROF figure is required.

I would think a Pak40 might possibly be close to a real-life 14.

One of the problems in CMx1 was that various Sherman models all fired at the same rate making 76mm and Fireflies more potent than in RL.