Screaming Flea Posted September 5, 2003 Share Posted September 5, 2003 Fellas can anybody clue me as to the timing between salvoes of arty of different caliber? I mean I understand the number of tubes and the number of rounds, but I figure it would help alot when planning/timing a fire mission if I had a rough idea of how many rounds that battery of 150MM arty is likely to fire in any given minute. :confused: thanks in advance! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted September 5, 2003 Share Posted September 5, 2003 I suppose you could get The Big Book of Artillery and note the rate of fire for each kind of weapon in the game, and then multiply that by the number of guns in the battery. Or you could just set up a test scenario with all the different kinds first on one side and then the other, fire them off and count how many shots each one delivers. Hey! You could even keep careful notes and publish them here on the board. Then you'd be famous! Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screaming Flea Posted September 5, 2003 Author Share Posted September 5, 2003 Cheers Mike, but I am sure one of the "Elder Grogs" already has that bit of info downpat. (I can't believe the knowledge base of some of these guys!! Don't they realise Albert Speer is no longer recruiting Armaments Engineers)? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screaming Flea Posted September 6, 2003 Author Share Posted September 6, 2003 Ok is it random? I mean if a battery has 200 rounds and 10 tubes , is the rate of fire random and independant of caliber (although I find that difficult to believe). C'mon help me out here fellas! :cool: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted September 6, 2003 Share Posted September 6, 2003 Small caliber weapons have a high RoF. Large caliber weapons have slower rates of fire. How many rounds fall on the map in a turn also depends on how many tubes are present in the battery. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screaming Flea Posted September 6, 2003 Author Share Posted September 6, 2003 Thanx for the input! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeeDog Posted September 6, 2003 Share Posted September 6, 2003 I ran tests to determine this back when CMBB first came out. I think I still have the results stored away somewhere. Unfortunately, I'm away from home and don't have access to the files right now, but I'll see if I can find them and post the average salvo times for various calibers when I get home on Sunday. I'll post here if I can find them. Cheers, YD 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted September 6, 2003 Share Posted September 6, 2003 My very unscientific recollection is that 105mm howtizers fire about four times per tube per minute. Mortars of about 81mm maybe six to eight times per tube per minute. Howitzers of about 150mm somewhere around three times per tube per minute. But take those figures with a grain of salt. They could be off +/- 50%. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarquon Posted September 7, 2003 Share Posted September 7, 2003 Ask Google about 'CM unit database'. I believe that Chris Hare included detailed statistics for CMBO arty and that should answer most of your question about CMBB arty, too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screaming Flea Posted September 10, 2003 Author Share Posted September 10, 2003 No joy with Chris I'm afraid. Bump for YankeeDog. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Tubes are used by plumbers. Gunners use guns. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeeDog Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 [Edit: Hit the "Add Reply" button sooner than I meant - more coming. . .] Whups, sorry. . . I forgot about this one. At any rate, I did some digging any my records are only partial; I know I did more calibres, including the Russian ones, but I can only find one sheet with some the German results. IIRC, Russian salvo times are very similar for nearly equivalent calibers (i.e., 152mm vs. 150mm). If I find more, I'll update this post. These results should be pretty reliable - I basically recorded the 'release time' for the first 10 salvos of each spotter type, so the numbers below represent an average salvo time from a fair number of volleys. By 'release time' I mean the actual second that the spotter's ammo count gets decreased. The shells generally land anywhere from 1-10 seconds after this point, but *always* on the same turn the ammo count gets decreased (hence the occasional 10 second long 60th second of a turn). Anyway, here's what I recorded for average time between salvos. Be aware that experience of the spotter affects salvo times - the higher the experience, the faster the salvos come in. All results below are for a 'Regular' spotter. All times rounded to the nearest 1/2 sec: German: 120mm mortar: 12.5 seconds 150mm howitzer (2 tube): 29.5 seconds 150mm howitzer (4 tube): 31 seconds 170mm: 37 seconds (NOTE: sampled only 4 intervals here, so results potentially less accurate) 210mm: 57.5 seconds (NOTE: sampled only 4 intervals here, so results potentially less accurate) 240mm: 127 seconds (NOTE: sampled only 7 intervals here, so results potentially less accurate. Also, with 240mm the range in inteval is VERY high - the shortest interval was only 1:37. The longest was 3:02!) Hope this helps. Once again, if I find the rest of the results, I'll be sure and post. Cheers, YD [ September 09, 2003, 09:19 PM: Message edited by: YankeeDog ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Other Means Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 what is the thinking of having a green FO call in arty which has longer times between salvos? surely his rating doesn't affect the gunners several miles away? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Originally posted by Other Means: what is the thinking of having a green FO call in arty which has longer times between salvos? surely his rating doesn't affect the gunners several miles away? I think his rating is intended to be representative of the entire battery. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screaming Flea Posted September 13, 2003 Author Share Posted September 13, 2003 My thanks all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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