What would you expect from this ambush?

[SIO]

Hi all,

I'll try to clarify the slight misunderstanding of the aiming and firing here.

You mix 2 things:

- ability to AIM more or less precisely at a moving target.

- attempts of a shooter unit to aim AHEAD of the target, when it is moving.

Those thing are not the same.

In general, optics for the guns were quite advanced at that time - many had special marks for "moving target", "fast moving target", etc. Skilful shooters either take aim at some place ahead of the moving target and wait there, or move their weapon ahead of the target smoothly.

This is all taken into the consideration in TOW.

First, the aiming ability IS influenced by the target movement in the game. Gunners need to extra rotate the turret, shooters must re-aim each shot (or burst) etc. All that takes time. Also, aiming does not become more accurate with each shot, then. And we do not do any "extra" penalties for the taking aim at a moving target.

Second, the game units DO aim ahead of the moving target in TOW. Preceding fire exists in TOW.

About the infantry not being hit. The bullets must hit the soldier physically (any body part), not just some area around him. That's the first reason of why the bullets do not hit infantry right away.

Also, check the upcoming visibility and aiming topic.

SIO

[SlapHappy]

75L24 was an infantry support gun, not truly an AT gun. It was neither speced nor intended to be such. Along with the inherent problems associated with penetration from a short barreled gun (despite shell calibre) come problems with pinpoint accuracy caused by the overall lack of higher velocities.

The anti-tank role was actually supposed to be supplied by the 50L60 equipped Mark III tank. There is some apocryphal story I have read stating that the initial gun was always supposed to be the 50L60 instead of the 50L42 which was fitted after the 37L46 was retired from the Mark III.

[SlapHappy]

Interestingly enough, by the time the -n series of the Mark III came out it was equipped with the 75L24. By this time the Mark IV was using the longer 75 mm gun, so the two vehicles basically switched roles.