Canidae
17-07-2010, 12:48
Currently the Commonwealth faction lacks any sort of 250 range GMC/self propelled artillery - by combining two other suggestions I think that this can be easily and more realistically amended.
Firstly is that the Commonwealth artillery ranges are still the wrong way around. The 25-pounder in-game has a shorter range than the 6 inch 26cwt, the complete opposite of real life ranges. If something like a BL 5.5 inch (6 inches were replaced by these after 1942) is not introduced to replace this unit in game and the 6 inch to become the 'royal artillery' special, I would recommend simply swapping the two ranges.
Secondly is a previous suggestion by somebody else to replace the Priest with the Sexton, a real life replacement to the Priest due to the fact that the Priest had a foreign 105mm gun. In contrast the Sexton has a 25-pounder; combining the two the Sexton would have 250 in game range. The only problem I can see here is that the Bishop would, also... however, these are massively similar to the current priests already.
In fairness even without any range changes the Sexton would be a more faction-distinctive unit than the Priest, which still remains a USA copy. The artillery ranges are just weird, that's all - imagine the AVRE shooting further than a 17pdr.
Firstly is that the Commonwealth artillery ranges are still the wrong way around. The 25-pounder in-game has a shorter range than the 6 inch 26cwt, the complete opposite of real life ranges. If something like a BL 5.5 inch (6 inches were replaced by these after 1942) is not introduced to replace this unit in game and the 6 inch to become the 'royal artillery' special, I would recommend simply swapping the two ranges.
Secondly is a previous suggestion by somebody else to replace the Priest with the Sexton, a real life replacement to the Priest due to the fact that the Priest had a foreign 105mm gun. In contrast the Sexton has a 25-pounder; combining the two the Sexton would have 250 in game range. The only problem I can see here is that the Bishop would, also... however, these are massively similar to the current priests already.
In fairness even without any range changes the Sexton would be a more faction-distinctive unit than the Priest, which still remains a USA copy. The artillery ranges are just weird, that's all - imagine the AVRE shooting further than a 17pdr.