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Are autocannon better?

Some of the Russian 14.5mm guns are labeled as autocannon while other appear to be machine-guns. What difference does the "autocannon" tag in the unit info make?

Re: Are autocannon better?

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Originally Posted by duff (Post 817095)

Some of the Russian 14.5mm guns are labeled as autocannon while other appear to be machine-guns. What difference does the "autocannon" tag in the unit info make?

See the Mobhack help for the technical nuts and olts data of the game.

Mobhack->Help->Weapons tab and then see the box on weapon classes.

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Class 19 - Auto Cannon - this operates exactly like any other auto cannon, but it has limited AAA capabilities against lower flying planes and helicopters. Thus, this reflects the mounting, rather than the weapon - it is possible to have say 2 14.5mm or 20mm cannon with the same stats, but one will be class 19, the other typically class 5. The difference here is that the class 19 version represents a high angle high traverse rate type mounting, but the class 5 version would be in a low elevation, low traverse turret mainly intended for anti APC work.

My emphasis for clarification. Unlike regular cannon, they can fire at helos.

Also, Like class 5 weapons Autocannon also do not close down due to suppression, unlike dedicated class 4 FLAK weapons, though Class 4 can shoot at higher altitude fixed wing as well.

(In the next release, class 4 weapons wont shut down completely if suppressed, but will lose more shots than other turreted weapons since they are assumed to be pintle mounted)

Cheers
Andy

Re: Are autocannon better?

Thanks Andy. If I understand correctly the word
"autocannon" indicates a class 19 weapon. If that's correct could it be added to the description perhaps like this -
Class 19 - Auto Cannon (Labeled autocannon in weapons list) operates exactly like ...

Re: Are autocannon better?

It already is labelled in Mobhack as weapon class 19 which is data OOB hackers need to know.

In the game itself, it is simply labelled as an AUTOCANNON - which does all that is required for the end user players there.

cheers
Andy