VT is a part of the game and the AI is not as predictable as some seem to think. I don't know if I see more of that because my campaigns tend to run from 19, 21, 23, 25...to 31 games/battles in length; but I'll probably see 2 infantry heavy battles in what's my normal range for a campaign of 19-23 battles. VT for modern armies still exists just by different names and mode of operations to include the modern
EXCALIBUR as shown in the You Tube video already provided. Below is a portion of the ref that follows from
Dec. 1988 which was a very important transitional year and time period for U.S. artillery. So what did in the traditional VT fuze? The XM773 MOFA fuze. You might not like it and think it to expensive bu in the case of the second a recalculation might be required for the era of the mid-nineties to present based on the below and already submitted refs provided for EXCALIBUR (This includes Russia, UK, FRANCE, GERMANY etc. etc. yeah it's getting ugly fast. From Page 65 of the ref. below.
"XM773 MOFA fuze
The XM773 MOFA will perform four fuze actions now provided by several fuses used with burster-type projectiles. It will provide up to a 199.9-second electronic time fuze, a variable-height proximity fuze, a delay function and a penetrator for up to 12 inches of mortared brick. It will be compatible with all fielded and developmental bursting projectiles for the 105-mm, 155-mm and 203-mm howitzers.
The Field Artillery currently uses 17 different fuze types and models. The XM773 multi-option fuze artillery (MOFA) will reduce this number to two, easing our logistical and operational problems. (MINE: Logistics is also MILSPEAK for MONEY also. For EXCALIBUR they just flat out say it's cheaper.)
The MOFA will replace the following fuzes: mechanical time super quick (MTSQ) M564, M582, M557, M739 and M739A1; proximity (VT)
M513, M514, M728 and M732;and electronic time M767. Fielding for the MOFA should begin in the middle of FY 97."
http://sill-www.army.mil/firesbullet...LL_EDITION.pdf
Now let's get current...
http://www.pica.army.mil/picatinnypu...products19.asp
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Pat