To my last and
thanks to my sinuses acting up, I've had time to think about the
USA artillery issue as discussed in my last post.
We currently have in the game the
M109 UNIT 040,
M109A2 UNIT 041 and
M109A6 PALADIN UNIT 042. The missing variants I've identified in my last post.
I think we need to add the following based on...
1. You have to have a beginning and we do in the
M109 UNIT 040 so logically you need to
have an end which would mean we need to
ADD the
M109A7 (Formally PIM.) with any modifications it brings to the series to the game.
2. We to have the
milestone units where
significant design changes have occurred. We do in
M109A2 UNIT 041 which increased the ammo supply from
28 to 36 rounds due having the new
M178 gun mount.
Also the
M109A6 PALADIN UNIT 042 (Which again are
ALL being converted to the
M109A7 likely
before games end.) represented the
first major design change in
Armor, Comms, Range and again
increased the ammo supply from
36 to 39 rounds which are game related. There to be sure were significant changes its Electronics, FCS, Platform weight and
possible performance which in
game terms might lead to a
SPEED change as well as yet to be investigated.
3. We have a very
HUGE gap in time and are also missing a
milestone unit that I feel can be fixed with a
ADD of the "hybrid"
M109A5/A5+ (As was done with the
RUSSIAN T-72B3M/B4 UNIT 697.). The
M109A5/A5+ successfully address..
3.A. The "
bridge" we need to address the time gap.
3.B. The fact it's a
milestone unit which marked the change with a
M284 155mm/L39 vice 155mm/L23 gun, increased Range, ability to fire rocket assisted ammo, Optional
40mm Grenade Launcher, and FCS.
To summarize I think we need to
ADD two units the
M109A5/A5+ and the
M109A7.
Also the
M109A6 PALADIN will again, need to be changed by
Dates, Ammo and SPEED. And again...
http://www.military-today.com/artillery/m109.htm
http://www.military-today.com/artill...a6_paladin.htm
http://www.military-today.com/artillery/m109a7.htm
Those are my thoughts as I start thinking about maybe getting some more sleep.
Regards,
Pat
Just saw your reply already understood about the FCS in arty which is why I didn't add it to the highlighted "descriptor/submission". I hope with the above, to
consolidate those units and fix the
USA OOB time gap.