US Army OOB

[MarkSheppard]

It may be better to approach this as a special data item for FOO units (FC or RF or EW maybe with a special code, or a new data item) which brings super-accurate fire IF the target is in LOS of the FOO, for maybe an added 500 points per such an FOO?.

That's actually a pretty ingenious solution in many ways:

1.) Gets around the issue of running out of weapon slots; especially an issue with Russian OOB.

2.) Imposes cost limitations on it, because even the US won't be able to afford Excalibur and GMRLS in every single battlefield and location for quite some time.

[Marcello]

MarkSheppard said:
Are you saying that it will be possible to simulate the various Excalibur,Copperhead, Smel'chak and Krasnopol in the next SPMBT release?

Well, Take US Weapon Slot 76

155mm M777 VT
It's got an accuracy of 10

Simply copy and paste it into a blank slot and rename it to

155mm GPS Guided
and give it an accuracy of 93 (Same as 1000 lb JDAM)

There are only about 15 weapons slots free in the US OOB though...so it's entirely possible that SPCAMO will decide to condense as many of the "guided" artillery shells into a single round for each major calibre; like 155mm Guided, 105mm Guided, etc.

I tried that method in the past.It did not work.
I was told that the accuracy rating worked only for direct fire and had no effect on indirect fire.Is that going to change?
What I was looking for was more the ability to target accurately a given hex (imagine hitting a suspected building in urban warfare scenarios without the collateral damage or friendly fire deriving from shell dispersion), with the capabilities and constraints of artillery fire (delay etc) rather than an other antitank weapon, although they can perform in that role.I am aware of the atgm method but it does not fit my needs.I guess that if you are playing antiarmor battles it might be good enough.

EDIT
Oh well, never mind.

[JaM]

With HE warhead it will be very usefull against infantry... Just imagine 90% hit propability with 155mm shell to the infantry squad or ATGM team...

[Marcello]

JaM said:
With HE warhead it will be very usefull against infantry... Just imagine 90% hit propability with 155mm shell to the infantry squad or ATGM team...

Yes but it still does not fill those needs.There is no delay and it is limited only to the units issued with it.I would like a company commander, for example, to be able to call for a couple of rounds to be fired on a suspected position in a building across the street.
I know you can fire missiles even with z key, but as I stated it is not quite the same.
Don't ge me wrong, it is a semidecent workaround.But it does not do for me.