[German] What do you do with your 50mms ?

[Cross]

Originally Posted by Charles22

German 50mm's have more accuracy, but they have shorter range.

What that "can" amount to, is that once a longer ranged, less accurate piece is brought down to actually being used at the shorter range, it may be just as accurate or better, because it's lesser accuracy is based on a higher number to begin with. I don't know if the number it is based on is the medium range for all weapons or not, but I doubt it's based on the longest range, which is probably considerably less accurate than the accuracy stated.
For example, a tank gun with a range of 60, with an accuracy of 10, would be more accurate at range 20, than a gun with a top range of 20, but a stated accuracy of 12.

The German 5cm has the same range as the British 2 inch, 500M.

Ger 5cm.....500m....Acc 5
Brit 2in.......500m....Acc 3
Jap 50mm...650m....Acc 5
US 60mm...2000m..Acc 3
Rus 50mm..800m....Acc 3

As you can see, the Axis mortars are more accurate.

If it's as you say - and the mortar accuracy is relevant to say half range - then at 250m the German mortar would have an acc of 5, the Brit mortar an acc of 3, and the Rus mortar an acc of about 2



cheers,
Cross

[Imp]

Probably about the only mortars where accuracy has any relevance as you do end up direct firing the shorter ranged ones.

[runequester]

Originally Posted by Imp

Probably about the only mortars where accuracy has any relevance as you do end up direct firing the shorter ranged ones.

and by then, its usually dire straits anyways

The 50mm crews tend to do more harm with their small arms than with the mortar, though it can scare off an armoured car and blow up the occasional truck

[Cross]

Originally Posted by Cross

Ger 5cm.....500m....Acc 5
Brit 2in.......500m....Acc 3
Jap 50mm...650m....Acc 5
US 60mm...2000m..Acc 3
Rus 50mm..800m....Acc 3

As you can see, the Axis mortars are more accurate.

If it's as you say - and the mortar accuracy is relevant to say half range - then at 250m the German mortar would have an acc of 5, the Brit mortar an acc of 3, and the Rus mortar an acc of about 2

Oops, I meant:

and the Rus mortar an acc of about 4




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[Charles22]

Originally Posted by Cross

The German 5cm has the same range as the British 2 inch, 500M.

Ger 5cm.....500m....Acc 5
Brit 2in.......500m....Acc 3
Jap 50mm...650m....Acc 5
US 60mm...2000m..Acc 3
Rus 50mm..800m....Acc 3

As you can see, the Axis mortars are more accurate.

If it's as you say - and the mortar accuracy is relevant to say half range - then at 250m the German mortar would have an acc of 5, the Brit mortar an acc of 3, and the Rus mortar an acc of about 2



cheers,
Cross

Nah, I think you got your numbers mixed up. Half-range would change for whatever your full range is. Obviously, the USA one would have the greatest accuracy across the board, since the range is so vast. It's 4X the range of the german one, but with only 60% of the german 'stated' accuracy. So if accuracy were stated at maximum range, but used at the german maximum range (500m) then the US accuracy at that range would be 12 (3X4). If it would be at half-range, then USA would be 6 (3X2), while german would be like maybe 2.5 if it were half-range.

I'm only guessing of course, but you can see where accuracy without serious range, can be outshone by comparative lack of accuracy with great range. When considering that, the USA ones are by far the best in accuracy. The only way that the USA holds the seeming lack of accuracy, is if all accuracy were based on a solid range, such as 10 hexes or 20 hexes for each and every unit. I don't think it was done that way. Now who's going to shoot me down?