Prussia (NTW Faction)

2010-10-11T21:16:29Z

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Rocket Troop (ETW Unit)

2010-10-11T21:11:50Z

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{{Unit|image=[[File:Rocket.jpg]]|Class=Fixed Artillery|Men=24|Guns=4|Recruitable From=Engineer School|Region=Worldwide|Recruitment Cost=1040|Upkeep Cost=260|Technology Needed=Explosive Rockets}}

==Overview==

These iron tubes filled with gunpowder propellant are fired in large volleys; the noise alone could be somewhat unnerving. Each rocket is laid in an angled launcher, and it is the job of the artilleryman to correctly judge the angle of launch to drop the rockets in the middle of the enemy. He also needs to take into account wind, as the long tails of the rockets can mean they are blown off course. The least dangerous rockets are tipped with a large spear point, but explosive heads are also fitted.

Historically, it was the Indian war rockets used by Tippu Sultan of Mysore that introduced Europeans to the concept. The experience was not a pleasant one. The British copied these weapons as the Congreve rocket system, and used them aboard ships as well as on land. A rocket troop was present at the final defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815, although accounts of their effectiveness vary. Congreve’s system even included illumination rounds to light up the battlefield!

==Factions==
*[[Austria (ETW Faction)|Austria]]
*[[Great Britain (ETW Faction)|Great Britain]]
*[[United Provinces (ETW Faction)|United Provinces]]
[[Category:Fixed Artillery]]

24-lber Howitzer Foot Artillery (ETW Unit)

2010-10-11T21:11:00Z

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{{Unit|image=[[File:24_howitzer.jpg]]|Class=Artillery|Men=24|Guns=4|Recruitable From=Ordinance Board|Region=Worldwide|Recruitment Cost=650|Upkeep Cost=160|Technology Needed=None}}

==Overview==

Howitzers fall somewhere between guns and mortars, the other main artillery types. They have a limited mobility, like guns. Like mortars, they do not fire straight at the target, but send shots high into the air to plunge down on a target (and over anything in the way). By angling the barrel and changing the propellant charge used, howitzers have an impressive flexibility in shell trajectories. Experienced crews can lob explosive shells and incendiary rounds with great accuracy into a “beaten zone”, making life utterly miserable and very short for anyone within it. In close action, they can fire canister rounds directly into enemy formations, like giant sawed-off shotguns.

The term foot artillery applies because the gunners walk into battle alongside the draft animals. Like all artillery, the rating of these howitzers refers to the nominal weight of shot fired; loading the heavier pieces made for strong gunners!

Historically, howitzers – like many other artillery pieces – were far from standardized weapons in the 18th Century. Shells and spare parts made in one foundry did not always fit another foundry’s pieces, even if the caliber was nominally identical and the two guns were part of the same battery in the field. It took a good deal of effort and argument to get foundries to standardize barrels and ancillary equipment, even in a single country.

==Factions==
*[[Great Britain (ETW Faction)|Great Britain]]
*[[United Provinces (ETW Faction)|United Provinces]]
[[Category:Artillery]]

6-lber Horse Artillery (ETW Unit)

2010-10-11T21:10:02Z

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{{Unit|image=[[File:6_horse.jpg]]|Class=Horse Artillery|Men=12|Guns=4|Recruitable From=Great Arsenal|Region=Worldwide|Recruitment Cost=870|Upkeep Cost=210|Technology Needed=None}}

==Overview==

Horse artillery units are distinguished from other types of artillery forces because everyone rides into battle: drivers ride the horses, while gun crews are often given seats on the gun limbers. The cannons assigned to horse artillery units usually fire relatively small caliber rounds although, as always, the weight of shot is used to designate different horse artillery types. The weight of fire is considered to be less important than the speed with which it can be moved to a firing position, deployed, and then removed to a new site. This is what gives horse artillery its appeal to generals: the ability to rapidly give fire from almost anywhere on the battlefield. Horse artillery can be used as a flexible reserve, or to exploit a weakness in an enemy line.

Historically, in many countries horse artillery developed a cavalry-like air of being an elite force. This attitude is entirely understandable. Dragging heavy artillery pieces across country at the gallop is an inherently dangerous thing to do, even without people shooting at you!

==Factions==
*[[Great Britain (ETW Faction)|Great Britain]]
*[[United Provinces (ETW Faction)|United Provinces]]
[[Category:Horse Artillery]]

24-lber Foot Artillery (ETW Unit)

2010-10-11T21:09:01Z

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{{Unit|image=[[File:24_foot.jpg]]|Class=Artillery|Men=24|Guns=4|Recruitable From=Engineer School|Region=Worldwide|Recruitment Cost=890|Upkeep Cost=220|Technology Needed=None}}

==Overview==

Despite the name, foot artillery batteries are towed by horses, not men. The artillerymen march alongside their pieces. All guns are smooth-bore, and rated by the size or weight of solid projectile that they fire: a 12-pounder is so called because it hurls a cannonball weighing 12 pounds towards the enemy! It may not do so very accurately, as the casting of barrels and balls means that there is inevitably a gap (wind-age) between a shot and the barrel sides. This means that a cannonball rattles down the barrel when fired, leading to an inherent inaccuracy. As technology advances, other types of ammunition can be fired.

Historically, there was limited standardization between guns, even in the same battery. Parts from one gun would not always fit a sister piece. A gunner would know the quirks of his own weapon intimately. Cunningly, the French attempted to develop a system of interchangeable components for all their guns and field equipment. Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval (1715-1789), the inspector of artillery, tried but he wasn’t entirely successful. Even after he had finished there were still more than 20 different types of wheel in use!

==Factions==
*[[Great Britain (ETW Faction)|Great Britain]]
*[[United Provinces (ETW Faction)|United Provinces]]
[[Category:Artillery]]

2010-10-09T17:15:12Z

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Egypt (M2TW:K Faction)

2010-10-09T17:11:45Z

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