A car does not equal a tank

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The description for the barrels says that a tank is mobile artilery.
But in game all it uses is automobiles.
The factory-input file should be altered to look like this
barrel_factory = {
automobiles = 1
artillery = 1
steel = 5
}
instead of like this
barrel_factory = {
automobiles = 1
}
The artillery is the turrent and the steel is the armor.
Does anyone else think this make sense?

 

[Apollon]

absolutely yes!

 

[Grosshaus]

IIRC WW1 tanks didn't have cannons, instead machine guns. The steel requirement does sound good.

 

[MegaPIMP]

small arms then instead of arty?

 

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Originally posted by Grosshaus
IIRC WW1 tanks didn't have cannons, instead machine guns. The steel requirement does sound good.

Some didn`t have cannons, but most did. Sometimes multiple (-as they didn`t have turrets) .

The steel requirement is a bit high in my opinion. Automobile already includes steel.

 

[MegaPIMP]

well hving 66700 tanks is not that realistic is it?

 

[Apollon]

automobiles include steel, but they don't include armour. thus, the steel is necessary.

 

[Maximilian I]

Originally posted by MegaPIMP
well hving 66700 tanks is not that realistic is it?

it´s just a abstracted value. 1 unit does not equal one tank.

 

[MegaPIMP]

what does it represent then? A seat in it?

 

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Actually, I think they kind of screwed up the way it was built. When you build the tank resource, you don't put in the artillery, but you DO put it in later, when you add the division.

 

[ShrineGuard]

The earliest British tanks were heavily influenced by naval sources, and were thus heavy on the artillery. Those British tanks were massive, with a crew of something like twelve, and big naval guns.

The first tanks were not envisioned as a blitzkreig device. They were land battleships in the eyes of many. Definatly not equal to one car.

 

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Originally posted by ShrineGuard
The earliest British tanks were heavily influenced by naval sources, and were thus heavy on the artillery. Those British tanks were massive, with a crew of something like twelve, and big naval guns.

The first tanks were not envisioned as a blitzkreig device. They were land battleships in the eyes of many. Definatly not equal to one car.

However, the French tanks (which came quickly after) were quite quick for the day and had a very small crew. They also brought about the renovation of a movable turrent.

 

[ShrineGuard]

Yes, quite true. The German attempts at tanks, however, were modeled after the British tanks, since the Germans stole broken British tanks and did some reverse engineering. I believe the German tanks were even bigger.

 

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"even bigger" is an understatement. The German Tank was so friggin big, they couldnt devize a motor strong enough to move the thing basically. It looked like a WWI era Tank the size of a Destroyer basically

 

[Apollon]

behold the A7V, german tank

 

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Maybe 1 automobile, 1 steel, and 1 artillery, and 1 small arms should be combined to make 1 tank. I like the idea of adding steel and guns to the cars, but 5 steel is a little overboard.

Tanks were originally called Landships, as well.

Steele