Railway guns for the ostheer

the ostheer should get railway gun as a call in arty from one of the doctrines. it would allow you to call in a single round from from a Gustav gun. the five ton high explosive shell would do a ton of damage and have a massive kill zone cost about 150 mun but like the real thing could only fire 3-6 rounds per hour. there were two of these guns made and were both used almost exclusively on the eastern front so it seems perfect for the ostheer. plus it would give the worlds largest arty guns some recognition.

How accurate were they?

I had a railway gun in my Ostheer concept till 1 of the devs said it is that this kind of bombardment is to similar to V-1. (but not as cool)
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Last edited April 6, 2010 at 10:50 AM by Paciat

in response paciat.
i suppose it would be similar to the v1 but that dose not mean it would not be awesome i mean whats not sweet about a five ton shell. plus it would have much bigger punch than the v1 which had no ware near a five ton warhead so whether or it could go either way if they do put it in it would be cool if they dont then thats cool to but you but you shouldn't be such a dick about it dubbing it a stupid idea and all.

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in response to stryker
the accuracy of the Gustav gun was similar to a Battle ship gun. more accurate than you would think but still a little hit and miss . it was used to soften up a target before an attack. so they also made 12 ton bunker busting shells filled with concrete. so it was by no means a close support gun

Last edited April 6, 2010 at 3:45 PM by mooooooo

mooooooo wrote:
in response paciat.
i suppose it would be similar to the v1 but that dose not mean it would not be awesome i mean whats not sweet about a five ton shell. plus it would have much bigger punch than the v1 which had no ware near a five ton warhead so whether or it could go either way if they do put it in it would be cool if they dont then thats cool to but you but you shouldn't be such a dick about it dubbing it a stupid idea and all.

Im not a dick. I didnt create "Pettiton on stupid ideas" - nor I wanted it to be called that. (I wanted a Pettiton on all ideas that devs said they wont use)
Finnaly Im not the only one that is sick of people posting the same ideas over and over again without checking the forum first.

5 ton shell would destroy all base structures in 1 shot. It cant do more damage than a V-1.

Also V-1 makes a "cool" sound while a "sweet five ton shell" would be just another shell from off-map. Ju-87 droping a 1,8 ton bomb (or smaller) on the other hand would sound much better. It could also supress infantry with its diving screem, blow up bridges etc.

hey my apology's i did not understand at first and you got a point as much as i want them to use it. those would be cooler and it would probably be a tad overpowered also i did not realize the idea was already out there ill check before i post something again

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Last edited April 6, 2010 at 7:38 PM by Lord Rommel