Surface Units Attack

[joojoo]

Hello to all, Since I am completely new here I would like to ask if is it possible for ships and more precisely for frigate Perry to attack in ground targets that I have preset.

 

Thank you in advance!

[feefifofum]

Use the "fire at point" advanced waypoint action (or triggered action) and select cruise missiles as the weapon type, and you're good to go.

[Yoda967]

It's a question of realism. I served as a gunfire controlman aboard an OLIVER HAZARD PERRY-class frigate as part of her commissioning crew and never once did we train to or practice putting any kind of rounds ashore. Is she capable? Technically, yes, with her 76mm gun, but direct fire (line of sight) only.

 

The FFGs were most definitely not capable of launching land attack cruise missiles. Anti-ship version of Harpoon only. (The Navy tested, but did not buy the surface-launched land attack capable version of Harpoon.)

[feefifofum]

You're correct Yoda, I was thinking of the Normandy. The Perry will fire its guns at targets on land within LOS but does not carry cruise missiles.

[Yoda967]

I commissioned a cruiser, too, as a weapons chief. Those 5" guns are fun.

 

Joojoo, when you set up a cruiser to attack a shore target with guns, put it on a race track parallel to the beach, between three and six miles out. Use a triggered action to PERFORM TASK > FIRE AT POINT. Set the ZONE RADIUS to 165 feet, the weapon to "-Cannon", and check the ROUNDS EXPEND checkbox. Set the rounds count to 10. Give the triggered action a name like "FIRE MISSION AA1001".

 

Under triggers, you can set a flag however you want so that when the flag is true, AI PUSH TASK for "FIRE MISSION AA1001" is executed, and BOOM, you've just put 700lbs of ordnance on target.