[South Atlantic Assets Pack] Issue with L118 Light Gun Ammunition (Placeholder?)

[gnomechild]

First off, thank you again for the amazing assets included with this pack provided to all of us for free. These are already some of my most used assets and are absolutely invaluable for cold war mission making. The L118 in particular is a huge addition to the game as up to this point there are no towed artillery units available to mission editors. However, there is a small issue with the ammunition provided for the L118.
The gun is using the UOF412 shell which belong to the KS-19 AAA gun. It has a very high muzzle velocity, very flat trajectory, and (relatively) tiny warhead compared to an actual artillery shell. I recognize that this is most likely a placeholder ammunition until a 105mm shell is made for the game. But if I might make a recommendation, I would use any other artillery shell for a placeholder until the correct ammunition is available. The flat trajectory of the shell prevents the L118 from working as one would expect an artillery piece to work and the ability to engage units with indirect fire is EXTREMELY limited. For example, here are three different artillery pieces all set to fire at a point 12km away:

My suggestion would be to replace the shell with the 122mm shell from the 2S1. It's a little bigger than the 105mm, but the gun functions much more like a real artillery piece when it's in there and the difference between a 122mm and a 105mm is much less than the difference between 105mm arty and 100mm AAA. I have tested it by replacing a line in the SA pack Launchers.lua from
GT_t.WS_t.L118.LN[1].PL[1].shell_name               = {"UOF412_100HE"};
to
GT_t.WS_t.L118.LN[1].PL[1].shell_name               = {"2A18_122"};  and it works great.

Thanks again!

Edited November 9, 2024 by gnomechild

[Moezilla]

Yeah, the OF412 is too weak, and too fast. The L118, as a howitzer, needs a dual purpose direct/indirect round, so currently, the 122mm ammunition from the 2S1 is probably the best compromise, even though it's slightly too powerful.
Ideally, ED would add the UK L31A1 105mm shell, and the US M1 105mm to their arsenal, so that the ranks of NATO artillery pieces could be filled out to cover the Cold War period. M101, M102 and M119 would bridge the gap from WW2-early 2010s for the US and other operators.

[mightyseaking]

Thanks for the Info,  You are correct the Ammunition under ED so I just used a place holder while coding the gun,  I will go with your suggestion  and change the Ammo while we await the specific shell from ED. 

 

Thanks again.