How old tanks are used as artillery ARMA 3 mod

In this video I try to explain how old tanks can be used as artillery..
The link to mod:
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[@rllybigguy]

you are awesome

[@NotANecoArcAgent]

Interesting video! Is there any way to know gun elevation for most vehicles (for example bmp-1 or leopard 1 from DLC) to use it for indirect fire?

[@gezalesko3813]

Sure... this mod can be adopted to anything, even rifles. The thing is that russian T series tanks are inheritly designed to use as indirect artillery unlike western tanks or IFVs. so I see no reason ro that apart from having fun...

[@sector888]

Do you follow Alexander Mercouris and the Duran channel? You have invaluable knowledge of warfare

[@gezalesko3813]

Yes I kow him but don't really follow his work... thanks for your kind words but believe me this is way bellow NCO level in tank or artillery forces :) There are many people who know much more about these things but I am lucky to have some basic computer coding skills to visualize these issues and make them digestable to those interested.

[@sector888]

He has people like you with military experience writing to him private messages so he can explain to the people what's happening on the battlefield better. One of the points he made a long time ago was exactly as you mentioned, that when Russia shipped their old t55s to the front line it was intended for artillery usage, whereas the western media will make us believe it's due to their lack of equipment and huge losses.

[@gezalesko3813]

@@sector888 I guess that is just a coincidence that I am repeating him. But facts are facts.. T-55 is even better than T-72 or any modern smooth bore tank as artillery with its rifled barrel..

[@user-md5vh7le5t]

please tell me which tables to use for shooting?

[@gezalesko3813]

This is an experiment I have not developed range tables yet. Normal ballistics dont work with tanks in Arma for some reason. As a start you can use the T-72 optics by manually setting the distance and measure how much the aiming point needs to be raised from horisontal. Though that works only to 4000 meters.. Anyway if I went into developing this mod into something realistic (azimuth indicator, elevation gauge) that would probably be the T-55 as that tank is a better choice for artillery with its rifled barrel and longer barrel life..

[@user-md5vh7le5t]

@@gezalesko3813 I performed target shooting on a virtual map with an interval of 500 m, including a range of 8 km, and compiled an approximate table, unfortunately it does not match the real tables a little

[@gezalesko3813]

@@user-md5vh7le5t The first is that the real range table is russian mils and this mod uses nato mils. I tried to convert but not much success. The problem might be is that ARMA's ballisitic engine is somewhat messed up and if a unit is not artillery it calculates in a weird way I cannot really figure it out... Anyway I did not intend it to be a realisitc mod though not against it.

[@user-md5vh7le5t]

@@gezalesko3813 kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKazdYWwgJujrZY this car is surprisingly strong for such a close rupture of a 125mm high-explosive shell))))