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McTec Field Mortar

In 1 collection by McTec Ind.
Mars War 2170
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Description
After having all our artillery pieces being destroyed by imperial commandos we came
up with this simple but effective alternative.While it is not a mobile cannon like the old
AWG howitzers it does come with the advantage of greater range (from 1 to 5km) at
the cost of a less powerful shell/explosive yield.The mortar shells being tossed by this
'launcher' are single use only and come with a detonation timer to make sure that none
of the shells end as duds.

To aim this mortar you can access the cannon aim controls via the aptly named remote
controls.The mortar uses a Whiplash's MART script with a slight trick so that it only turns
on an X-Y-plane while leaving the part of the barrel elevation to a piston and a set of
hinges (thanks to Blackarmor's mech tutorials...yeah I could already do these joints...but
it took me a lot longer and had more swearing at the screen using my old method).

To set the different distances to shoot at this mortar also comes with a artillery fuse timer
table to make rough estimates on how far your shell will travel...still takes a bit of testing
to figure out how to aim (I usually center my target at the rightside hydraulics of the piston
infront of my field of vision...just a rough guess).

Weapons:
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It's a mortar...

Scripts:
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Whiplash:"MART","Image Converter"

More of AWG's stuff: http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/id/AWG935/myworkshopfiles/?appid=244850

-Have fun.
20 Comments
Rusted Droid 11 Jul, 2019 @ 6:14am 
Your Mortar really remind me this neverhood cannon https://youtu.be/NO5j9NQEX1s?t=26
McTec Ind.  [author] 8 Jan, 2018 @ 11:51pm 
it doesn't move up and down.has a fixed elevation.the distance it can fire is set by the fuse.
Mako_547 8 Jan, 2018 @ 4:30pm 
how do i move it up and down?
McTec Ind.  [author] 8 Jan, 2018 @ 5:45am 
in that case don't forget to use nuclear penetrators.^^
Ay Miguel! 7 Jan, 2018 @ 11:16pm 
Congratz to the front page! :D
McTec Ind.  [author] 7 Jan, 2018 @ 10:32am 
as for how it works. it is just a rotating projectile with timed thrusters and warheads.the ballistic curve is achieved by the thrusters turning off (while arming the warheads)in midflight.
McTec Ind.  [author] 7 Jan, 2018 @ 10:31am 
you access it by sitting in the chair and use the remote controll (that is if you want to aim it in a different direction).once you've done that you can just trigger the only timer block in the hotkey bar or if you are not using the remote control to aim you can press the red button followed by the grey button.
Ava [Field Medic] 7 Jan, 2018 @ 7:45am 
Ayyy I got somewhat of a mention ;) Lookin awesome
McTec Ind.  [author] 6 Jan, 2018 @ 1:49pm 
but in theory you could make a slightly more primitive version withouth the use of piston/rotor combinations...although still by hand but less clang prone.
McTec Ind.  [author] 6 Jan, 2018 @ 1:49pm 
don't think so.you would have to do all the rotors by hand and also get to enjoy the piston with all the nice mysterious effects like rotating doom to destroy all the things you've worked so hard for...so probably a bad idea.^^