MRSI Missions

>>34507069
Russia uses a JDAM like add on to their shells called Dinamika. It'll home onto the GPS coordinates as long as it is possible. The downside is it costs $1,000 to put the kit into an ordinary shell.

>>34507069
You don't need vastly different amounts of propellant if you can do calculations for the parabolic arcs. It's actually really neat how they do it. There's tons of videos on how it works on YouTube and all sorts of marketing vids for it.

>>34507146
>You don't need vastly different amounts of propellant
But are you saying there are still marginally different amounts?

I'm mostly wondering if the shells come prepackaged that way or you're able to adjust the amount on the field.

Artillery shells aint fixed to cartridges son.

>>34507429
Oh. I see.

Huh, that makes sense now. So the explosive shell remains the same, but the crew can load up different amount of propellant?

>>34507069
>>34507321
Not completely relevant but iirc, Napoleonic era cannons would beable to calculate two firing arcs for every range. High register being greater than 45 degrees and low being less.

>>34507499
I dunno about traditional arty but mortars at least have ring-like charges for propellant that snap around the base of the shell. Add or subtract charges to fix distance.

I would assume it's similar for gun-type large diameter pieces too, instead of rings I think it comes in pre-measured bags that get loaded into the breech behind the shell.

>>34507069
They do it just like your picture shows, motherfucker.

>>34507069
Your questions are directly answered here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery#MRSI

>>34507069
The higher you shoot the round, the longer it takes to reach the ground.

>>34507499
Yes. Arty powder typically comes in bags, and the crew load a number of bags behind the shell (sometimes the bags are placed in a brass cartridge, more often they're rammed in bare) based on their calculations.

MRSI-capable pieces generally have autoloaders that select the correct number of bags rapidly and automatically--I think that every piece so far that can do MRSI has an autoloader. Could someone correct me if I'm wrong?