Artillery Ammunition

[webern7]

Does anyone know the details of artillery ammo in HistWar? In the HistWar videos I have seen, the artillery appears to be firing exploding shells. While it is true that howitzers had this capability, the vast majority of the artillery ammunition used in a Napoleonic battle was either solid shot or cannister. If this is not simulated in the game, that's unfortunate. Napoleonic artillery tried to avoid plunging fire as a rule, preferring to position their guns so that the cannonballs would bounce multiple times, thereby causing more casualties.

[Count von Csollich]

Does anyone know the details of artillery ammo in HistWar? In the HistWar videos I have seen, the artillery appears to be firing exploding shells. While it is true that howitzers had this capability, the vast majority of the artillery ammunition used in a Napoleonic battle was either solid shot or cannister. If this is not simulated in the game, that's unfortunate. Napoleonic artillery tried to avoid plunging fire as a rule, preferring to position their guns so that the cannonballs would bounce multiple times, thereby causing more casualties.

If you have a closer look at the videos, the game or the demo, you will actually see the round shots bouncing, first a few shots to get a fix on the target and then you see the round shots smashing trough the enemy ranks...until they get in canister range...just great...Artillery couldn't be more realistic..really   exploding shell is only fired by howithers...
this is pure realism  

CvC

[webern7]

Thanks, Count! That's very reassuring.