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Howitzer
Frame55
Basic data
TypeSiege cannon
Statistics
Hit pointsLowest: 3000/Highest: 4500
Sight1000
Attack
AttCannon Cannon: 4000

Rate of fire600
Shot Cost
Iron Icon Iron: 20

Coal Icon Coal: 100

Aggro Radius1000
DefenseIcon shield Protection: 75
RangeLowest max: 1400/Highest max: 1617/Min: 700
AbilitiesShoots in an arc, allowing the cannonball to pass above a wall
Requirements
PrerequisitesBlacksmith
Built atArtillery Depot
CostMax:
Wood Icon Wood: 250

Gold Icon Gold: 350, upkeep 0.062

Iron Icon Iron: 300

Min:

Wood Icon Wood: 45

Gold Icon Gold: 62, upkeep 0.062

Iron Icon Iron: 53

TimeSlowest: 94/Fastest: 20

Howitzer is a artillery unit in Cossacks 3, available at the Artillery Depot. It is a siege cannon, extremely effective against fortifications and massed up units, for a very weak range.

Background[ | ]

The main advantage of a howitzer over a cannon is its lower weight for greater calibres. A howitzer's range of fire is shorter than that of a cannon, but the projectile trajectory is much higher and the bomb weight is much greater than that of a cannonball. Moreover, due to plunging fire, howitzers can shell enemy forces behind obstacles or irregularities in the landscape. In the past, a howitzer's fire accuracy was inferior to that of a cannon, but explosive projectiles (bombs) and its large calibre compensated for this drawback. Howitzers took over mainly in the 18th century and played a great role in battles of those times.

Characteristics[ | ]

  • Siege cannon.
  • Fires in arc trajectory.
  • Effective against fortifications and massed infantry.
  • Low rate of fire and accuracy.
  • Requires gold for upkeep.
  • When out of gold, howitzers stops firing.
  • Unguarded howitzer can be captured by the enemy.
  • Spends a lot of coal and iron on firing.

Upgrades[ | ]

Artillery depot[ | ]

Cost[ | ]

Upgrade name Level Effect Wood Stone Gold
Foundry mechanization II Decreases cost by 35% 1000 500 300
Foundry mechanization III Decreases cost by 35% 3000 1000 500
Foundry mechanization IV Decreases cost by 35% 6000 2000 1000

Construction speed[ | ]

Upgrade name Level Effect Gold Iron
Develop new metalworking methods II Speed up building by -25% 500 1000
Develop new metalworking methods III Speed up building by -25% 1000 2000
Develop new metalworking methods IV Speed up building by -25% 2000 3000

Academy[ | ]

Upgrade name Effect Wood Stone Gold Iron Coal
Research improved additions to gunpowder formula Artillery range +5% --- --- 2000 12150 ---
Design new barrel types: unicorn, carronade Artillery range +10% --- 3000 4550 19200 ---
Design more durable gun carriage: Gribovalle system Artillery durability +50% --- --- 500 3830 1500
Research new sighting devices for artillery Artillery accuracy +35% 3540 --- 2000 --- 7250
Finance artillery repair shops Repair all artillery 350 --- 100 --- 250
Develop mathematics Artillery accuracy +35% 9540 --- 12000 --- 65200

Strategies[ | ]

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