24-lber Howitzer Foot Artillery are a type of howitzer artillery in Empire: Total War.
Description[]
Foot artillery batteries are the core of an army on campaign: the weapons that win battles and batter down walls.
Howitzers fall somewhere between guns and mortars, the other main artillery types. They have a limited mobility, like guns. Like mortars, they do not fire straight at the target, but send shots high into the air to plunge down on a target (and over anything in the way). By angling the barrel and changing the propellant charge used, howitzers have an impressive flexibility in shell trajectories. Experienced crews can lob explosive shells and incendiary rounds with great accuracy into a “beaten zone”, making life utterly miserable and very short for anyone within it. In close action, they can fire canister rounds directly into enemy formations, like giant sawn-off shotguns.
The term foot artillery applies because the gunners walk into battle alongside the draft animals. Like all artillery, the rating of these howitzers refers to the nominal weight of shot fired; loading the heavier pieces made for strong gunners!
Historically, howitzers – like many other artillery pieces – were far from standardised weapons in the 18th Century. Shells and spare parts made in one foundry did not always fit another foundry’s pieces, even if the calibre was nominally identical and the two guns were part of the same battery in the field. It took a good deal of effort and argument to get foundries to standardise barrels and ancillary equipment, even in a single country.
General Information[]
Without exception, 24-lber Howitzers are the best type of howitzer artillery available, possessing similar traits to 12-lber Howitzer Foot Artillery with the exception of much better firepower. They are nearly ubiquitous; only Pirates cannot train howitzers.
Ottoman and Mameluke 24-lbers are available far earlier, requiring only Great Arsenals or even Military Governor's Barracks. In addition, they are very slightly cheaper to train.
| Empire: Total War Artillery | |
|---|---|
| Cannons | 12-lber Foot Artillery • 18-lber Foot Artillery • 18-lber Horse Guard Artillery • 24-lber Foot Artillery • 24-lber Guard Artillery • 3-lber Horse Artillery • 6-lber Horse Artillery • 64-lber Great Gun • 64-lber Heavy Artillery • 9-lber Artillery • Cannons • Demi-Cannons • Guns • Native Artillery • Sakers |
| Howitzers and Mortars | 12-lber Howitzer Foot Artillery • 24-lber Howitzer Foot Artillery • 4-inch Mortar Battery • Bombardment Mortars • Large Mortars • Mortars |
| Other | Organ Gun • Puckle Guns • Rocket Band • Rocket Troop |