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Howitzers are a type of howitzer artillery in Napoleon: Total War.

Description[]

Foot artillery batteries are the core of an army on campaign: cannons win battles.

Howitzers fall somewhere between guns and mortars, the other main artillery types. Like guns, they have limited mobility and are slow moving, but are they not as accurate as cannons. They do not fire straight at the target, but lob shots high into the air to plunge down on a target. The charge of powder and the barrel angle can be varied, which means a howitzer can send an almost-vertical shot over a wall. Given such an ability, they are best employed to bombard areas where enemies are concentrated. In close action, they can fire canister rounds directly into enemy formations, blasting them with hundreds of musket balls.

Historically, howitzers were not easy to use. Ballistics was not a perfectly understood science and, apart from inaccurate targeting, a shell did not necessarily do any damage when it arrived. Erratic winds could send shells flying off course. Shell fuses had to be lit while still in the barrel, and the length of fuse judged to match the flight time. If the fuse was too short, the shell could explode in mid air; too long and the enemy might be able to put it out before the shell exploded!

General Information[]

Available to the Ottoman Empire, Howitzers are statistically identical to 7-lber Howitzers, but are much more expensive to field. This makes them a dubious choice in terms of cost-efficiency, though the very cheap cost of the rest of Ottoman roster can usually free up enough money to field a few of these artillery pieces.

Napoleon: Total War Artillery
Cannons 12-lber Foot Artillery18-lber Foot Artillery6-lber Foot Artillery6-lber Horse Artillery8-lber Foot Artillery9-lber Foot ArtilleryArtillerie à ChevalArtillerie à PiedGrand Battery of the ConventionGuard Foot ArtilleryGuard Horse Artillery
Howitzers and Mortars 10-lber Unicorn20-lber Unicorn5-In Howitzer6-In Howitzer7-lber HowitzerBombardment MortarsExperimental HowitzerHowitzers
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