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A copy paste job from: https://www.ebay.com/itm/364958506412?itmmeta=01JQNMTJEJWHXS3KYRH2KKV5P8&hash=item54f938ddac
Wyrmshadow parts are used.
A towed (not needing oil) counterpart to Wyrmshadow's M163 Vulcan SPAAG. This is meant to be a flavor unit for modern age AA guns. We currently only have BeBro's Oerlikon GDF. The M167 can be a flavor unit for America, Korea, Japan (though they use the GDF as well), Aztec, Maya (Ecuador and Honduras IRL), Arabia (Saudi IRL), Carthage (Morocco IRL), France (Belgium IRL), Inca (Chile IRL though Argentina uses the GDF), South East Asia (Thailand IRL), Sahel (Sudan IRL), Zulu/Bantu (Botswana IRL).
I suggest implementing it as an artillery unit with good AA value, moderate bombard value and 1 ROF.+2 range. That way it will be able to constantly provide ground fire support as well like it does IRL. The problem with making AA guns defensive units is that if you play correctly, they would almost never contribute to the ground war. And the AI would end up relying on them for city defense. As an artillery AI strat unit, the AI would escort it and bombard your cities as part of a big stack, making bombing risky.
Civilopedia entry:
"The Arab-Israeli war of 1967 drove home the point that units needed air coverage in support of maneuver. With a surprise attack on both airfields and SAM sites, the Israeli Air Force insured not only air superiority but air supremacy over Arab ground forces thus causing the Egyptians to sue for peace. Over North Vietnam, US aircraft were on the receiving end and saw massive ADA coverages emerge around Hanoi and Haiphong composed of both SAMs and AAA. One outgrowth of the lessons learned by the US Air Force was that US divisions needed an organic air defense unit. As an interim measure until an objective system could be fielded, the Army developed the Chaparral SAM system and the Vulcan 20mm gun. These were then introduced as a battalion size element in the division in the early 1970s.
The M61A1 Vulcan cannon is a six-barrel 20mm weapon capable of firing 6,000 rounds per minute. Incorporating the same basic principle invented by Richard J. Gatling in the 1860s, the M61A1 multiple gun barrels rotate rapidly to allow a high rate of fire. Because each barrel fires only one of every six rounds, the wear and heat generated are less than with a single barrel gun. Vulcans can be driven electrically, hydraulically or by a ram-air engine.
The M167 Vulcan was a highly mobile weapon. A Jeep/Humvee could tow it and a UH-1/Black Hawk helicopter could air assault it anywhere it needed to go. It provided defense against aircraft that were too close for missiles.
The combat effectiveness of the VULCAN was superior to the Duster and the Quad 50. It exceeded both these vehicles in all categories except ammunition resupply. The VULCAN was more compatible with the cavalry and mechanized vehicles with which it usually operated than were the Duster or Quad 50. Its high cyclic rate of fire ensured a high degree of lethality. The relatively small basic load of the VULCAN, together with its high cyclic rate of fire, posed a constant ammunition resupply problem."
Wyrmshadow parts are used.
A towed (not needing oil) counterpart to Wyrmshadow's M163 Vulcan SPAAG. This is meant to be a flavor unit for modern age AA guns. We currently only have BeBro's Oerlikon GDF. The M167 can be a flavor unit for America, Korea, Japan (though they use the GDF as well), Aztec, Maya (Ecuador and Honduras IRL), Arabia (Saudi IRL), Carthage (Morocco IRL), France (Belgium IRL), Inca (Chile IRL though Argentina uses the GDF), South East Asia (Thailand IRL), Sahel (Sudan IRL), Zulu/Bantu (Botswana IRL).
I suggest implementing it as an artillery unit with good AA value, moderate bombard value and 1 ROF.+2 range. That way it will be able to constantly provide ground fire support as well like it does IRL. The problem with making AA guns defensive units is that if you play correctly, they would almost never contribute to the ground war. And the AI would end up relying on them for city defense. As an artillery AI strat unit, the AI would escort it and bombard your cities as part of a big stack, making bombing risky.
Civilopedia entry:
"The Arab-Israeli war of 1967 drove home the point that units needed air coverage in support of maneuver. With a surprise attack on both airfields and SAM sites, the Israeli Air Force insured not only air superiority but air supremacy over Arab ground forces thus causing the Egyptians to sue for peace. Over North Vietnam, US aircraft were on the receiving end and saw massive ADA coverages emerge around Hanoi and Haiphong composed of both SAMs and AAA. One outgrowth of the lessons learned by the US Air Force was that US divisions needed an organic air defense unit. As an interim measure until an objective system could be fielded, the Army developed the Chaparral SAM system and the Vulcan 20mm gun. These were then introduced as a battalion size element in the division in the early 1970s.
The M61A1 Vulcan cannon is a six-barrel 20mm weapon capable of firing 6,000 rounds per minute. Incorporating the same basic principle invented by Richard J. Gatling in the 1860s, the M61A1 multiple gun barrels rotate rapidly to allow a high rate of fire. Because each barrel fires only one of every six rounds, the wear and heat generated are less than with a single barrel gun. Vulcans can be driven electrically, hydraulically or by a ram-air engine.
The M167 Vulcan was a highly mobile weapon. A Jeep/Humvee could tow it and a UH-1/Black Hawk helicopter could air assault it anywhere it needed to go. It provided defense against aircraft that were too close for missiles.
The combat effectiveness of the VULCAN was superior to the Duster and the Quad 50. It exceeded both these vehicles in all categories except ammunition resupply. The VULCAN was more compatible with the cavalry and mechanized vehicles with which it usually operated than were the Duster or Quad 50. Its high cyclic rate of fire ensured a high degree of lethality. The relatively small basic load of the VULCAN, together with its high cyclic rate of fire, posed a constant ammunition resupply problem."
