Field Guns
Towed firepower for the line.
Field guns are towed or emplaced direct-fire weapons that anchor defences and threaten armour. They hit hard but are slow to relocate, so positioning and crew coordination decide their value.
What this page teaches
- What field guns are for
- Towing and positioning
- Crewing a field gun
- Strengths and vulnerabilities
What field guns do
Field guns deliver heavy direct fire, particularly against vehicles and fortifications. They are a powerful answer to armour and a strong anchor for a defensive position.
They are less about mobility and more about controlling an approach.
Towing and positioning
Field guns are moved by towing them with a suitable vehicle. Because relocating is slow, the position you choose matters enormously.
Place them with good fields of fire over likely armour routes, with cover and a way to withdraw the gun if needed.
Crewing a field gun
A field gun works best with a crew handling aiming, loading, and ammo supply, plus spotting and protection from nearby infantry.
An unsupported gun is easily flanked and lost.
Strengths and vulnerabilities
Field guns punch hard but are exposed: they have little protection for the crew and cannot reposition quickly under pressure.
Protect them with infantry and terrain, and do not leave them stranded forward when a line falls back.
When to use one
Deploy field guns to defend an approach against armour or to add heavy fire to a static line. Avoid using them where the front is too fluid to keep them supported.
They reward prepared, deliberate defence.
Related systems
Field guns connect to Anti-Tank Weapons, Anti-Tank Basics, and the Building section for the positions that protect them.
Placing a field gun forward with no infantry support, then losing it when the position is flanked.
Choose the field gun's position as carefully as a builder chooses a bunker's. It cannot reposition quickly, so the first placement must be right.