M1 75mm Pack Howitzer

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The M1 75mm Pack Howitzer is a mid-range artillery piece available to the American Expeditionary Forces. Featuring a good firing range and strong damage, the Pack Howitzer is a powerful weapon for situations where a weapon with a bit more punch than a Mortar but without the steep cost of heavy artillery pieces is needed.

Overview
The M1 75mm Pack Howitzer lies somewhere in the middle-ground between light indirect fire units such as the M1 81mm Mortar and heavier artillery pieces such as the LeFH 18. Featuring heavy hitting shells and powerful barrages as well as a decent firing range, the 75mm Pack Howitzer is a strong option to use when heavy firepower is needed without the high cost of typical rocket artillery and heavy guns.

The 75mm Pack Howitzer has a significant advantage over most light artillery pieces in the form of its range. Featuring a longer range than mortars and comparable field guns such as the Le.IG 18, it is capable of pounding enemy positions while remaining out of range of everything short of heavy howitzers and long-range rocket artillery. This allows it to remain practically untouchable in the field while other mortar units remain vulnerable to light counter-battery fire and rapid assaults.

Additionally, it deals far more damage than most light artillery rounds, allowing it to pose much more of a threat to units it is targeting. It also has access to more powerful abilities as its veterancy level increases, giving it more versatile barrages to unleash on its enemies.

Overall, the Pack Howitzer is a powerful indirect fire weapon that is useful in a wide variety of situations and remains useful throughout the entire match.

USMC Variant
The version of this weapon available to the USMC comes with a crew equipped with light body-armor, increasing their resistance to small-arms. Additionally, the crew has marginally more health (85 vs 80) and has two additional veterancy levels.

Pros

 * Powerful shells and barrages
 * Long firing range
 * Large crew size

Cons

 * Limited firing cone
 * No retreat ability
 * No free smoke-barrage ability

High Explosive Barrage
The weapon crew fires a barrage of four HE shells at the target location, dealing significant damage to enemy infantry and structures.



High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) Barrage
The weapon crew fires a barrage of four M66 HEAT rounds at the target location, dealing damage to enemy infantry and structures in the area. These shells can penetrate and deal damage to vehicles (160) but have a smaller area-of-effect, reducing effectiveness against infantry.



White Phosphorus Barrage
25 Munitions; The weapon crew fires a barrage of four White Phosphorus shells at the target location, dealing significant damage-over-time to enemy infantry caught in the smoke as well as a decent amount of direct damage. Damage-over-time is not directly lethal.

Veterancy
 Veterancy One 

Unlocks the 'White Phosphorus Barrage' ability.

 Veterancy Two 

Unlocks the 'High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) Barrage' ability.

 Veterancy Three 

-30% ability recharge time

USMC Variant
***Exact values are unknown due to limited access to mod files***

 Veterancy Four 

Decreases received accuracy of the weapon crew.

 Veterancy Five 

Increases shell damage and penetration