Artillery

All 28 Artillery research technologies from HOI4 v1.19 — real costs, years, prerequisites and unlocks mined from the game files.

Artillery technologies (28 entries)
TechCostYearPrerequisitesLeads toUnlocksEffects
Towed Artillery Gotterdammerung
gw_artillery
Has a scripted effect on completion.
1.5 undefined — Inter-War Artillery, Anti-tank, Anti-Air
  • Equipment: artillery_equipment_1
  • Units: field_guns
  • Modules: ship_anti_air_1, tank_small_cannon, secondary_turret_small_cannon
  • armored_car: Soft Attack +0.1
Anti-Air
interwar_antiair
1.5 1936 Towed Artillery Anti-Air Upgrade
  • Equipment: anti_air_equipment_1
  • Units: anti_air_battery
  • Modules: ship_anti_air_2, tank_auto_cannon, tank_anti_air_cannon, tank_heavy_cannon, lc_light_anti_air_battery
  • Buildings: anti_air_building (level 5)
  • armored_car: Hard Attack +0.1
Inter-War Artillery
interwar_artillery
1.5 1936 Towed Artillery Artillery I
  • Modules: tank_small_cannon_2, tank_close_support_gun
  • artillery: Soft Attack +0.05
  • artillery_brigade: Soft Attack +0.1
  • mot_artillery_brigade: Soft Attack +0.1
  • category_self_propelled_artillery: Soft Attack +0.05
  • field_guns: Soft Attack +0.05
Anti-tank Peace For Our Time
interwar_antitank
Has a scripted effect on completion.
1.5 1936 Towed Artillery Anti-Tank Upgrade
  • Equipment: anti_tank_equipment_1
  • Units: anti_tank_battery
  • Modules: tank_high_velocity_cannon, tank_heavy_cannon, tank_buster_1, lc_high_velocity_cannon_turret
  • armored_car: Ap Attack +0.1
Anti-Air Upgrade
antiair1
1 1939 Anti-Air Anti-Air II —
  • category_anti_air: Air Attack +0.1
  • category_self_propelled_anti_air: Air Attack +0.15
  • category_self_propelled_anti_air_regimental_support: Air Attack +0.05
  • Tech Air Damage Factor -0.02
Artillery I
artillery1
1 1939 Inter-War Artillery Improved Artillery Upgrade I, Rocket-Assisted Projectiles, Purpose-Built Gun Motor Carriages
  • Equipment: artillery_equipment_2
  • Modules: tank_medium_howitzer, tank_medium_cannon, lc_medium_cannon_turret, lc_assault_gun
  • armored_car: Soft Attack +0.1
Anti-Tank Upgrade
antitank1
1 1939 Anti-tank Anti-Tank II
  • Modules: tank_medium_cannon, squeezebore_adaptor
  • category_anti_tank: Hard Attack +0.1
  • category_anti_tank: Ap Attack +0.2
  • category_tank_destroyers: Hard Attack +0.05
  • category_tank_destroyers: Ap Attack +0.05
  • category_tank_destroyer_regimental_support: Hard Attack +0.025
  • category_tank_destroyer_regimental_support: Ap Attack +0.05
Anti-Air II
antiair2
1 1940 Anti-Air Upgrade Improved Anti-Air Upgrade I, Shock-Hardening Techniques
  • Equipment: anti_air_equipment_2
  • Modules: ship_anti_air_3, tank_auto_cannon_2, tank_anti_air_cannon_2, lc_heavy_anti_air_battery
  • armored_car: Hard Attack +0.1
  • Static Anti Air Damage Factor +0.1
Purpose-Built Gun Motor Carriages Gotterdammerung
sp_artillery_purpose_built_gun_motor_carriages_tech
1.5 1940 Artillery I — —
  • super_heavy_artillery: Reliability +0.07
  • super_heavy_artillery: Supply Consumption -0.1
  • self_propelled_super_heavy_artillery: Reliability +0.07
  • self_propelled_super_heavy_artillery: Supply Consumption -0.1
Rocket-Assisted Projectiles Gotterdammerung
sp_artillery_rocket_assisted_projectiles_tech
1.5 1940 Artillery I — —
  • super_heavy_artillery: Soft Attack +0.1
  • self_propelled_super_heavy_artillery: Soft Attack +0.1
Improved Artillery Upgrade I
artillery2
1 1940 Artillery I Improved Artillery Upgrade II, Support Rocket Artillery —
  • artillery: Soft Attack +0.05
  • artillery_brigade: Soft Attack +0.1
  • mot_artillery_brigade: Soft Attack +0.1
  • category_self_propelled_artillery: Soft Attack +0.05
  • field_guns: Soft Attack +0.05
Support Rocket Artillery
rocket_artillery
2 1940 Improved Artillery Upgrade I Rocket Artillery Upgrade I —
Anti-Tank II
antitank2
1 1940 Anti-Tank Upgrade Improved Anti-Tank Upgrade I
  • armored_car: Ap Attack +0.1
Shock-Hardening Techniques Gotterdammerung
sp_shock_hardening_techniques
1.5 1941 Anti-Air II Variable Time Fuze Shells —
  • Static Anti Air Damage Factor +0.15
  • Static Anti Air Hit Chance Factor +0.3
Improved Anti-Air Upgrade I
antiair3
1 1941 Anti-Air II Improved Anti-Air Upgrade II
  • Modules: tank_heavy_cannon_2
  • category_anti_air: Air Attack +0.1
  • category_self_propelled_anti_air: Air Attack +0.1
  • category_self_propelled_anti_air_regimental_support: Air Attack +0.05
  • Tech Air Damage Factor -0.02
Improved Artillery Upgrade II
artillery3
1 1941 Improved Artillery Upgrade I Artillery IV
  • Modules: tank_medium_howitzer_2
  • artillery: Soft Attack +0.05
  • artillery_brigade: Soft Attack +0.1
  • mot_artillery_brigade: Soft Attack +0.1
  • category_self_propelled_artillery: Soft Attack +0.025
  • field_guns: Soft Attack +0.05
Rocket Artillery Upgrade I
rocket_artillery2
1 1941 Support Rocket Artillery Rocket Artillery Upgrade II —
  • category_rocket_artillery: Soft Attack +0.15
  • rocket_battery: Soft Attack +0.1
Improved Anti-Tank Upgrade I
antitank3
1 1941 Anti-Tank II Improved Anti-Tank Upgrade II, Advanced Sabot Rounds
  • Modules: tank_medium_cannon_2
  • category_anti_tank: Hard Attack +0.1
  • category_anti_tank: Ap Attack +0.1
  • category_tank_destroyers: Hard Attack +0.05
  • category_tank_destroyers: Ap Attack +0.05
  • category_tank_destroyer_regimental_support: Hard Attack +0.025
  • category_tank_destroyer_regimental_support: Ap Attack +0.05
Variable Time Fuze Shells Gotterdammerung
sp_variable_time_fuze_shells
1.5 1942 Shock-Hardening Techniques — —
  • artillery: Soft Attack +0.1
  • artillery_brigade: Soft Attack +0.2
  • mot_artillery_brigade: Soft Attack +0.2
  • category_self_propelled_artillery: Soft Attack +0.05
  • field_guns: Soft Attack +0.05
Improved Anti-Air Upgrade II
antiair4
1 1942 Improved Anti-Air Upgrade I Anti-Air V —
  • category_anti_air: Air Attack +0.1
  • category_self_propelled_anti_air: Air Attack +0.05
  • category_self_propelled_anti_air_regimental_support: Air Attack +0.05
  • Tech Air Damage Factor -0.02
Artillery IV
artillery4
2 1942 Improved Artillery Upgrade II Advanced Artillery Upgrade
  • armored_car: Soft Attack +0.1
Rocket Artillery Upgrade II
rocket_artillery3
1 1942 Rocket Artillery Upgrade I Rocket Artillery III —
  • category_rocket_artillery: Soft Attack +0.15
  • rocket_battery: Soft Attack +0.1
Advanced Sabot Rounds Peace For Our Time
sp_advance_sabot_shells
1.5 1942 Improved Anti-Tank Upgrade I — —
  • Static Anti Air Hit Chance Factor +0.15
  • anti_tank: Ap Attack +0.15
  • anti_tank_brigade: Ap Attack +0.15
  • mot_anti_tank_brigade: Ap Attack +0.15
  • anti_tank_battery: Ap Attack +0.15
  • category_tank_destroyers: Ap Attack +0.05
  • category_tank_destroyer_regimental_support: Ap Attack +0.05
Improved Anti-Tank Upgrade II
antitank4
1 1942 Improved Anti-Tank Upgrade I Anti-Tank V
  • Modules: tank_high_velocity_cannon_2
  • category_anti_tank: Hard Attack +0.1
  • category_anti_tank: Ap Attack +0.1
  • category_tank_destroyers: Hard Attack +0.05
  • category_tank_destroyers: Ap Attack +0.05
  • category_tank_destroyer_regimental_support: Hard Attack +0.025
  • category_tank_destroyer_regimental_support: Ap Attack +0.05
Anti-Air V
antiair5
1 1943 Improved Anti-Air Upgrade II —
  • Equipment: anti_air_equipment_3
  • Modules: ship_anti_air_4, tank_heavy_cannon_3, tank_anti_air_cannon_3, auto_loader, lc_heavy_anti_air_platform
  • armored_car: Hard Attack +0.1
  • Static Anti Air Damage Factor +0.1
Advanced Artillery Upgrade
artillery5
1 1943 Artillery IV —
  • Modules: auto_loader, tank_heavy_howitzer
  • artillery: Soft Attack +0.05
  • artillery_brigade: Soft Attack +0.1
  • mot_artillery_brigade: Soft Attack +0.1
  • category_self_propelled_artillery: Soft Attack +0.025
  • field_guns: Soft Attack +0.05
Rocket Artillery III
rocket_artillery4
1 1943 Rocket Artillery Upgrade II —
  • motorized_rocket_brigade: Soft Attack +0.3
Anti-Tank V
antitank5
1 1943 Improved Anti-Tank Upgrade II —
  • Equipment: anti_tank_equipment_3
  • Modules: tank_high_velocity_cannon_3, tank_heavy_cannon_3, auto_loader, lc_heavy_high_velocity_cannons
  • armored_car: Ap Attack +0.1