Artillery wagon — Factorio Production Calculator
Artillery wagon is crafted in the assembling machine in 4 seconds, producing 1 per craft from 64 × Engine unit, 10 × Iron gear wheel, 40 × Steel plate, 16 × Pipe, 20 × Advanced circuit. At 60 per minute you need 8 assembling machines, and the chain behind it draws on 4 raw resources: iron ore, petroleum gas, copper ore, coal.
Production chain for 60 Artillery wagon / minute
| Item | Per minute | Machines | Machine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron plate | 51,120 | 2,726.4 | Furnace |
| Copper cable | 12,000 | 100 | Assembling machine |
| Pipe | 8,640 | 144 | Assembling machine |
| Steel plate | 6,240 | 1,664 | Furnace |
| Copper plate | 6,000 | 320 | Furnace |
| Iron gear wheel | 4,440 | 74 | Assembling machine |
| Engine unit | 3,840 | 1,280 | Assembling machine |
| Electronic circuit | 2,400 | 40 | Assembling machine |
| Plastic bar | 2,400 | 20 | Chemical plant |
| Advanced circuit | 1,200 | 240 | Assembling machine |
| Artillery wagon | 60 | 8 | Assembling machine |
Raw materials
| Resource | Per minute |
|---|---|
| Iron ore | 51,120 |
| Petroleum gas | 24,000 |
| Copper ore | 6,000 |
| Coal | 1,200 |
Machine counts are not rounded up. Add a little headroom in game — belt throughput and inserter speed usually mean you want 5-10% more than the exact number.
Artillery wagon recipe
| Machine | Crafting time | Output | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembling machine | 4 s | 1 | Engine unit × 64, Iron gear wheel × 10, Steel plate × 40, Pipe × 16, Advanced circuit × 20 |
What the whole chain needs
60 artillery wagons per minute pulls in 10 intermediate products, and the whole tree comes to 6,616 machines across 3 machine types, fed by 4 raw resources. The table above already sums demand across every branch — if copper cable is used by two recipes, you see the total, not one of them.
Belt check: the busiest input here moves 51,120 per minute, which is 56.8 of a yellow belt's 900 per minute. Above 1.0 and you need a second belt (or a faster tier) before the machines themselves become the limit.
What uses artillery wagon
No base-game recipe consumes artillery wagon — it is an end product. Once you build it, the chain stops here, which makes it a good target if you only want to size the sub-factory that feeds your mall.
What artillery wagon is made from
- Engine unit — 64 per craft
- Iron gear wheel — 10 per craft
- Steel plate — 40 per craft
- Pipe — 16 per craft
- Advanced circuit — 20 per craft
FAQ
How many assembling machines do I need for 60 artillery wagons per minute?
8 assembling machines. One at standard speed produces 7.5 per minute, so 60 ÷ that number is the count. The calculator above rounds nothing — add 5-10% headroom for belt and inserter losses in a real factory.
How much raw ore does artillery wagon take?
At 60/min the chain consumes 51,120 iron ore per minute, 24,000 petroleum gas per minute, 6,000 copper ore per minute and 1 more. Those numbers are the theoretical minimum — mining productivity research and productivity modules both reduce them.
Machine counts assume bare machines at standard speed. Recipe data comes from the game's own prototypes (PlayerCalc, Factorio 2.0 base game). Not affiliated with Wube Software.