jasoncawley
02-12-2000, 03:20 PM
Gentlemen:
No, the two aren't really related, but the former is a real question and the latter an afterthought.
The afterthought is about expected delivery times for TacOps. I ordered via the web ~2 weeks ago (have the demo of course) and wonder when to expect it. Is this a 4-6 weeks thing? I received one email that led me to expect it would be faster than that. But nothing since.
The substantive question is about artillery effects. I haven't noticed any differences in the effects vs. infantry of 155mm howitzer or 81mm on-map mortar. Is that supposed to model something like rate of fire (the mortars do seem to use ~3 rounds per "shot")? In addition, I haven't noticed differences in the effect of full batteries and gun sections or mortar sections (expect that 3+ tubes of either type give a larger smoke pattern firing that).
ICM vs. HE I see serious differences in effect, of course. But are all other HE FFEs treated basically the same? Or vs. infantry? What are the general chances of 155 mm or 152 mm HE vs. light armored vehicles? I haven't seen much more than suppression results there, and the occasional but rare 1 hit vs. brdm or bmp.
I thought perhaps the effectiveness would rise considerable vs. the very thin-skinned BTR80s, but didn't notice any difference really. As previous articles have pointed out that BTRs where knocked out by Afghans with MGs, the idea a 155mm HE wouldn't have a better/decent chance of knocking them out seems a bit thick.
Is there any reason not to split up mortar or on-map howitzer into gun-sections, to get more fire missions? How far can this go - will single tubes hit as well as batteries?
A related issue is ICM use and on-map arty. I seem to have the same ammo whichever I fire, as though the on-map can fire ICM from start to finish. Does that make sense? Or am I overlooking something?
(Former arty guy...)
Sincerely,
Jason Cawley
No, the two aren't really related, but the former is a real question and the latter an afterthought.
The afterthought is about expected delivery times for TacOps. I ordered via the web ~2 weeks ago (have the demo of course) and wonder when to expect it. Is this a 4-6 weeks thing? I received one email that led me to expect it would be faster than that. But nothing since.
The substantive question is about artillery effects. I haven't noticed any differences in the effects vs. infantry of 155mm howitzer or 81mm on-map mortar. Is that supposed to model something like rate of fire (the mortars do seem to use ~3 rounds per "shot")? In addition, I haven't noticed differences in the effect of full batteries and gun sections or mortar sections (expect that 3+ tubes of either type give a larger smoke pattern firing that).
ICM vs. HE I see serious differences in effect, of course. But are all other HE FFEs treated basically the same? Or vs. infantry? What are the general chances of 155 mm or 152 mm HE vs. light armored vehicles? I haven't seen much more than suppression results there, and the occasional but rare 1 hit vs. brdm or bmp.
I thought perhaps the effectiveness would rise considerable vs. the very thin-skinned BTR80s, but didn't notice any difference really. As previous articles have pointed out that BTRs where knocked out by Afghans with MGs, the idea a 155mm HE wouldn't have a better/decent chance of knocking them out seems a bit thick.
Is there any reason not to split up mortar or on-map howitzer into gun-sections, to get more fire missions? How far can this go - will single tubes hit as well as batteries?
A related issue is ICM use and on-map arty. I seem to have the same ammo whichever I fire, as though the on-map can fire ICM from start to finish. Does that make sense? Or am I overlooking something?
(Former arty guy...)
Sincerely,
Jason Cawley