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So, go to hedge, blast, retreat. That uses one charge? In my mision i used most of two teams worth of charges in 2 blast commands doing a "click one side then click the other side" manouver as the manual told me to.

ah, i've been setting a blast waypoint on the other side of the hedge, where i want to go.

That looks mad. So you've faced your men at the hedge, ordered them to approach it at 45 degrees then set a blast order AWAY from the hedge at 90 degrees from your approach. that works?

I am trying to visualise that procedure in my head. There was a thread with someone demonstrating that technique somewhere. I have a feeling one dude in the squad carries the bag of charges and if he gets shot......

“The road to Montebourg” campaign, mission “Ecoquenville” I have two pioneer teams who have blasted one whole in one hedge each. And now they have no demo charges left. No, I lie. One team has two. At that rate of usage I should be able to blow a hole in a shrubbery. Maybe damage a hanging plant.:confused: Can I resupply? Or tell them to use less bloody charges per bush? Do “deuce” trucks carry ammo?

wow! so many potential uses. cheers guys.

What do you guys do with these small squads? They usually have radios. Am I right in thinking I can use them as C&C ‘boosters’? Putting them between squad HQ’s and higher HQ’s behind the lines to maintain C&C. Or have I missed a bit in the manual?

This seems to be where i am at. The 1st campaign. I've not tried mortars in direct fire mode as im used to keepint arty assets way back fron the line. I will give it a try, company of heroes style. enough turkey, time to finish the enemy!

Well, I’ve made progress with mortars, starting the Raff training campaign from scratch. Getting good line of sight is still difficult but that’s realistic I guess. Turning on veteran difficulty and cycling units to see who can see what makes it more understandable and you can see where your spotters need to be. Maintaining site wide C2 links enables each HQ to call on all available mortars. This is a great relief! Orphaned units still cannot be reassigned to another HQ as far as I can see. If this is so, then this is a major obstacle to reorganising formations on the fly. If it’s by design then I would like to know why is it a hindrance and IRL I am sure a squad would be attached to a different available platoon HQ if its own had been destroyed or MIA.

After playing the demo for a week or so and lurking on the forums I finally went ahead and bought the game and am very pleased with my decision. Anyway, I’ve followed the tutorial, YouTube AAR’s etc. and read the excellent manual and am working through the “task force RAFF” tutorial campaign and am having trouble with my mortars, particularly in the urban defence mission. In particular; Getting good and useful LOS for my spotters to call in mortars. There is a long wall in the field ahead of your position that the Germans always use as a base of fire. It would be an ideal spot for a line barrage, but no matter where I put my HQ’s they never get enough LOS for such a mission. Each mortar is under a different platoon HQ. How do I control ALL the mortars? Do I need to maintain C2 links between the mortar and their platoon HQ AND the platoon HQ to the company HQ in order for company HQ to direct all the mortars at once? That makes sense. If the HQ unit is destroyed, can I attach a mortar team to another HQ? I can’t find a way to do this and it makes dynamic responses very difficult if mortar teams won’t take orders from other platoon HQ’s even if they are sat right next to them. Cheers in advance for any and all help given, and happy Xmas!!