Targeting with white phosphorus rounds

[chas_in_mlb]

I see that my Brit. 3" mortar teams don't use their WP rounds. How do I get them to do this? Recommended situation when they're best used?

Is it as simple as targeting an enemy unit with smoke?? If so, I feel a little silly for asking.

[Baneman]

It is that simple.

But don't feel bad, it's easy to miss something - see the "Reselect last unit" thread to see how many people, myself included, managed to miss that ... for over a year !

[slysniper]

not a bad question.

What would be nice is that sometimes you have units that have wp and normal smoke.

I wish there was a way to direct the unit to fire which type you want. But there is not . So you have to live with what they shoot.

This last time for me it being the WP stuff first. I am not sure if that is always the case or not. Maybe someone can answer that question for me.

[Jaeger Jonzo]

good question, as i havent seen my mortar teams use their WP rounds in any of the Scottish corridor fights yet. They expend the HE and smoke rounds but not seen the WP deplete, even when left on 'target' over a few turns.

[slysniper]

good question, as i havent seen my mortar teams use their WP rounds in any of the Scottish corridor fights yet. They expend the HE and smoke rounds but not seen the WP deplete, even when left on 'target' over a few turns.

Well in a backward way that answrs the question. It sounds like the AI makes a decision which smoke to use when it has a target.

[transporter]

When you use WP rounds, does the program use enhanced damage to the impact point and surrounding area like an artillery round would?  For example, while a small artillery round hitting around fox holes might not injure those in a fox hole a WP round would spray WP into the foxhole..e

Edited July 30, 2019 by transporter

[transporter]

Answered my own question.  Yes it does give enhanced damage!