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Would all bagpipe equipped units be fully amphibious with inflated pipes! Michael

Thanks - I only have the Demo still so it's hard to make the comparisons. I was misled by the (nominal) 2 minute delay for some German 81mm mtrs viz 1 minute for some US 105mm - this appears to have been due to poor experience of the MFC. Actually now I recall - the US 81mm mtrs nominal delay was also 1 minute - I'll check that again. Am I the only one who wants to use incendiary rocket launcher ammo?! (How do I put smilies in?) Michael

I entirely agree - the chance of battalion commander having exclusive use of divisional level arty is remote - but it seems in CM that this is the way it is assigned. (The delays in CM do not seem related to where the arty support is coming from.) In fact I would expect response times from div level assests to be quite long (if they did not simply come back & say hard luck too busy!). Now battalion/regimental (as opposed to brigade+)level assets would be another thing. Given the existence of Regimental cannon cmpys etc it might not be too unreasonable to suppose that 105mm howitz (US)t & 120mm mrt (GERM) might not be exclusively assigned to you for a special op. To really address the issue properly CM would have to moded each nationality's distinctive art systems - which might just be too complicated. I would like to see (eg) a Brit FAO calling in an "UNCLE" target from every btty in range! Michael

Thanks - does the use of a Gyrostabiliser effectively reduce the rate of fire when firing on the move (ie when the breech is moving up & down relative to the turrret)? Michael

I'm not sure this would be unrealistic either. Given artillery assetts which are exclusively tasked to support you (all arty in CM seems to be handled this way), they would not have the usual excuse of being too busy helping someone else to be constantly laid on a target. If the delay effectively simulates ranging procedures then this could be avoided by having pre-registered points (only in scenarios where there had been sufficient time pre-game to do this). The arty would then simply wait for the signal and boom. While on this, it would be nice to be able to call in box and creeping barrages instead of just concentrations - and to specify more varieties of ammo - like incendiary or shrapnel (where historically issued). Michael

The fire control procedures varied enourmously with Nationality - and also in the types of fire that could be requested. I guess that CM uses a generic model for all but it I do not think specifically models any particular system.

The fire control procedures varied enourmously with Nationality - and also in the types of fire that could be requested. I guess that CM uses a generic model for all but it I do not think specifically models any particular system.

I understand that some early war Soviet vehicles used a stabilised sighting system (I think on some their BT7A's). Will the effects (?) of this be included in CM2? Not sure how it would be quantified. Anyone have any more info on these (mine comes from some of Zaloga's articles). Were the US gyrostabilisers all deemed disabled in CM? I did the search but I did not find a firm conclusion.