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    Serious Historical Error

    in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps

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    Originally posted by redwolf:

    Question to the real-life mortar crewmen:

    How much ammo would you typically have?

    In the early 80's I was an MFC in West Germany with a mechanised Infantry Battalion, I travelled with another MFC and driver in a Spartan tracked vehicle, the mortar crews travelled in the 432 APC's. I can't remember now the amount of mortar rounds carried but you could get quite a few in the back of an APC :D
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    Serious Historical Error

    in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps

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    Originally posted by Jim Boggs:

    </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by athkatla:

    Forgive me if the 81mm mortar in WWII was significantly different to that of my era, but I am just inputting my 2 cents worth as a qualified Mortar Fire Controller, Command Post Operator and Mortar Number with the later 81mm Mortar smile.gif

    Ah yes, the good old days. 11C. FDC 81mm mortars. The old M16-Plotting Board. Elevation and Charge Tables. Deflection 2800, Elevation 1100.

    *Sniff*

    Now I guess everything is GPS, computer driven, techno-stuff.

    I'll say this, with a good FO, we could still put rounds on target pretty damn fast.

    But this was back in the early 1970's. </font>

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    Serious Historical Error

    in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps

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    Guys, I'm not sure how the 81mm Mortar of WWII compares to the 81mm Mortar of the 1980's but I was a Netheravon Suppport Weapons Wing trained and qualified Mortar Fire Controller in the 80's wit an Infantry Battalion in the British Army. All I can say is that at that time, the 81mm Mortar was known as an 'indirect fire' weapons platform and out of all the rounds I have called down, and there were 100's, I can never ever remember seeing a second shot kill or even a 3rd or 4th shot kill. The lethality of the 81mm mortar round is not in hitting a target direct but the 40 metre lethality area of the shrapnel from the exploding round. A section of mortars firing on the same direction and bearing will not land rounds on the top of each other on the same spot, this is impossible, the 81mm mortar is made up of three mechanical pieces, the tube, the base plate and the tripod, 4 if you count the sight, so as you can see, the flexibility of these mechanical parts, base plate sinking into the ground, tube and tripod moving, slight variations in Number 1's adjusting the bubbles, etc. etc. all these factors make this weapon what it is, an indirect weapon that doesn't score direct hits smile.gif

    Forgive me if the 81mm mortar in WWII was significantly different to that of my era, but I am just inputting my 2 cents worth as a qualified Mortar Fire Controller, Command Post Operator and Mortar Number with the later 81mm Mortar smile.gif

    [ December 09, 2003, 04:34 PM: Message edited by: athkatla ]

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    Guns and dust clouds question

    in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps

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    Originally posted by redwolf:

    CMAK appears to have functionality that a point which was visible when beginning to target it stays targettable even when dust from the shots blocks LOS after a few shots.

    Besides guns not stop firing I noticed that artillery spotters don't have an accuracy drop even when dust robs LOS to the target point, at least after the spotting rounds are through.

    In CMBO you could fire smoke before a spotter and make him lose LOS and drop accuraccy for an underway mission.

    This would be correct, as once the guns/mortars are laid on to the target, they can FFE(Fire for effect) all day on that target providing it is stationary and doesn't need adjusting. As I'm very sure you're aware, it's the spotter who can see the target, not the guns/mortars, they only fire on his information. (Not trying to teach granny to suck eggs, just trying to explain, probably not very well. I was an MFC (Mortar Fire Controller).
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    It's shipping

    in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps

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    Originally posted by Lou2000:

    </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by athkatla:

    My post lady is just at the end of the street, I wonder if she's got it..................

    Mel,

    If she has .... We're long overdue for another battle......send me a setup :D

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    I have one question about the AK graphics ....

    ...why is there a 'Human Wave' bmp (1600.bmp) ?

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    French 75 portee

    in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps

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    Originally posted by Firefly:

    </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Michael Emrys:

    The photo credit was to the Imperial War Museum and I am wondering if they have a file of online photos available to the public?

    Their catalogue is online, but it looks like you have to visit or contact them for the actual photos.

    (Off topic: When I glanced just now I did find a brief clip of an interview with Ken Tout about the end of Wittman - 'In real war everybody hides, so there's not much to see...') </font>

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    Up Yours Flyboy!! or how the Air A.I. ruined my war

    in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps

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    Originally posted by Michael Emrys:

    </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Elmar Bijlsma:

    I'm sure this problem would not be nearly so galling if every now and then my troops mis-identified the P-51 and knocked it out of the sky in a hail of .50 fire.

    That would just make my day.

    "If it flies, it dies," became the watchword of the Allied troops in Tunisia after being bombed and shot up by both sides.

    You are not alone.

    Michael </font>

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