Ted Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Is there a way to use a tank gun to blow a hole in a tall wall to allow infantry or tanks to pass through? I placed an area fire target in front of the wall and do not want to press Go until I know whether or not it will blow a hole in it or just churn up the grass in front of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Yes, it should work. How many rounds needed - depends on gun size. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeeDog Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Yes; it is possible. Just be careful where you place the area fire order. It is possible to target either the wall, or the ground in front of it. The target line should end on the base of the wall, not just in front of it, on the ground. If you target the wall correctly, the tank will stop firing as soon as the wall comes down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbfg Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 It does work. A Sherman will create a hole in about a minute. I've made some firing holes out of farm compounds this way. I've also carelessly wiped out whole squads of my own this way too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatmasta Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Area fire should do the job. But if you decide to do the job with large calibre guns then keep your infantry away from the wall. The shrapnel can cause lots of damage to your own troops. In the SF I always try to use only the IFV's to blast the walls rather than MBT's because they tend to inflict less casualties to your own side. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xian Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Is there anything that will blow through bocage apart from demo charges? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 It's been posted that firing a lot of direct HE, or heavy arty HE can breach bocage. But, it sounds like one needs a lot of ammo, or be rather lucky in the 2nd instance. Same deal re blowing up minefields with HE. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJFHutch Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Yeah I cleared some bocage with a few battleships, probably not the most effective application of them though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted January 22, 2012 Author Share Posted January 22, 2012 Breaching the wall using area fire worked like a champ. In one minute there was a hole big enough to send a destroyer through. Ok ok maybe that was an exaggeration, certainly big enough to send a tank through. One thing though, be sure and keep friendly infantry way far away because not only is the HE going off but the tank mg fire is bouncing all over the place from ricocheting off the wall. Thanks for the info! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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