General Lee Irked Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Shooting canister at troops inside a stone building is very ineffective in my game playing experience. I have noticed the TAC AI do this numerous times and while it is cool looking I have yet to see a casualty registered by doing this. Even when enemy troops are poised at the window. Why...is there historical precedence? Has anyone seen casualties as a result of canister shot at a building? One would think crews would load HE and save CAN rounds for troops in the open. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 You've just reminded me that it has been at least a couple of months since I last saw one of my tanks fire a canister round. I wonder what's up with that. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gpig Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 I'm happy to hear that Cannister rounds fired at buildings are less than effective. I recalled a CMBB game long ago when cannister was first introduced. My Germans were inside a church (in CMBB, the heaviest and best cover afforded by any building), but a T-34 cannister round decimated their squad. Cannister seemed under-modelled at the time, at least in how it worked with regards to cover and penetration etc. I could imagine some effective Cannister usage versus light cover (small, wooden buildings, fences and low walls). In CMx2 So far, I've not noticed tanks firing their cannister at buildings. I would agree that HE should be the tool of choice verses men in buildings, more often than not. But my experience is mostly based on "feel," rather than practical real world experience. Cheers, Gpig 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 I recall once being surprised to see canister fired by the AI at my italian light tank. Sure those light tanks are made of tissue paper and it certainly did not like that canister shot, but an AP round through-and-through the body of the vehicle would've done the trick even better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ales Dvorak Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 I recalled a CMBB game long ago when cannister was first introduced. Mmmmmm..... memory lane... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Just played a turn in a current CMFI game in which my squad entered a stone building and was fired upon with canister by the enemy. It was effective. One red, one yellow (I think). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Gpig, Here's your problem. One of these http://www.auburn.edu/~mitrege/russian/churches/021.jpg is nowhere nearly as good for cover as one of these. http://0.tqn.com/d/gogermany/1/0/E/5/-/-/MertenHans-Peter.jpg YMMV! Regards, John Kettler P.S. I'm only half joking. Lots of wooden architecture in Russia! The Wooden Architecture of Russia: Houses, Fortifications, and Churches [Hardcover] Yelena Opolovnikova (Author), Alexander Viktorovich Opolovnikov (Author), David Roden Buxton (Editor, Introduction), Vadim Evgenevich Gippenreiter (Photographer) A very cool book, should you ever get the chance to peruse it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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