Ivan Zaitzev Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Sorry for all the posts but I have started playing CM:A again and I have a lot of questions. I have to assault a small forested hill and I'm planing on dropping artillery to soften it up before the assault. What is best to use in forest? Personnel or General? I understand Personnel is Airburst, so is it effective in forested terrain or is it a waste of time? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 IIRC "General" is effective vs buildings and perhaps vehicles as it includes some sort of armor-piercing shells. I have always used HE vs forests. However, I thought only certain HE, or maybe it is date-dependent, provides "airburst". Not sure about that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOS:96B2P Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 18 hours ago, Ivan Zaitzev said: <Snip> What is best to use in forest? Personnel or General? I understand Personnel is Airburst, so is it effective in forested terrain or is it a waste of time? IMO it depends whats in the forest (if you even know). Personnel for infantry, soft-skin (It can also damage/destroy some light armor). For armor or troops inside buildings General. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Zaitzev Posted September 19, 2017 Author Share Posted September 19, 2017 I'm playing against the Mujahideen, so only infantry. According to the manual, Personnel is Airburst, my doubt is if the tree cannopy will cover the infantry so in this case General would be better with shells exploding on the ground. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 'Personnel' is the way forward IMHO. Either that or just use Hinds. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 IIRC airbust in trees is deadly to infantry even in trenches due to tree "shrapnel". General is better vs hard targets. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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