Do you take spotting screen shots?

[markshot]

You don't always hold sight of something, but may not be able call in mortar fire when you do.  There is no way to really mark it for later attention.

I create spotting screen shots using trees and rocks so that I can strike a target that is not longer showing itself.  (especially many non-AFV defensive targets tend not to displace)

(I do full screen, but cropped these so that they could be posted.)

Comments?

Edited September 29, 2020 by markshot

[Vacillator]

I haven't tried it, but as long as they are defensive as you say and therefore stationary I can see that it might work. 

Is it gamey or a way to simulate memory in your troops?  Not sure, but if you can't remember where the contact was, why should they ?  Admittedly there's only one of you and possibly lots of contacts...

Also if the enemy are attacking I seem to end up with 'old' spots all over the place (playing on Elite) and shelling most of them would not be a worthwhile exercise.

[Erwin]

A good SOP is to ask what would happen in RL?   If a RL unit could recall where an enemy was, then it should be able to fire on it.  It is a definite abstraction that CM units have no memory.

[markshot]

You can still have fire and a vague contact on unmoved, but you know if it was an HMG.  If it was my command, it would have market it on at map.

[Combatintman]

I absolutely do this in bigger scenarios - after all, you are one person doing the job of the CO, 2IC, Intelligence Officer, Ops Officer, Logistics Officer etc.  It is a visual record of what would have been written in the HQ log sheet from a message sent over the radio net '0, this 10, contact 0800hrs, three enemy dismounts engaged my position before going to ground at grid 123456, am observing over.'

[Bulletpoint]

No screenshots for me. I think remembering stuff is just part of the game.