Pablius Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Is there a way to use indirect fire with the on map mortars in the Canadian campaign first mission? They are deployed but they don't show up in the artillery menu Maybe I'm missing something (likely) or is this a known bug? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umlaut Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 I dont think that light mortars are ever connected to the forward observers, but only meant to fire directly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablius Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 49 minutes ago, umlaut said: I dont think that light mortars are ever connected to the forward observers, but only meant to fire directly. Ok, that may be it, don't recall reading it in the manual, but it's been a long time since I read it, thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckdyke Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 4 hours ago, umlaut said: I dont think that light mortars are ever connected to the forward observers, but only meant to fire directly. If you talk about the platoon's 50mm mortar you are correct. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domfluff Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 5 hours ago, umlaut said: I dont think that light mortars are ever connected to the forward observers, but only meant to fire directly. Interestingly, they are for the British in CMSF 2. No idea if that's doctrine, but it's pretty useful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablius Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 3 hours ago, domfluff said: Interestingly, they are for the British in CMSF 2. No idea if that's doctrine, but it's pretty useful. True, the British light mortars carried by platoon HQs you can use via the artillery menu and pretty much anyone can call them, I think those are 50mm and the Canadians are 60mm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domfluff Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Yes. So, the 2 inch mortars in CMBN are not callable with the artillery panel. The equivalent in CMSF are, but doctrinally there's quite a bit of difference (not to mention different ammo loadouts). I'm not sure what the Canadian doctrine is here - it's not impossible they're 60mm mortars intended for direct fire, but that doesn't seem likely to me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 The Canadian 60mm mortars not being able to indirect fire is a bug. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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