ravells Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 I'm sure there must be a reason for this, but I can't think what it might be. I have some on-board 81mm mortars (American) with WP rounds. When I use the 'target smoke' command for direct fire, the cursor either says 'target is too close' or 'target out of range'. I can't seem to get the mortar to find a target where it will actually fire the WP smoke round. Firing smoke commands for 81mm mortars works fine for indirect fire (i.e. where the mortar crew are given an order to fire via a spotter). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PEB14 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 You can shoot standard HE shells on the same target? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brille Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Do you still have some he rounds left or have you already fired all of those? I remember that the game tells you weird stuff like that when the unit don't have any he rounds left. But you should be able to place the smoke target regardless. And as long as you are in the mortars limits (minimum/maximum distance) it should work properly too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravells Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 (edited) Ah, I'm out of HE rounds. Do you think that's it? I think it's the weird stuff thing. I'll need to try it out with a mortar that still has some HE left to be sure. Thanks, Brille! Edited February 18, 2023 by ravells 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 If an onboard mortar has smoke rounds it should be able to fire them. It's the offboard artillery that has the strange thing that if you use up all your HE, you also have no smoke left either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Despite the "Target Out of Range" text. You should still be able to fire your smoke rounds, or that is how I remember it working. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PEB14 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 6 hours ago, ravells said: Ah, I'm out of HE rounds. Do you think that's it? I think it's the weird stuff thing. I'll need to try it out with a mortar that still has some HE left to be sure. Thanks, Brille! I was for sure able to fire smoke and WP shells with onboard, British light mortars (which were out of HE rounds) in one of my last games, and I haven't seen this issue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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