Guest Captitalistdoginchina Posted October 12, 2000 Share Posted October 12, 2000 Hi Guys, A question - do you guys use the rockets instead of Arty ? and if so what benefits do the rockets have, are they better against infantry, armour or buildings? So far i have not used them but was curious to find out your experiences. CDIC ------------------ "Death solves all problems - no man no problem" J.V.Stalin, 1918 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiJoe Posted October 12, 2000 Share Posted October 12, 2000 Rockets are VERY sucky. They are TOTALLY inaccurate. You will not find many people using them. They are modelled correctly from what I hear, just in ww2 rockets were new things that had many teething troubles still to work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chupacabra Posted October 12, 2000 Share Posted October 12, 2000 Rockets frankly kick some serious ass. Yeah, they're inaccurate, but turn those bad boys loose somewhere where you haven't got anyone nearby, and let 'er rip. They're fairly useless on small maps, but on any 1500 pt+ engagement, the map'll be big enough to make it work. And did I mention the price? Often I'll get some just 'cuz they're so damn cheap. Yes, my friends, rockets are the way of the future. Gooooooooo NEBELWERFER! ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarmo Posted October 12, 2000 Share Posted October 12, 2000 Rokcets. Advantages, cheap and powerful. Disadvantages, never hits anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Germanboy Posted October 12, 2000 Share Posted October 12, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jarmo: Disadvantages, never hits anything.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Except your own troops. ------------------ Andreas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olle Petersson Posted October 12, 2000 Share Posted October 12, 2000 There are advantages and disadvantages. Some real life features of WW2 rocket artillery: Advantages The huge ROF. 24 rockets per battery landing on target within 10 sec. This will kill several troops that aren't in cover, it's the first few seconds that provides most of the killing in any artillery mission. In addition to this there's a profound moral impact. Usually troops in the target area just run around screaming with fear... Fast response, since there are no aiming rounds. Disadvantage Large spread of the sheaf, so not useful against point targets. It's "spray and pray" that might hit the wrong spot (but the big sheaf will hopefully cover the aiming point anyway) ... The firing battery is easy to spot at long distance, so counter battery fire is likely to arrive at short notice. Long reload time. As for CM: - In QBs each spotter only get one salvoe (plus one extra rocket, for some strange reason). - Rockets <30cm don't do much killing with one salvoe. - Every time I've used rockets they've been on target, defined as the aiming point being somewhere within the sheaf. - I haven't used rockets enough to notice the morale effect on troops, but it does seem a bit too subtle. In a designed scenario where I had a couple of rocketeers with several salvoes each and some well placed TRPs, then the rockets were truly devastating... I was waiting for the eight Shermans to show up and maul my troops, but the rockets had knocked them all out well before they'd started to move. To summarise: I rarely use rockets in QBs, other than a battery of 15cm to spend the points if "necessary". When designing scenarios I might add some rockets, but then each spotter gets more ammo. Cheers Olle [This message has been edited by Olle Petersson (edited 10-12-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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