Londoner Posted September 12, 2000 Share Posted September 12, 2000 Why can't battlefield artillery be used for indirect fire? ie TRPs and HQ spotting, Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted September 12, 2000 Share Posted September 12, 2000 I believe the official explanation is that the time it takes to register the guns and set up TRPs is beyond the scope of the battles in CM. I hope that CM2 allows for indirect fire by in-board artillery as long as a spotter is present, like the way it is currently done with on-board mortars. Do a search and you will find a lot more on this subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ckoharik Posted September 12, 2000 Share Posted September 12, 2000 Durn, already answered. [This message has been edited by ckoharik (edited 09-11-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullethead Posted September 12, 2000 Share Posted September 12, 2000 IIRC from the intermindable discussions on this subject last winter there are 2 main reasons why on-board guns (as opposed to mortars) can't shoot indirect fire. 1. Minimum Range The minimum indirect fire range for a true artillery piece is longer than the map in most CM battles. 2. Doctrine Infantry guns, which are not true artillery pieces, were designed primarily for direct fire. They were the original assault guns. Sure, they could shoot indirectly, but this required a lot of preparation to set them up as arty, which is assumed not to happen on-map. And if it did, you'd have a minimum range problem with them as well. ------------------ -Bullethead Want a naval sim? Check out Raider Operations at www.historicalgames.bizland.com/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastables Posted September 12, 2000 Share Posted September 12, 2000 'Grrrrr' I say 'Grrrrr' ------------------ From one of the Jeffs "Why don't we compare reality to the game like Bastables likes to do all the time?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londoner Posted September 13, 2000 Author Share Posted September 13, 2000 Thanx peeps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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