KiloIndiaAlpha Posted May 13, 2000 Share Posted May 13, 2000 Enemy unit on the edge of a wood and I hit it with arty. The compression wave from most of the shells is a hemisphere, but some produce an expanding sphere- air bursts. Nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big Time Software Posted May 14, 2000 Share Posted May 14, 2000 Look closely and you'll see the metal fragments shoot downward in the air (tree) bursts too. Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocky Posted May 14, 2000 Share Posted May 14, 2000 SO if an enemy unit is on the edge of woods should you target the unit or the area of the woods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted May 14, 2000 Share Posted May 14, 2000 Doesn't matter, if you target the unit the shells still will burst in the trees. ------------------ The names Ash, Housewares Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionn Posted May 14, 2000 Share Posted May 14, 2000 Target the troops. Airbursts happen because of the terrain they are in and are nothing to do with what precisely is targetted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiJoe Posted May 14, 2000 Share Posted May 14, 2000 So wot actually causes more damage... a close landing shell or an airburst? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted May 14, 2000 Share Posted May 14, 2000 KiwiJoe, Short answer--airbursts. The reason for this is that there is no masking of blast or shell fragments (NOT shrapnel, as some mistakenly think) by partial burial of the shell in the ground. Also, airbursts, whether incidental from shells going off in the trees overhead or deliberately caused by use of mechanical time (MT,clockwork) or variable time (VT, radar proximity) fuzes tends to negate defensive terrain, such as field fortifications, craters, ditches, walls, open top AFVs, etc., while maximizing wound potential against the head and vital organs. In other words, airbursts make shells more efficient at killing and wounding than they would otherwise be. Ugly, gruesome to be true, but you asked! You might also search under MT,VT, fuses (because some people can't spell properly) and fuzes (the right spelling). Hope this helps. John Kettler Formerly a military analyst for Hughes and Rockwell International. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ithai Posted May 14, 2000 Share Posted May 14, 2000 I was just going to ask if air bursts were possible or were going to be added. I knew men dreaded them from reading a band of brothers by Sthephen Ambrose. You know BTS just keeps impressing me and surprising me. So Steve can we get an update on the process of shipping the final game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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