legend42 Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 Was calling in specific targets to planes a common thing in WW2 and if it was how come it is not in the game?you could call in an airstrike just like an artillery barage with delays and all the realism that would come with that.I would love to request my plane attack the infantry in the treeline and so on.Is this realistic? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shifty 101 Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 Close air support was still new and from what I understand the equipment needed for this kind of action wasn't in use yet? I'm by no meens a grog so trash my post all you wish. Someone more competant will be by soon! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landser Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 According to Cornelius Ryan in "A Bridge Too Far", XXX Corps indeed used RAF liasons, or communications officers, when they began their drive to reach Arnhem. They used radio comms, and he states that the tanks fired purple smoke shells to mark enemy locations for the circling Typhoons to attack. I would imagine this is the exception however, and it would be very rare for ground units to have an ground-to-air liason available. Could ground units commanders call in support without the specialist? I would bet it didn't happen. On the whole though, close air support by fighter bombers would have the pilots search for targets of opportunity within a certain sector or area of responsibility, and more often than not well behind the foremost positions. Would be fun to have in CM though, wouldn't it. I advance my tank platoon forward. There's the report of a tank cannon. Purple smoke begins to billow about the exposed tanks. Uh-oh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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