CorpCommander Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 OK, whats up. Why can't I get a 2 man spotter team to embark a vehicle????? This has come up as a pain in the butt too many times. Why do they always have to be walking? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 There are two types of artillery spotters - wire and radio. The radio team is equipped with a radio backpack and thus can be embarked on a vehicle. The wire teams are connected to the battery by a commo wire, and as they move they string the wire out. Thus they cannot ride in a vehicle, only walk. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpCommander Posted August 12, 2004 Author Share Posted August 12, 2004 Oh! Well isn't that interesting. Thats probably why they later invented wire laying vehicles. Thanks, that clears up a lot. I imagine that applies to some HQs too that use wire? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 No HQs use wire for communications in CM 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FM Paul Heinrik Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 Originally posted by CorpCommander: Oh! Well isn't that interesting. Thats probably why they later invented wire laying vehicles. Thanks, that clears up a lot. I imagine that applies to some HQs too that use wire? Yeah, there should be a spw 250 that can lay wire. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacewrangler Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 Some HQ units, like Battalion HQ or sometimes Company HQs can't embark on certain vehicles because there are too many men in the unit. Some half tracks can only take on 5 or fewer people (teams) so some of the large HQ units won't embark on those vehicles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 Teams, in terms of transport, are 6 or fewer. This means that British motor squads (in CMAK) fit into team transport vehicles (Stuart kangeroos, Carriers) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Bolt Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 The spotters won't embark because they are in training for the wire laying relay race in the 1944 battlefield olympics. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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