legend42 Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 Anyone have any advice on finding your spotting round in the midst of intense fighting while stray mortar and tank shells are bursting in the same vicinity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang_Otto Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 The manual says that the spotting rounds are seen by the FO and he will adjust accordingly. If you are looking to adjust yourself then look at the size of the mortar round and look for an explosion size that would fit its calibre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demoss Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 Incoming artillery has a fairly distinctive sound - mortars are harder to separate out from onboard mortar fire that might be going on. Also, if we're talking CMBB (not sure about CMBO), you can watch for the point when the ammo for the shot is deducted from the FO's total, then you know it should be arriving soon. It doesn't really matter much, though. I'm pretty sure that if you get a spotting round, then the FO has LOS and will correct automatically, and if he doesn't have LOS, then there is no spotting round, so you still don't have to worry about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeeDog Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 Also, if you watch closely, you can actually see the spotting round falling out of the sky - that's a dead giveaway it's an arty round and not DF HE. If it's your spotting round you're looking for, you can also narrow your search by watching the ammo count of the spotter - the ammo count will drop by one about 2-4 seconds before the spotting round comes down. Cheers, YD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demoss Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 If it's your spotting round you're looking for, you can also narrow your search by watching the ammo count of the spotter - the ammo count will drop by one about 2-4 seconds before the spotting round comes down. It can be significantly longer than that (~10 sec for the German 150 regimental IG, I believe), but if you know the battery type, you can probably figure it out, because it seems to be a characteristic of the gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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