Teggy Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 Forgive me if this is mentioned elsewhere, but I searched my little heart out and couldn't find any mention of it. I was watching an episode of "Battlefield" yesterday on the Russian invasion of Manchuria. They highlighted the M-13 rocket battery. I believe it the range listed would place it off-board, but will this be modelled in CMBB? BTW, this is what I'm talking about: m-13 rocket launcher [ February 27, 2002, 05:28 PM: Message edited by: Teggy ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattias Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 Unless there is something peculiar with this particular model of rocket launcher it will definitely be in. Rockets are already represented in CM:BO and having a East front game without them would be like having a West front games without Shermans. The Katjusja are a defining feature of the popular image of the war in the East. M. [ February 27, 2002, 05:47 PM: Message edited by: Mattias ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teggy Posted February 28, 2002 Author Share Posted February 28, 2002 See, this is where my complete ignorance of much of the war (I'm learning as fast as I can!) comes into play. Thanks for the info. It would be great if they were modelled on-map and you could see 16 tiny rockets go firing off in quick succession, but I imagine they wouldn't have gotten that close to the action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soddball Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 If they did get that close to the action, I think that something was probably going badly wrong for their team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Commissar Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 Originally posted by Teggy: It would be great if they were modelled on-map and you could see 16 tiny rockets go firing off in quick succession, but I imagine they wouldn't have gotten that close to the action.Well, we DO have 10km maps now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipper Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 According to anti-tank combat instructions for "guards mortars" (soviet WWII codename for MLRS), minimum direct fire distance for BM-13 was 200 m. For closer distances it was recommended to use AT rifles (organic in MLRS batteries). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Johnson-- Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 There are reports of Stalin's Organs being fired over open sights in a direct fire role on occasions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipper Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 I am teling you, there even was a combat instruction issued for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gud Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 I've seen recently footage from siege of Berlin. It showed a Katyusha firing over open sights at buildings. Half the rockets went wild and hit random spots and half slammed into the building. Crazy. This footage shows also a 280mm Gun fired over open sights at range of some 200m. Talk about "infantry support". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Leader Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 I recently read in "Enemy at the Gates" that Katyusha were set up on the slope of the bank of the Volga opposite Stalingrad so they could fire on enemy troops and tanks. The riverbank gave the truck mounted rockets the slope required to fire straight. WIthout that slope, I don't see how it would be possible to fire these rockets "over open sights" I also read that a large number of those trucks were lost to the river during this battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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