adzling Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 having not played mortar carriers and command vehicles much I'm confused by the yellow diamond hud graphics that come up when using these vehicles. I can't see a description of them in the manual anywhere. Can someone give me a little idea of what they are and how to use them? + I have noticed than when driving a mortar vehicle it will change ammo types automatically according to some critera i cannot divine (range, target type?). I do know about ctrl-m and waypoint targeting (that's in the manual!). thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yurch Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 That is the counter battery subsystem. They're pretty hard to use for any sort of targeting, but they can serve as an early warning for command vehicles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adzling Posted July 12, 2006 Author Share Posted July 12, 2006 thanks for the clarification yurch. Ok so if the diamonds are indicative of instances of enemy fire then can you (or has anyone) actually used them for counter-battery fire? I don't understand how you would do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aittam Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 eihter by direct fire with a mortar or by calling in artillery from a command veihcle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yurch Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 You'd have to dial in the range using the [ and ] keys. Provided of course, you managed to see the diamonds, read the distances, and remembered the overall location(s) long enough to gauge where the target is moving. Make sure it's not a friendly. I've never managed to kill anything with it. It'd be nice if it showed up as a yellow thing as well on the minimap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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