BM21, does it fire

[Schmoly War]

BM21 Grads does not seem to fire but a few spotting rounds.

The variables tried were point, area and linear fire with general, personell and armour munitions.

The spotter was special forces FO , Syrian side.

[thelmia]

Hmm, try targeting during setup. It's spectacular. I've had it fire during missions, but I've also seen it sit there and spot for a long time. It MIGHT be because it's so inaccurate that normal spotting simply doesn't work.

[thelmia]

I fooled with this. The BM-21 does fire, eventually.

I think what's happening is that the BM-21 takes so long to reload after firing a spotter round that it's sometimes 20 minutes before it fires for effect. If it has to spot more than once it's even longer.

I wonder how this is dealt with in RL, or if they even bother firing spotting rounds at all.

Perhaps they don't reload after spotting, but just fire the rest of the rack. That might be a good way to handle this in game so the BM-21 can be used effectively after setup.