Suppressive fire... How close is close enough?

[bigmac1281]

I've been searching the boards and I haven't found an exact answer to this question.

How close do you need to place your area fire line to the enemy in order for them to be suppressed? And additionally, will units that are along the path, or close to the path of your line be supressed as well?

For example, let's say you have a long, narrow street. At the end of the street is a building with a known enemy presence. Unknown to you, there are enemies along the street in the buildings as well.

Will supressing the far building supress the other buildings as well, as the supressive fire goes quite close to them as well?

Also, if you know the enemy is in a building (little question mark icon) but don't know what floor, is it incredibly important that you target the right floor, or will supressing any of the floors be enough to suppress the enemy within?

Thanks in advance for your replies.

[JonS]

Have you tried testing it for yourself?

That's my recommendation. Set yourself up a shooting gallery, and you can test all sorts of variables - cover, experience, weapons, proximity, angle of fire, etc.