Artillery counter fire opinions & views wanted
Why is it pre-satellite era that we think that it is okay to fire at smoke spots in any of the game engines? I am just as guilty as everyone else but isnt this a bug in the game mechanics? Or do we assume that we have some hidden scouts or observers able to see the smoke from behind the hills?
I can see in modern warfare we have satellites that can spot units, radar receivers that can pinpoint enemy artillery by their own radar signal. In Vietnam and earlier though what were the odds that you would know where the heck the artillery was coming from?
If a unit is behind a hill in the treeline then I think it would be pretty well not viewable unless you managed to crest that hill. From accounts I read in World War II, you could spot an enemy mortar team but you pretty much had to be in their vicinity especially in a town or city situation.
Also how many of us purchase only artillery that fires the most shots?
Just want some insight into this condition and thoughts on it :)
Gary
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