Laying smoke on a bridge

[Larry Reese]

The reasoning is that smoke shells would land in the water and not be able to combust appropriately to deliver their loads. I find this pretty valid. In the final cross-river offensive in Germany for example, Konev's forces used low flying aircraft to dispense smoke over the rivers themselves and shells to lay smoke on the far shore. So, you're pretty much limited to smoking the far shore.

Has anyone tried to use engineers to lay a smoke screen while they're on the bridge? This should work, in my opinion.

LR