Low Ammo OOB

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smoke disapates in 1-4 turns, and is not a deflector screen.. troops behind smoke, even though temporarily out of LOS, can suffer from 'z' fire effects..which can pin them in the open leaving them vulnerable after the smoke is gone..

CAMO's approach forces the player to plan, and conserve.. make one really think about 'use it now or later' issues..

about all I can think of right now..

Another important limitation of smoke, in the context of a low ammo OOB, is that smoke cannot be re-supplied by ammo trucks, carriers, canisters or dumps. Unlike other ammo, smoke is limited.

Smoke can sometimes be used as a less effective infantry version of 'shoot and scoot'. It brings some balance to the ability of vehicles to use that tactic.

We might also consider that the infantry section has fired a volley and has then gone to ground. So a smoke grenade may not represent a huge cloud of smoke (as the smoke icon displays) but a wispy blown line of smoke, and infantry that are hiding or concealing themselves.

This is all moot anyway, as John is right that smoke allowances are coded into the game, and as far as I'm aware, can't be adjusted in the OOB using Mobhack.