Is the 120mm mortar in the scenario Alone intentional?

[Wolfgang]

I was wondering about this.
Alone (modern war) is a smaller map where the americans are deployed in a 6 hex outpost. In the outpost is a 120mm mortar and crew. The min. range on that is such that only a narrow band of the map is available for targetting.

Is that by design? Historical accuracy? A way to weight victory points? Or is it an oversight? Seems like a smaller caliber mortar would be more useful as opfor starts within the min range of this weapon and thus its not used in the scenario.

[jomni]

Must be an attack on a firebase in the rear.

[jmlima]

Historical fluff.

It was there in reality, and so I decided to keep it. You can always uncrew it, and use the crew for other purposes.

[Wolfgang]

Very cool - no i dont mind at all, in fact i like that kinda stuff... just wanted to be sure. I've played the scenario a few times and always wondered that each time so i figured i'd finally ask^^.

I didnt' know i could un-crew that weapon...

[Mad_Dog]

You can uncrew a weapon by selecting the crew, and then having them 'drop' it. Then they can move, and pick up other weapons.