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Originally Posted by Cross
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Originally Posted by runequester
The americans get the 60mm, the british get the 2", both of which have at least decent range.
But the german 50mm seems to lack any qualities at all. It has a tiny shell, and a 10 hex range, which makes it pointless as the delay in calling the fire mission means the fight will have moved too close anyways
I guess the germans figured this out as well, as they quickly ditched them historically.
So what do you guys do with them? Any redeeming features? Swap them for MG teams ?
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SPWW2 has given these weapons their historical ranges.
The German 5cm and Brit 2 inch both had a range of about 500M, the US 60mm about 2000M, and the Jap 5cm 650M; and that's what they each have in the game.
As for 'qualities', the German 5cm (and the Jap 50mm) have been given an accuracy of '5', compared to '3' for the US and UK. This is a bit odd, because the Axis mortars had far shorter barrels than the Brit and US versions.
The German mortar did have lots of impressive - but probably unnecessary - dials for adjusting aim. Giving it a hefty weight of about 30lbs, compared to 10lbs for the Brit and Jap mortars.
The German 5cm also gets twice the ammo of the British. So I don't think the German are 'short changed' in the light mortar department.
None of the mortars (except the hybrid - half light, half med. US mortar) gets any penetration value. Making them even less effective than grenades, which is again a bit odd, as these mortars fired rounds weighing:
Brit: 2.25lb
Ger: 2lb
US: 3lb
Jap: 2lb
I wish these mortars got smoke rounds; which was one of the 2 inchers common functions. Does the US 60mm get smoke? But there may be a game/code reason why not.
I mostly use them in the direct fire role. They can be used with supressive 'Z' fire, but with only 12 rounds (UK) this seems like a waste of ammo.
cheers,
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German 50mm's have more accuracy, but they have shorter range. What that "can" amount to, is that once a longer ranged, less accurate piece is brought down to actually being used at the shorter range, it may be just as accurate or better, because it's lesser accuracy is based on a higher number to begin with. I don't know if the number it is based on is the medium range for all weapons or not, but I doubt it's based on the longest range, which is probably considerably less accurate than the accuracy stated. For example, a tank gun with a range of 60, with an accuracy of 10, would be more accurate at range 20, than a gun with a top range of 20, but a stated accuracy of 12.