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Old March 10th, 2013, 11:02 PM

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Default Re: Smoke overrated?

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Originally Posted by Rosollia View Post
Besides mortars and artillery, also MG units can be used to spray smoke-covered areas with Z-fire. And by my understanding, it is by no means gamey - historically MG units in defensive positions seem to have determined some pre-set fire lanes that they could spray under conditions of poor visibility.
Just wondering if this happened on the assault, and especially into trenches. For instance, in the Kursk campaign I would z-fire main gun rounds through smoke into trenches 150-200 meters away from my tanks (mostly Tigers) on the same turn infantry/engineers cleared paths through mines 100 meters from the trench line.

The effect was devastating: Not a single enemy unit fired as my infantry came adjacent and blew them away. Tanks with MG rounds left came in and added to the mayhem. This tactic was repeated a number of times, almost without fail.

So did they actually do this in WWII, or would this be considered a bit gamey? I'd like to make it a permanent part of my repertoire if it's not considered too much of an exploit. Thanks.

Last edited by jivemi; March 10th, 2013 at 11:03 PM.. Reason: correction
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