German Improvisation in WWII

[PatG]

Check this one out:
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/milimprov/fm.htm

Relevant to us is the section on tank riders. Lots of other good information in there as well.

Oh and expect to see more trains soon

[RubberNeck]

Interesting bit on engineers using explosives for digging emergency foxholes in Russia.

Dean

[PatG]

RubberNeck said:
Interesting bit on engineers using explosives for digging emergency foxholes in Russia.

Dean

Now that would be an interesting bit of kit to see - foxholes as rounds of ammunition. Probably a tweaking of the shell hole generation code - one would have to get a warhead big enough to generate the holes but avoid killing the engineers placing it. I'm off to play with mobhack.

[PopskiPPA]

Just turn off the weapons except a satchel charge und z-fire the hex in front. Voila, shell hole that offers protection without danger. Not nearly as much protection as a real foxhole, but better than a clear hex.

[Sgt_Walrus]

Hi Guys.
Interesting idea.
I have used heavy arty (>120mm) to get a similar result.
If your grunts have a bunch of flat terrain to cross and you expect a fight you can land some rounds in the correct area and when your infantry arrive they have some shell holes to use as cover.
I use it when I have laid smoke in the same area and then I have a small delay on the HE rounds.
Cheers
SGT

[pdoktar]

Hey Walrus, a nice idea. Hope the grunts really benfit from it.

And here in Finland, we are used to using explosives to dig fox-holes. Engineers use small drilling-explosives to soften up the frozen ground before we guys are given pick-axes and shovels to "finish" the job.