Smoke vs buildings

[redcoat2]

Damn. My cunning plan to smoke out the Chechens has been foiled.

[Listy]

Originally Posted by redcoat2

Damn. My cunning plan to smoke out the Chechens has been foiled.

Why not just smoke the building their in, move up and beat the snot out of them? Ti scouts if you've got it, TI tanks if not.

Or take up positions and wait for your smoke to clear.

[redcoat2]

Thanks for your replies.

I asked the question because I vaguely remember reading somewhere that the Russians used smoke shells (which are incendiary by nature) to set fire to buildings during the Chechnya War, especially during the Battle of Groznyy - which I played as a random battle the other day.

As it was, I was able to suppress the Chechens with ‘shmel’/artillery/rocket fire (and tank fire from a safe distance) and then attack their buildings with infantry protected by smoke screens.

P.S. I can’t remember where I read about the smoke shells being used as incendiaries and so I’m not sure whether it was true or not.

[iCaMpWiThAWP]

now i see, skirmisher's right, the ten year old code limits what can be done

[Listy]

Originally Posted by redcoat2

Thanks for your replies.

I asked the question because I vaguely remember reading somewhere that the Russians used smoke shells (which are incendiary by nature) to set fire to buildings during the Chechnya War, especially during the Battle of Groznyy - which I played as a random battle the other day.

Sure they're not talking about WP? Reporters are rather notorious for giving out the wrong details

[redcoat2]

Originally Posted by Listy

Sure they're not talking about WP? Reporters are rather notorious for giving out the wrong details

I can’t remember how reliable my source was - as I said. It could have been a news reporter (i.e. unreliable) or it may have been a defence journal or Russian eyewitness account. The Russians certainly used WP in Groznyy. And, as Marek has pointed out, their smoke shells probably contained white phosphorus as well.

[iCaMpWiThAWP]

Originally Posted by redcoat2

I can’t remember how reliable my source was - as I said. It could have been a news reporter (i.e. unreliable) or it may have been a defence journal or Russian eyewitness account. The Russians certainly used WP in Groznyy. And, as Marek has pointed out, their smoke shells probably contained white phosphorus as well.

WP nades would be great in game, i'll try to make one, i guess that infantry flame is the class

[thatguy96]

Originally Posted by iCaMpWiThAWP

WP nades would be great in game, i'll try to make one, i guess that infantry flame is the class

You could probably achieve the desired effect by just changing the class of the basic grenade to "Infantry Flame."

Also of note, the napalm class for aircraft isn't ruled by the 1 hex to the rear distance restriction that bombs and cluster munitions are (ie, if you make a bomb or cluster bomb using either of the relevant classes it will always drop behind the aircraft). What this means is that you can set napalm weapons to range +1 and actually get incendiary rockets, etc, with the napalm effects.