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 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[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.

[Marek_Tucan]

Read somewhere the US engineers used charges designed to dig holes for shelters in Vietnam, esp. when constructing firebases. Is that true?

[PatG]

pdoktar said:
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.



Same here in Canada. Chop a rough outline of the trench into the frozen soil, chisel a small deep hole in the middle for the engineers to put their toys in then "bang" and back to digging. Sometimes you hit sand of course but that usually means you're digging into an old latrine.