Artillery Spotting

[parkerc341]

Will the artillery spotting mechanics from FC ever be implemented into the GB careers? It'd be cool to be able to fly a UV2 and spot german camps and buildups and such.

[R33GZ]

Agreed. I would definitely buy the U2 if arty spotting was implemented... could also open up an option for an L4/5 for the allies too ? 

[migmadmarine]

I did a suggestion maybe a year ago for a set of liaison collector planes (L-4, Storch, Auster) to take advantage of this mechanic, and hopefully maybe some officer shuttling and visual recon missions, so you have my support.

[jeanba]

The hurricane was also used as artillery spotter by the Soviet:

 

 

The RAF used also it for Artillery Spotting such as N 63 squadron in 1944:

https://www.facebook.com/BBMF.Official/photos/hurricane-lf363-was-built-at-the-hawker-factory-at-langley-near-slough-it-first-/1665518086836531/

 

I think there was also Commonwealth artillery spotters in Italy (need to check, there was an article in aerojournal)

 

Edited April 7, 2023 by jeanba

[Juri_JS]

I am not sure if the U-2 really saw much use in the spotter role. The aircraft types I see in VVS spotter units are mostly Su-2s, Hurricanes, P-40s, Il-2s and Yaks. As far as I know U-2s were only used for spotting at night.

 

[migmadmarine]

Sukkhoi Su-2 would be quite cool to see. 

[kraut1]

On 4/3/2023 at 8:22 PM, parkerc341 said:

Will the artillery spotting mechanics from FC ever be implemented into the GB careers? It'd be cool to be able to fly a UV2 and spot german camps and buildups and such.

Hi,

Okay it is marking of targets with smoke bombs and not artillery spotting, but maybe a bit similar.

I modded the 20lb Cooper bomb as a 300seconds smoke bomb for target marking in the mountain jungle of Papua New Guinea (Kuban). I plan to implement some AI controlled forward observer biplanes in the Easy Mission Generator Template, because the targets in the jungle are for a human pilots more or less invisible. But the bomb works too when the plane is flown by the player.

 

[Charon]

On 4/7/2023 at 12:15 AM, jeanba said:

The RAF used also it for Artillery Spotting such as N 63 squadron in 1944:

 

Spitfires were used for naval artillery spotting too.

[Bad_Luna]

How do we get the devs on this? This would be such a cool mechanic that can make a more dynamic multiplayer experience.  First you tell the arty your ready to correct their fire. Then you walk their fire towards the target. 

 

It creates a high risk high reward mechanic. 

 

 

Edited June 11, 2023 by Bad_Luna

[AEthelraedUnraed]

23 minutes ago, Bad_Luna said:

How do we get the devs on this? This would be such a cool mechanic that can make a more dynamic multiplayer experience.  First you tell the arty your ready to correct their fire. Then you walk their fire towards the target. 

 

It creates a high risk high reward mechanic.

The Devs announced this feature literally 2 days ago for the singleplayer career:

 

Regarding multiplayer; the Devs don't create multiplayer missions.

[Bad_Luna]

Christ i literally saw the blog but i only skimmed it. 

 

Well if its a mechanic they built in now maybe it can be used else where. nice.