How does smoke work?

Jump back to quoted post4 Aug 2013, 17:21 PMAbdul

But sometimes it seems the smoke doesn't stop them from firing at you and you keep getting hit, why?

Jump back to quoted post4 Aug 2013, 19:04 PMVRL

Some players use Attack Ground

Jump back to quoted post4 Aug 2013, 17:46 PMThebazookajoe

However, if the enemy has another unit, for example next to your tank, he still has vision on your tank, so every enemy unit can still shoot at it.

Jump back to quoted post4 Aug 2013, 19:04 PMVRL

Some players use Attack Ground - and an approximation of where their enemy is to attack tanks through smoke. Essentially "Shooting blind with an idea of where to point"

This is particularly useful on vehicles that have damaged engines.

Jump back to quoted post5 Aug 2013, 01:37 AMAbdul

How about mortar smoke, how can I use it to help my offensive/defensive maneuvers?

Jump back to quoted post5 Aug 2013, 09:51 AMThebazookajoe

Offensively, you can use it on an enemy elephant or su85, so your units (tanks, atgs) can get close without being fired upon. Also, on a slow unit like an elephant you can use attack ground from a distance into the smoke to damage it safely.

In infantry combat you can use it to help you flank of course. Or do a smoke barrage on a patch of deep snow to protect your infantry while its slowly moving through the snow into the action.

Defensively, you can use smoke on the retreat path of your units to protect them. For example, your tank gets a damaged engine and an enemy atg pops up. Do a smoke barrage just behind your reversing tank (to compensate for the delay) to protect it from the atg.

Jump back to quoted post6 Aug 2013, 22:54 PMrofltehcat

There is also a cover type called smoke. It significantly reduces accuracy and nearly eliminates suppression for most weapons (effects may vary by weapon or weapon type).

I don't know whether you have to be inside the smoke for it to work, though... in CoH1 it was enough for a unit to fire through smoke to receive the modifiers. So it often was more effective using smoke on or near an enemy MG than using it on/near your own troops.