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Jump back to quoted post14 Feb 2016, 21:11 PMSpinflight

Yes, they are brilliant. Only 180 manpower if memory serves..

Just thinking about all the above it strikes me that there isn't really much wrong with Tommy ( barring Vet3 bug etc) that couldn't be fixed with easy access to smoke.

The British Army is obsessed with smoke. Always has been. 2inch mortars in WW2 were more of a squad level weapon than a platoon one. It wouldn't be unreasonable to expect a pyrotechnics upgraded squad to be able to use one. Smoke grenades were commonplace though didn't output enough smoke, hence the light mortar was carried.

UCs would always have a 2in mortar - for smoke. Often a 3in mortar too if it was dicked to move or resupply one.

25pdrs unique calibre was partly picked for it's ability to saturate an area in.... smoke.

Denying a British faction smoke is akin to cutting off their sea lanes to readily available tea supplies, the latter would have brought a swift response from 12 Battleships, 3 Battlecruisers and about 50 assorted cruisers. Sod the hun, some bugger is after our PG Tips.

Gawd knows how many different smoke grenades we used to cart around afghan. WP, RP, different colours of bog standard smoke, 50mm patrol mortar ( mainly with smoke)... Think there might have been a 40mm smoke round too. Even the subject of how much oil to use on a Minimi was hotly contested, because it causes... smoke.

Overall I think Tommy offers a reasonable toolkit, with just one rather important bit missing.

Jump back to quoted post12 Feb 2016, 05:20 AMashxu

I tested Tommies vs other infantry in the cheats mod
vet 3 Tommies vs vet 5 Volks: Will win but will be a long drawn out fight. Schreck doesn't make too much of a difference