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Simple Instruction
Deploy
the base, setup the tube. This will make you drop your ammo, so pick it
up. To load a round, choose "Reload HE" from action menu, then choose
"Load HE". |
In
the mortar menu, click "G" button. This is the position of your mortar -
hit M key to get map and click your mortar position. Then click "T" to
click target position. |
Your
"Azimuth" is the "G-P" number. Your distance to target is listed, and
it gives you a rough estimate between that number in MILS in the center
of the mortar panel. Next to the exact distance is a elevation
differential, usually a negative number if you're at a higher elevation
than the target. Theres math involved, but don't bother, just roughly
estimate the distance between you and the target on the first shot. |
The
M224 and M29 are set to use MILS-W, if you use MILS-E you will be
firing slightly off at short range and way off as you get further out.
Vice versa with the 2B14. |
Click
"Target". After the text stops blinking, click "Fire" to fire. Observe
shot, change data. Remember, you must click "Target" after every data
change. |
HE = good for just about anything |
WP = great versus infantry, will slowly destroy tanks over a period of time |
HEP-F = i think these are fragmentation rounds. i've read they're good for concrete busting, not sure what it's used for in OFP. |
by cornbeef - thanks dude ! |
Medium Instruction
QUESTION: How do I use the mortar fire control system? |
ANSWER: There's no short answer to this but here's a simple little explanation. Believe me this is the simplest we |
could explain it. There's lots of tips and stuff but you'll have to figure those out yourself. |
| 1. | In the action menu go to "Fire Control" |
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| 2. | The
azimuth and elevation are enterable in military standard mils. The Fire
Control system is based around plotting the position of the gun and the
target. It will then do all the hard math for you and give you
something to start with. |
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| 3. | First you need to do a "gun plot". To do this click the button that says "G" and it will flash "click map location of gun" |
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| 4. | Switch to your map view and do a long single-click on the map where your mortar is located. The more accurate the better. |
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| 5. | Now
you need to plot the target. Back in the fire control dialog click the
"T" button. And it will flash "click map location of target" |
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| 6. | Switch to your map view and do a long single-click on the map where your target is located. |
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| 7. | Back in the fire control system you will be given lots of information. The important stuff is this.... |
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| 8. | G-T (bottom left) is your azimuth to target. |
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| 9. | Your range will be listed just right of G-T. |
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| 10. | The
firing data listed in the center of the dialog will tell you elevations
(in mils) for certain ranges (rounded to nearest 100 meters). |
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| 11. | Do a little basic math to calculate the exact elevation info. Add, subtract, divide, multiply. |
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| 12. | Enter your azimuth and elevation into the boxes (top left) |
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| 13. | IMPORTANT:
You must click the "Target" button to align the mortar tube to the
azimuth and elevation every time you change the numbers !!! You can also
hit your Enter key. |
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| 14. | Click the "Fire" button to fire. |
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OTHER NOTES
The
"O" button is for plotting the location of your Observer. This is for
the technical people among us and not absolutely necessary to firing
accurately which is why I won't cover it here in great depth. |
You
can plot new targets by clicking the "T" button and repeating steps.
You do not need to replot the gun each time you want to fire at a new
target. |
The
mortar tube actually has an invisible AI gunner. Sometimes the gunner
will get confused and "look around" with the barrel. If you fire during
this time it will still be on target. The way the AI gunner is looking
around doesn't make anything less accurate. If it annoys you though,
disassemble and reassemble the tube. |
When
you assemble the mortar for the first time it will have a cranking
sound that gets annoying. It will do this until you type in an azimuth
and elevation and hit Target. I usually type in 10 and 1000 just so it
stops making the noise (and because it's easy to type). |
The mortars are very accurate. |
The max range of the mortars are: |
M224 60-mm Mortar - 2000 meters |
M29 81-mm Mortar - 3800 meters |
2B14 82-mm Mortar - 3300 meters |
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