tacops guide

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ContentsContents ..........................................

Introduction ....................................

Intent ...........................................

My Background ...........................

The Absolute Essentials ..................

Taking the Fight to the Enemy ....

Moving ........................................

Easy Places to Find a Stationary

Selecting a Battle Position ..........

Military Operations in Urban Terrai

General ........................................

Covering and Capturing a CP.......

Clearing the Enemy .....................

Covering Friendly AFVs (Sapper P

Weapons .........................................

Lee Enfield No.4 Mk.1 (Brit Rifle)

Lee Enfield No.4 Mk.1 (T) (Brit SnFusil MAS 36 (French Rifle) .........

Fusil mle 1886 m 1893 (Scoped) .

Sub-Machine Guns ......................

Light Machine Guns ....................

Anti-Tank Rifles ...........................

Ultra-light Mortars ......................

Fire Control .................................

Killing Anti-tank and Anti-air Gun

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Introduction

Intent

Infantry has gone from beiII Online at its launch in June 200

major stratification in the player b

floating around on how to sap ta

necessarily make you effective. Th

plan to being truly effective, which

process that makes someone a gr

great pilot. There will also of cours

Most importantly I want to

can read through quickly and makbattlefield. Ill use graphics as m

providing explanation to key conce

My Background

10 years ago I got into the

with the atrocious net code that

weapons on cable internet lines. I

sniper rifle. With that setup if you

plan, and the ability to remain und

started down the think-shooter r

In June 2001 I signed up f

rifle and sub machine gun, sp

cover or concealment out there.

enjoyed playing infantry though, p

Outside of the game Im a

game world works and how I play,

well at this game, but for those

riflemen that plays WW2OL is a ret

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g probably the least appreciated and used type of1, to the most heavily used but very poorly unde

ase as to experience and infantry capability. There

nks or disable them with an ATR, but while thos

goal here is to give more insight into the high-lev

then carries over to any infantry weapon. Much of

at infantry player can carry over and make them

be material dedicated to better shooting.

make this as easily digestible and concise as possi

e use of immediately to get out and start kickingch as possible and try to stay away from being

pts.

First Person Shooter scene with NovaLogics Delta

ame offered, most combat was dominated by gu

ad a 28.8k dial-up connection and liked using the

wanted to kill anything you had to have a clutch

etected. Being a twitch-shooter was not entirely

oad and havent turned back.

r World War II Online. The two infantry types yo

wn lists were unlimited for everything, and there

It was literally as clear and as flat as a putting

rticularly the rifle, and have just about seen it all.

0-something mechanical engineer. Im very analyti

and it really helps. There are certainly twitch-shoo

f you who think thats the only way to be good

ired grandfather, and hell kick your ass.

unit in World Warrstood. There is a

have been guides

e help they dont

el process and the

the same thought

a great tanker or

le, something you

ass on the virtualwordy, while still

orce. At that time

ys with automatic

slow-firing M40A1

hot, the ability to

the thing for me. I

u could pick were

wasnt a shred of

reen. Ive always

cal about how the

ter types who do

one of the best


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The Absolute EssentialsThe following are the most

surprisingly simple to overlook or i

You have to keep movingBy far the #1 thing new gu

and rack up kills, but picki

You will get waymore kills

You need to know where ethe enemy is before he kn

an unsuspecting enemy, is

When you accomplish theable to drop him fast!

Taking the Fight to the En

As I said before, the #1 thi

do not take the fight to the enemy

Get out of the AB! The Arin there and camp/kill yo

youve got to move out.

Cut them off at the sourcholding back and defendin

deploy more resources, ena brigade can source well

stop them. You will never

priority needs to be to cap

easy to recap town.

Likewise when attacking,CPsfirst. Even before capt

The sequence of events in

1. Secure your immediate poforce them away.

2. Go after the enemys immSecure the larger area. Do

enemy, then move.

3. Go after their forward badestroy it or effectively shu

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important concepts to keep in mind. They may se

nore!

r be aggressive. If youre stationary [for very long]

ys seem to miss. I have no problem with guys that

g your nose or scratching your ass in a bush or wi

up front.

verything is around you. More importantly you ne

ws where you are. In general the guy who gets th

going to win.

above and know where the unsuspecting enemy

my

ng people miss is they are not aggressive enough

.

y Base is the enemys ultimate kill zone. His end g

. If you stay there, you just make his job easier.

. If youre defending a town the enemy has a d

for any extended period of time just plays into the

roach more on you, and defeat you. Given that atover 1000 infantry, just shooting at them with rif

attrite off that many. City flags, RR stations, etc ar

ure or destroy their spawn point. Once you do tha

articularly a no mans land town, capture any o

ring your own spawnable. Shut them down before

ny area should be as follows

sition/spawn point. If the enemy is in your perim

ediate spawn location. This may be a spawnable

it quickly. Stay in one spot only long enough to

se, or defensive FB in a no mans land town.

t it down.

em simple but are

youre 99% dead.

ant to hang back

ndow wont do it.

ed to know where

e first shot off, on

is, you need to be

, do not move, or

oal is to press you

Even on defense,

epot or a MSP at,

ir hand. Lets them

he time of writingles is not going to

e meaningless. #1

t, then its trivially

f their spawnable

they can start!

ter, kill them and

depot, or a MSP.

kill the immediate

ttack it, press it,


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4. Take the fight to the enedont bother with you and

5. Always, always, always becannot and are hemmed inmay as well redeploy.

Moving

Getting around is not as ob

Stay concealed! With themiddle of an open field for

Stay low when moving thras the water would throu

youll stay much more conc Even when moving to t

automatically drawn to hig

If you have more immediaFighter pilots refer to this

enemy at will. Infantry hav

need to sprint as much as

make contact, you want al

(get on their side or behin

do this if youve sprinted y

If you do have to sprint acron you to kill you as soon a

down for more than one.

Im up he sees me Im

You can exploit the way th

and being prone, but I view

By all means, zig-zag. DonAgain, you can exploit this

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y further, AO or not. Force them into a defensiv

ou can redeploy resources to a feasible attack obj

taking the fight east or further onto their hom

and honestly stuck (rare, but happens) you have al

vious as one might think. Things to keep in mind

mount of concealment available there is no reaso

more than a few seconds. Follow shrub lines, berm

ugh small terrain. Berms, rubble, etc. As dumb

h the terrain. Dont crest over terrain features o

ealed.ake commanding elevation, keep in mind peo

objects. Stay off ridgelines, dont silhouette yours

te maneuver options than the enemy, youre in g

s energy retention, and being able to close with o

this option as well, with stamina and the ability to

many people do during the movement to contact

l that sprinting ability available to either maneuve

them), close with them, or get the hell away and

urself dry for no reason.

oss open ground, always assume someone is startins you pop out from cover. Dont be up for more tha

own Im up

predictor code works by toggling really quickly be

this as gamey and cheap and dont recommend it.

t move in a straight line, youre just making yours

y lag dancing across the field which is gamey an

e mindset so they

ctive.

turf. If you truly

ready lost and you

n to be out in the

s, buildings, etc.

s it sounds, move

r rubble piles and

ples attention is

elf.

ood shape to win.

r extend from the

sprint. Theres no

phase. When you

against someone

o cover. You cant

g to draw a beadn 3 seconds, or

ween sprinting

elf an easy target.

cheap.


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Easy Places to Find a Stati

Along the lines of knowing

the enemy. There is really no time

that MG34 or Panzer or what have

scanning, keep in mind people ten

stationary targets.

Church towers Super obv Blown-out church stairs

falling apart, shooters will

background behind them.

Along AB walls Hard to sfrom the walls of a closed

In the bunker top Nottheres a guy up there.

Roof tops Also very obviheavily against the sky. If

roofline.

Depot windows One offrom these. Find a busy en

trying to defend) and just

fraction of a second. And t

Building windows and roquickly scan them all. Ever

or machine gun barrel poki

Clumps of trees Pretty se Hedgerows Same as abo Shrub lines Probably th

fields and infantry blend in

Given that anyone with a

all those, you probably should not

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nary Enemy (ie an easy target!)

where everything is around you, you should consta

you can just jog away and be oblivious. Youd be

you is sitting out there way in the middle of nowh

d to be very predictable. The following are some

ious. Enemy sticks out like a sore thumb against th

Less obvious. When a church is damaged and th

hide on the stairs. They are harder to spot since

eep this in mind.

pot as its a small area (usually just their head), but

B

uper popular, but if the enemy is defending a b

ous. All rooflines in game are perfectly straight, an

there is a shooter laying there he will stick out as

my favorite places to target! For some reason pe

emy depot (typically one that we are trying to ca

zero in on a window. A guy will pop up, and you

ey keep coming up for more!

fs Similar to the above. Theres a lot of them,

so often you will be jogging past a building, look

ng out of the upstairs window. Free kill up there.

lf explanatory. Enemy likes to sit up on the berms a

e.

hardest terrain object to scan since there are s

o them fairly well.

oderate amount of experience is going to immed

e using them as primary locations to shoot from!

ntlybe looking for

mazed how often

re. When you are

laces to find easy

sky background.

e tower walls are

they have a dark

guys like to shoot

nker chances are

d tend to contrast

a bump on the

ple love to shoot

ture and they are

can drop him in a

but you need to

up, and see a rifle

nd look around.

many out in the

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Selecting a Battle Position

There are a few general gui

Avoid the obvious position Ideally, have cover in front

shape immediately behind

Only expose yourself for brscanning for targets for mi

and shoot you. Stay concea

target and shoot it, and po

someone will spot you.

Move frequently. If you killare and will probably come

occupied. Generally this wi

Only expose yourself to the Keep in mind where the en

a straight line from where t

straight to town, and enem

Since people think so lineaenemys likely axis of adva

Set your shots up so they aand orientation that youre

Reverse positions, whensome sort of cover or conc

enemys back when he goe

easy kill.

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delines for picking a battle/firing position.

of you, and concealment behind you. Having a shru

you helps break up your profile and makes you har

ief periods of time! A big mistake many people ma

utes on end. The whole world can see you, someo

led 75% of the time, pop up briefly to scan (3-10 se

back down. The less time you are exposed, the les

someone, particularly if theyre close, they know e

back with a vengeance. Move, and cover the positi

ll be progressively falling back or moving laterally.

smallest field of view you need.

emy will likely come from, and go to. People are laz

hey spawn to where theyre going. Good examples

y AB straight to a depot theyre interested in.

ly, get after their flanks. A battle position with a fla

ce will yield heaps of kills.

re as easy as possible. Work smart, not hard. Set po

comfortable with so that your first shot will hit.

ou can set them up, are excellent. In this type of s

alment behind you, and you are set up so you hav

s by. Since even good infantry typically have poor r

b or some odd

er to spot

e is to sit there

e will pick you up

conds), find a

s chance

actly where you

on you previously

y and like to go in

enemy MSPs

nk shot on the

sitions in a range

enario you have

a shot at the

ar security, its an


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Military Operations in U

General

Military organizations of thmovement to clearing rooms to co

condense things down into the ess

Charleroi, Liege, etc can either b

comfortable you are with it.

Stay out of the roads if atreason you should be goin

If you do have to cross soyou, pop smoke to obscure

Avoid peak elevation.observation, but avoid cres

drawn toward the highest

people seem to realize this

360 degree awareness isfights tend to be rolling, m

popping out of buildings

behind.

Be aware of the 3rd dimenpoint around you, but abo

infantry stick out like a sor

some low cover and take t

Move very frequently. Watch friendly tanks for sa Cut the pie or pie ever

With this method as you a

but with the sights down

rotating around the corner

that dead space up into sm

pie slices. I like to stay at l

my weapon will not obsc

field of view and I can qui

engage.

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ban Terrain (MOUT)

e world have very in-depth guides on this subject,unter-sniper activity. I will spare you the dozens of

ntials. Fighting in-game in cities such as Turnhout,

e a real pain in the ass or pretty fun; mostly d

all possible. They are long easy killzones for tank

across a road is at full sprint getting from one buil

e open ground and think or know that the enemy

yourself.

igh ground can be good to a degree as it ating piles of rubble, avoid roof tops, etc. Remembe

earby elevation. Staying lowis generally the best

.

ven more critical in a city than it is anywhere el

ingling clusters of friendly and enemy infantry ther

etc anywhere around you. Constantly scan ahea

sion! Most people arent. Not only is the enemy

ve you as well. Scan every roofline you go by or

e thumb even from a few hundred meters. If you

em out.

ppers.

y sharp corner or dead space you encounter. Get i

proach a corner, bring your weapon to a low read

low) and start

. Youre cutting

all, manageable

ow ready since

ure any of my

ckly snap up to

from anything onpages on that and

ntwerp, Brussels,

epending on how

s, LMGs, etc. Only

ing to the next.

has line of fire on

llows for greaterr the human eye is

dvice, though few

e. Given that the

e could be threats

d, left, right, and

likely to be at any

alk under. Enemy

see someone, find

nto the habit of it.

y position (aimed


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Covering and Capturing a

This may seem straightfor

two things

1. Go straight into the CP, eve2. If they do cover a buddy ca

Neither of these is particularly sma

to capture a hot CP like a spawnab

flags etc are meaningless and any

come by poke his head in. If you tr

or LMG to sprint in, lag by, and kill

The first thing you should

outside. Youve got to cordon the

spraying. Once you and hopefully a

and hump the table. Obviously th

really the only good way of taking t

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P

ard, but most people do not get it right. Many folk

n killing defending enemy infantry, and bump the t

pping the CP, they do it from the inside of the CP

rt to do. Anyone can bump a table. If you do go i

le (and hot CPs are the only ones you shouldbe go

Joe Noob can cap it) inevitably due to Murphys

to defend from inside the CP its much too easy fo

ou.

o when you are first person on the scene to a CP i

CP off from the enemy so he cant get near it, c

nother guy set up a kill zone and cordon the CP off,

re are exceptions to this when youre the only g

he place. See below.

will do one of

able

and youre trying

ing after since city

law an MG34 will

r an EI with a SMG

cover it,from the

ant lag in and go

let Joe Noob go in

y around, but its


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Clearing the Enemy

There are a handful of posi

are the most likely places a defend

on each position. Of them, Id say

Covering Friendly AFVs (S

On the whole, we do not

Allies have some awesome, heavil

from 3.7cm cannon fire, and are

threats. Not surprisingly the top

infantry theres not much we can

My theory on why people dont do

sappers love going after big tanks.

Youve got to cover the ta

preferably an LMG, because other

drop him. I cant even do it with ri

otherwise you will be seen by the s

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tions which are particularly good for defending a CP

r will be. Get into the habit of checking each one,

the spot, the closet, and the stairs are the mo

pper Protection)

do this nearly enough. Especially in the earlier eq

-armored tanks. They can absorb a tremendous a

typically well-armed enough to be able to oblite

killers of the A12 Matilda are the sapper and th

do about the Stuka but we can take the sapper o

this more often is because it isnt instant action. B

it around a minute and youll bag a bunch!

nks left and right sides, and rear. You need an a

ise a sapper will sprint/lag up and place his char

fle. You have to be sitting back from the tank at l

apper on his approach (his attention will be 100%

building. These

cutting the pie

t popular.

uipment Tiers the

mount of damage

rate German AFV

e Ju-87 Stuka. As

t of the equation.

elieve me though,

utomatic weapon,

ge before you can

ast 100 or 200 m

n his target area).


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In addition, to make sure you can c

you and a buddy and a tank get it

there and take it! See below.

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over the tank you really need a buddy to cover you

together, the German ground forces have little t

r blind spot. When

hey can do but sit


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Weapons

Lee Enfield No.4 Mk.1 (Bri

Overview

Easily my favorite weapon i

Pros

10 round magazine Whereloading. Also, if you go

despawn within 10 second

get the kill.

Major stopping power Ifon the first hit. I feel this i

one shot out to 900m. W

time for one shot, it had b

leg, arm, what have you, a

Sights As will be explaineon how to lead targets. Th

use the sights to hit them

Cons

Slow rate of fire The Enfiextremely slow compared

connect.

Muzzle wander Comparemore quickly.

Moving Targets

I mentioned using referen

well up to about 300m, during w

theory is that while you have to

instead of inches, the angle that y

relationship between how fast inf

might have to lead a guy 1 foot at

the same, and lines up quite well w

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Rifle)

n game, so I will cover it first.

n youre in an area of high activity you dont nee

o engage an anti-tank gun (ATG) or anti-aircraft g

s of being hit to try to avoid death, the deep magaz

you hit a guy, the overwhelming majority of the ti

s the hardest hitting rifle in game. In fact, it will co

en you only have a snapshot at a running enem

tter hit, and it had better count. You can hit a guy

d he generally will go down.

d below, the sights on the Lee Enfield offer excelle

re doesnt need to be guesswork involved in leadi

onsistently almost every time.

ield has a poor rate of fire compared to the Frenc

to its historical rate of fire. You have to make da

d to the French MAS36 the Enfields sights tend to

ce points on the sights to hit moving targets. Thi

ich time the bullet is traveling at a near-constant

lead targets more at longer distances, e.g. yar

ou have to lead them stays the same. This is due

antry move, and how fast your bullet goes. Put

00 yards, 2 feet at 200 yards, and 3 feet at 300 yar

ith a reference point on the front sights.

d to be constantly

un (AAG) that can

ine means you can

e he will go down

nsistently kill with

infantryman and

in the chest, in the

t reference points

g targets, you can

MAS36. It is also

n sure your shots

ander more, and

works extremely

speed. The quick

ds instead of feet

to a trigonometric

another way, you

s. That ratio stays


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This is the sight picture yo

about 300m. If you notice the thre

center of mass should be half wa

structure to the center blade is a g

Infantry jog at 4 meters petarget 50% more while sprinting th

quarters of the way from the inside

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u should set up for perpendicular jogging targets

posts or blades of the front sight, the key here

between the inside blade and outside blade. Th

od reference point for this.

r second (m/s) and sprint at 6 m/s. This means yoan jogging. In this case, the targets center of mas

blade to the outside blade.

t any range up to

is that the targets

e base supporting

u have to lead thes should be three-


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Lee Enfield No.4 Mk.1 (T) (

Overview

I have mixed feelings on tspot, identify, and hit stationary t

range. On the training server I hav

really does not make moving targe

targets. The No.4 Mk.1 (T) has the

and it becomes near-impossible to

At short range, the telesco

No.4 Mk.1 unscopedbattle rifle fo

with iron sights. But, for reference

addition, the unscoped No.4 Mk.1

Moving Targets

For perpendicular jogging

post. It is just about exactly there

and I dont recommend trying the s

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Brit Sniper rifle)

is one. On the one hand it is a good niche weapargets at long range much more effectively, and

hit targets at 900m that consistently die with on

s any easier, and beyond 300m I dont even trust

ame ballistics as its parent, which become very no

consistently figure a lead. Winds up being a waste

pe on this rifle makes it very vulnerable. As such,

r almost everything, and can still hit stationary t

, I will include the sight pictures for moving targe

as much more ammunition which frees up a lot of

targets the aim point is just about at the edge o

t 300m, and just inside for 200m. At 400m it is wel

hot.

n in that you canit is very lethal at

shot. However it

yself with moving

linear after 300m

f ammo.

enerally I use the

rgets up to 600m

ts under 300m. In

tactical options.

the thick vertical

l outside the edge


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For sprinting targets, we a

m/s. There is no hard visual refer

visualize another triangle like that

(imaginary triangle shown in blu

pretending is there and cant really

Fusil MAS 36 (French Rifle

Overview

While I have much love fo

down to personal preference I su

effective.

Pros

Quick rate of fire. Fastestpersonal or if you miss an

Sights are pretty good forgraphical reference points

This may just be my eyesexhibit significantly less mu

Cons

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gain add 50% to our lead as the target moves at

nce point there, so you have to visualize one. T

n the vertical post, about 50% in size, and right ne

). That becomes your lead point. Since this is

see, shot repeatability isnt the best.

)

the Lee Enfield, the MAS36 is popular among mo

pose, though I still maintain the Enfield in the ri

of any rifle in game. Makes a big difference when

have to get a second shot off quickly.

itting moving targets. Similar concept to the Enfie

or your leads.

playing tricks on me, but it would appear that t

zzle wander than the Enfield.

m/s instead of 4

e trick I use is to

t to the main post

something youre

st. It really comes

ht hands is more

its up close and

ld and picking out

he MAS 36 sights


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Horrendous stopping poweither out of your field of fi

kill. I find the MAS 36 ofte

range 2 or 3 times with the

Small magazine. In heavyyou run out of your 5 shot

the death!

Moving Targets

For jogging pace perpendic

the center post to the outside blad

For sprinting pace perpend

being right at the outside blade. An

lead.

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r. There are a lot of times you only get one shot on

re, or turns and shoots you. As such, that first shot

has trouble killing EI with one hit. Very often I can

MAS before he goes down.

ombat it feels like Im always reloading. Also, aga

if you havent killed him he has plenty of time to d

ular targets, the lead point winds up being about 2

.

icular targets, following our +50% dictum the lead

d again, at ranges beyond 300m you must add signi

a guy before he is

you get has got to

shoot a guy close

inst an ATG when

espawn and avoid

3 of the way from

oint ends up

ficantly more


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Fusil mle 1886 m 1893 (Sc

I have very little experie

repeatable way of setting a lead. A

Sub-Machine Guns

To be covered at a later da

Light Machine Guns

To be covered at a later da

Anti-Tank Rifles

Possibly covering this at a l

Ultra-light Mortars

I call the mortars we curre

range, medium in the 3/80mm ra

think, even the 2 mortar bombs a

a single round. There are two pa

sound, most folks dont seem to g

quickly and accurately and getti

important rules of thumb.

Dont fire mortars from rgetting a kill. You present

giving off puffs of smoke to

For that matter, dont fireshould be well tucked awa

got that mortar tube out

fires on the enemy without

Blind fire doesnt work, prounds off in the general

density of the game just do

For the love of all that isdo not fire smoke or HE i

difficult for friendly troops.

while shaken up, than it is

You will need accurate spo You will need lots of ammu

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oped)

ce with this rifle, and the sights do not lend t

such I will not be covering this weapon at this tim

e

e

ter date. At the moment there are already good A

tly have (2/5cm) ultra-lights as I consider light mo

ge, and heavy in the 4.2/120mm range. Despite

re fairly potent and can wipe out any towed gun o

rts to using a mortar (or any weapon) effectively.

et either of them down, much less both. They ar

ng rounds on target quickly and accurately. Bu

oftops, especially depots. You will die before ev

ourself as a defenseless target silhouetted against

make enemy shooters spot you even easier. Just d

mortars in the direct fire role at all. If youre shoo

y with no direct line of sight on your target or thr

oure extremely vulnerable. The whole idea of ind

direct line of sight.

riod. There are times you can get lucky but in ge

irection of the enemy wont do much or anythin

esnt allow for it.

oly, when friendly troops are working on capturi

their area. Yes, it shakes up the enemy, but it m

It is much easier for the defender to just spray an

or a friendly infantryman to move and hit a defend

ting of targets.

nition. Stock up to 50+ roundsfirstbefore engagin

hemselves to any

.

R guides out.

rtars in the 60mm

hat some people

infantryman with

As dumb as they

locating a target

t first, some real

en thinking about

the sky, and even

ont do it.

ting a mortar, you

ats. While youve

irect fire is to put

neral, popping 10

g. The population

g a CP or bunker,

kes life way more

ything that moves

er while shaken.

anything.


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Spotting Targets

There are mortar guides o

easily. The challenge in mortar fire

is and marking the target accuratelall easy. Just open your map and

those to Joe Noob to jerk around w

The targets you want to go

want to kill them from range with

get blown away in the process). Th

so rare you may have to spot for ot

Do not get into position a

are already running around doing

many random explosions and smok

When you locate a target i

out a grid on the map, and if its ac

the target in your view, on your m

your position). You just need to pu

lines will often occur at transitio

location be looking at the field th

direction and right at the beginnin

as reference. Whatever you use, m

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ut there already that tell you how to get rounds t

isnt getting the rounds to a location; its knowing

. Stationary targets like a FB infantry spawn, a barput your mouse over them and it will tell you th

ith. Youve got more talent.

after are the big money ones. A 88mm gun, a Bofo

o warning without having to get up close and pers

us, you will need a spotter. More than likely, since

her people.

nd then say Someone spot my rounds. This will

other things, and even if they did want to spot fo

e going off that Its generally hard to tell one thing

your binoculars, all you have to do is put a mark

curate, hell will rain down. Getting direction is eas

ap you will have a vector to the target (using the r

t the mark at the right range. Use reference object

s from one field color to another. You may be

e target is in, and saying to yourself, Ok the B

of the big brown patch of terrain. You may be ab

ark the target or call out the grid location.

a location pretty

hat that location

acks, a CP, etc areeir lat/long. Leave

rs, a Pak, etc. You

nal (and probably

good spotters are

not work. People

r you there are so

rom another.

r waypoint or call

. Once you center

nge circle around

. Tree- and shrub-

ble to determine

fors is along this

le to use buildings


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Lat/Long vs. Grid

The grid system is just s

up. Generally a location will displa

etc. Due to the area the game worlto the following (for the above t

Speeds up the process.

Getting Rounds on Target

Youve got your targets g

know your own grid. You can mak

at. Only thing left is to determine

broken up as follows: degrees.m

minutes, and each 1 arc minute int

The difference between 50

The difference between 50

Each 1 arc second of Lati

(East/West) is 13.2 meters. If you

from high school geometry that y

are calculators and crap floating ar

table. I have one handy that prints

print on normal 8.5x11 paper (Ans

Take the arc seconds differ

Set range on mortar, double check

and if not the natural mortar dispe

mission until target dead. If your

they can call ADD 30, DROP 10,

Once you get this process down, yo

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orthand I use and eliminates ambiguity while sp

on your map as 50.10.40 N, 5.43.26 E or 51.0

d takes up, lat/long will never be South or West. Io examples respectively): 501040 054326 and

rid (and have marked it with a Mortar Barrage

the target grid your active waypoint so you have

he range setting. This is the easiest part. Latitude

inutes.seconds. Each 1 arc degree can be subdi

60 arc seconds.

.10.40N and 50.10.47N is 7 arc seconds.

.11.03N and 50.10.47N is 16 arc seconds.

ude (North/South) is 16.7 meters. Each 1 arc se

now the N/S and E/W distances (legs of a right tr

u can calculate the hypotenuse from Pythagorea

ound that let you do this. Or if you want to do it q

out nicely to one sheet of 11x17 paper (Ansi B)

i A).

Mortar_Range_Table.pdf

ence in latitude, compare to longitude, and easily

direction to target, and fire a 3-5 round salvo. It sh

rsion should blanket the target. If your spotter call

off ever so slightly, if your spotter knows where

LEFT 10 etc to fine-tune.

u can have rounds on targetwithin 45-60 seconds.

eding the process

3.38 N, 5.04.01 E

ondense the lines510338 050401.

aypoint) and you

a direction to aim

and Longitude are

vided into 60 arc

ond of Longitude

angle), remember

n Theorem. There

ickly, use a range

r can be scaled to

look up the range!

ould land spot on,

s it on, repeat fire

youre firing from


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Fire Control

The Lead Shot vs. the Trap Shot

There are two ways of shosome point pull the trigger. I call t

thought that would be the most n

the trigger it is too easy to jerk th

With the trap shot you pi

has to be for you to pull the trigger

at first but it is much more repeata

Hitting What You Cant See

Hitting what you can see is

and shrubs render, beyond 100m

effectively invisible. If you can see

Dont be afraid to unload on the b

out which shrub hes in (I can see

and put 10 rounds into it. Youll eit

When Not to Shoot

There are times when its

everything that moves.

On a FB bust its generallywill put up all sorts of defe

Every time you kill a guy, ha CP and some guys run ou

If youre blatantly outnumhave a chance in hell of be

go by and shoot them in th

The easiest way for the enwill know someone is arou

close together, and they

After three shots in succewill come looking. If you ca

not coming directly for you

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oting at moving target. One is to lead the guy ais the lead shot. It is not particularly effective. I

atural but it is not very repeatable. When you ha

mouse and miss.

ck a point just ahead of your targets path, and you

. Wait for him to cross that point, and shoot. It was

ble!

important, but so is hitting what you cant see. Wi

or so they turn into billboards. Any enemy inf

hem in your binoculars though you still have a cha

sh the guys in with blind fire. Take a look at th

he is in the third, light green shrub from the left

er hit the guy or flush him out.

really best to just not shoot at a guy. Dont just

a good idea not to shoot. As soon as they smell sa

se. Just sneak on in. Weapons tight unless spotted

e respawns closer to your objective. If youre worki

t and away, let them go. Cap their CP, and kill them

bered or have a number of enemy infantry comi

ing undetected, just dont shoot. Throw some fra

e back.

my to locate you is by the sound of your gunfire.

nd, but generally only know if they are close or fa

ill know your rough distance and rough directio

sion someone with good ears will know exactlyn, maintain fire discipline. If you cant bag a guy in

, hold fire for a minute. Reacquire the target later a

he moves and atused to use it as I

e to actually pull

visualize where he

a little odd for me

th the way bushes

antry in them are

ce of killing them.

shrub line, figure

), remember that,

nee-jerk shoot at

ppers around they

or fired on.

g up on capturing

later.

ng your way, and

s out, or let them

ne shot and they

r. Two shots fired

to be looking in.

here you are and1-3 shots and hes

nd dump them.


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Killing Anti-tank and Anti-

This is surprisingly difficu

necessarily match up. That is to sa

hitting him in his arms, or not hitt

now, we have to deal with it. Ideal

out. So well deal with these on a c

As a preface point though,

right near the crew, and it kills ev

MAS36, Thompsons, etc all make s

just generic sounds on the battlefie

All of the following are valid as of t

Pak36 3.7cm ATG Gunnedeath and kill credit. Unkn

Flak38 4.0cm AAG Gunndeath and kill credit. Sam

results in almost no damag

Flak36 8.8cm ATG/AAA commander will result in a

Pak38 5.0cm ATG Unknorounds minimum per crew

Pak40 7.5cm ATG Gunne Flak30 2.0cm AAG By far

him instantly, only if he is

not hit him! No quick kill sp

times in the torso.

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air Guns

lt. The damage model and visual model for th

y, if you shoot a ATG crewman where you see his

ing anything at all. It is an issue that has been aro

ly you want to be able to kill these things with 1 sh

se-by-case basis.

, the bestway to kill crewed guns is with a hand

erything. In addition, it doesnt draw any attentio

ecific sounds and will draw attention to your locat

ld.

e time of writing (1.28.7)

r sits on the right. A headshot to the gunner will r

wn where headshot exists on the commander.

er sits on the right. Headshot to the gunner will r

e goes for the commander. Shooting anywhere

e.

Gunner sits next to the tube. Headshot to eit

instant kill.

n quick kill spot. Use grenade or fire repeatedly o

to ensure kill).

sits on the left. Headshot to either crewman resul

the most oddball of them all. A headshot on the c

acing directly toward or away from you. Anythin

ot that I can determine on the gunner, just needs t

se things do not

head, you may be

und for years. For

ot and get the hell

renade. Toss one

n to you. Enfields,

ion. Explosions are

esult in an instant

esult in an instant

lse but the head

er the gunner or

each crewman (5

s in instant death.

ommander will kill

else and you will

o be shot multiple


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Wrapping UpHopefully youll find some

capable of at least holding their o

anything else in game or in life tho

improve. The game will change. Pl

Any time you get killed, ta

because CRS loves the Axis, bias!!

up frequently then stop doing it

keep in mind what theyre doing th

If you have any feedback o

free to drop me a line.

hing useful in the information above. Ideally Id li

n and having fun in game. Its no fun getting yo

ugh, to really better yourself or be the best you ha

yers will get better on the whole. You have to ada

e a second while waiting to despawn and figure o

! There was a simple reason. Identify it. If its som

! Likewise, when you are out gunning down piles

at makes them easy to kill. Avoid making those mis

r suggestions for the next release of this guide, or

e to see everyone

r ass kicked. Like

e to continuously

t to that.

t why. No, it isnt

ething that comes

f enemy infantry,

akes yourself.

ny questions, feel

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