"CoC Kampfgruppe Von Luck Scenario 5" Topic
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| TacticalPainter01 | 27 Jul 2017 6:56 p.m. PST |
We've got down close to the finish line now. This is scenario 5 and the Germans have two shots at winning this for campaign victory. So far they've been virtually unstoppable. The Paras have come close on a few occasions, but the Germans, with only one exception, have always managed to claim scenario victory. This has been a very enjoyable campaign and while things have felt very tough for the Paras, it is far from being unbalanced. Here's the full AAR of the scenario: Kampfgruppe Von Luck Scenario 5 If you haven't been following the campaign progress to date, all the AARs can be found here: Von Luck Campaign AARs
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| (Leftee) | 27 Jul 2017 10:11 p.m. PST |
Tense and tactically 'rich' decision game. Just curious, could PIATs fire 2" mortar rounds? |
| TacticalPainter01 | 27 Jul 2017 11:51 p.m. PST |
No, PIAT fires an AT round but not smoke. The 2" mortar was behind the chateau and was firing indirectly with a unit spotting for it. I don't think it features in any of the AAR pictures. |
| (Leftee) | 31 Jul 2017 10:01 a.m. PST |
Didn't mean that to sound nit-pickery and not in reference to your game. Just wondered if a (glorified mortar) Piat could lob 2" mortar shells in a pinch, or did they make specific smoke rounds for it? |
| Khusrau | 31 Jul 2017 12:39 p.m. PST |
As I understand it, the PIAT only used AT rounds. |
Mark 1  | 31 Jul 2017 3:58 p.m. PST |
The Military Factory website indicates HE and Smoke projetiles were available for the PIAT: Despite its intended use as an anti-armor weapon by way of its High-Explosive, Anti-Tank (HEAT) standard projectile, the tactical value of the PIAT was slightly greater than that of the famous Panzerschreck and Bazooka for it was also cleared to fire a High-Explosive (HE) grenade and a smoke version… link However, I have not found further details on, or even evidence to corroborate the existence of these rounds.
PIAT ammunition types, from a 1945 training poster:
As I interpret it, these are all sequential improvements on HEAT (anti-tank) rounds. But it is possible that the Mk III and Mk IV rounds are HE.
These are the training rounds. Pictures from canadiansoldiers.com
-Mark
(aka: Mk 1)
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| TacticalPainter01 | 31 Jul 2017 4:18 p.m. PST |
Chain of Command has no provision for smoke from a PIAT and I can't recall ever reading of an instance of it occurring in a combat situation. CoC has a provision for a PIAT to fire at a non-vehicular target for its HE effect, but the crew cannot do so without an order from the platoon commander or the sergeant. |
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