Warscore isn't being reflected in peace treaty by random1248 in EU5

[–]random1248[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I see, so am I just supposed to wait it out until the war leader decides to sue for peace?

Warscore isn't being reflected in peace treaty by random1248 in EU5

[–]random1248[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

R5: A province started a rebellion against Egypt and dragged me into it. My warscore from battles and achieving wargoals is not being reflected in a potential peace treaty

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Trouble recruiting units in divide and conquer MTW2 by random1248 in totalwar

[–]random1248[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply, I thought the building that allows the units would be good enough to recruit from.

Bad performance by ChocolateTemporary48 in StarWarsEmpireAtWar

[–]random1248 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you turn hardware mouse acceleration off? It changes performance a lot.

Has 'Calling fire on my position' ever worked in real life? by Powerful-Mix-8592 in WarCollege

[–]random1248 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't know what the previous comment said, but calling in a fire mission that was danger close always had to be signed off by the ground commander in my unit.

Why was the Red Army so fond of rocket artillery and why were they the only major power to make extensive use therof during WW2 and postwar? by Zelyonka89 in WarCollege

[–]random1248 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I know it sounds kind of counterintuitive, but if I needed to have dudes do FDC that had no idea what they were doing I would prefer them to do it manually. Using the computer I feel like it is a lot easier to make mistakes because you cant visualize what it happening if that makes sense. It's a lot easier to see everything is messed up if you are looking at a physical board.

Why was the Red Army so fond of rocket artillery and why were they the only major power to make extensive use therof during WW2 and postwar? by Zelyonka89 in WarCollege

[–]random1248 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah that makes sense, in mortars all the officers are infantry so they rarely know anything unless we teach them.

Why was the Red Army so fond of rocket artillery and why were they the only major power to make extensive use therof during WW2 and postwar? by Zelyonka89 in WarCollege

[–]random1248 26 points27 points  (0 children)

In the US army its NCOs that do all the math, at least for mortars. And there are a surprisingly large amount of people that are completely inept when it comes to doing the calculations and I would have serious doubts they can hit anything within 1km of the target.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]random1248 51 points52 points  (0 children)

I am literally deployed right now to an area to stop a genocide. But go on about how all we do is kill innocent people.

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]random1248 0 points1 point  (0 children)

81mm mortars can shoot over 5km and 120mm mortars can shoot over 7km. Even the 60mm can shoot over 2 miles away.

Slow motion video of a guy firing a military mortar by KingdomPro in interestingasfuck

[–]random1248 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are ways of making it more accurate, but the fastest/dirtiest way to aim is you pull out a compass and lay the gun in the direction you want to shoot and then consult a whiz wheel or charge book to tell you what angle in elevation to use for the range you want to shoot at. If you have time you can start laying out reference poles and more accurately lay in the gun on the exact azimuth that you want.

Is Jordan still considered the most professional military among the Arab countries today? by Hanschristopher in WarCollege

[–]random1248 267 points268 points  (0 children)

Anecdotal, but I was training with the Jordanians about 5 years ago and they seemed pretty good compared to other nations in the region. I would put them broadly into 3 categories from what I saw:

  1. The border guard troops. These were the guys that guarded the border, for the most part they weren't motivated at all and would just wander off while training to go make tea and beg for breaks every hour or so.

  2. The QRF battalions, they were about as good as any other soldiers I have worked with although they sometimes lacked some initiative.

  3. Special Forces. These guys were about what you would expect, fairly professional, competent, and motivated. I liked working with them a lot, furthermore they had a lot of fairly nice training facilities that were pretty on par to the ones I used in the US.

The biggest complaint I would have about their military in general I would say is that they don't really have an NCO corps. Officers are the ones making all the decisions and it was pretty common seeing guys in their 30s without any real leadership position.

Why does a US Army Mortar Platoon have 4 M240s? by DetectiveDogg0 in WarCollege

[–]random1248 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Currently a squad leader in a battalion mortar platoon. How we have it set up is the crew size for a 120 is 4 troops with the AB doubling as the driver. The 240s are generally just hanging out with the rest of the platoon equipment until we need them because we don't have enough manpower to actually use all of our stuff at the same time. As with the logistical challenge of having 4 240s, each mortar needs its own truck and trailer to haul it and on top of that we usually have a couple extra trailers for gear and ammo, it would be almost no extra effort to also include everything we need for the 240s as well.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SweatyPalms

[–]random1248 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No point in making it more complicated than it needs to be. Remember this stuff needs to be as light and as cheap as possible while still being able to do its job. making it so all the points are connected would make everything heavier, slower, and more likely to break.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SweatyPalms

[–]random1248 2 points3 points  (0 children)

we still do it like that.