Swi1ch's guide to Red Orchestra 2; Proper application of smoke

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Swi1ch

Swi1ch

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Listen up brothers! Every day, Mother Russia sends more able bodied men to the glorious fight, but time and time again these men prove to have brains the size of a facist's ding-dong! Thus, it is time for some much needed education.

Here's the setup;



As you can see, our fire-support section has its hands full dealing with the German fire-support in the upper floors of the target building, whist our assault section has to brave the fire from the lower levels of the building alone. Eventually, the command comes down for the deployment of smoke grenades to cover the assault on the bridge. The following situation then occurs;



Let's be clear here; any squad leader found utilising their precious smoke grenades in this manner will be stripped of his command and shot! Our brothers should not die so needlessly! They will die more usefully, elsewhere.

As you can see, applying smoke to the bridge covers our assault teams for only a short period, and as they emerge from the screen, coughing and disorientated, they will find themselves in open ground, facing prepared enemy positions that they have yet to have been able to fire upon! Our support section will not even be able to attempt to suppress the ground level positions due to fear of hitting their comrades, and so the Germans will make a killing ground without doing a thing!



Ah, command has sent us someone with brains at last! In this scenario, we can see that the correct application of smoke grenades blinds the enemy ground positions. Our support sections can then concentrate fully on suppressing the enemy in the upper floors, whist our assault units advance realtively uncontested. They are then able to prepare to grenade and clear the lower rooms before moving on to the rest of the building (This is where the dying usefully comes in), whilst reinforcements secure the bridge area.
 
Soldiers of the Wehrmacht! The communists have captured the bridges, and you have been ordered to defend Patanova Park at all costs! We have procured maps of the location for you to study prior to the engagement;



As you can clearly see, the area is well covered on both sides and neither us nor the communists have a clear advantage, assuming our flanks are secure. Whilst the Russians may be willing to throw men at walls, we are the Wehrmacht and we shall do no such thing! Correct application of smoke grenades can give us a huge advantage here. You! Yes, you private! Show me on the map where you would deploy your smoke screen;



This is why you havn't made Sergeant yet, Private! If you deploy your smoke grenades haphazardly in the park, we blind our own firing positions and allow the Russians to mass men ready for an assault!



Here is an efficient use of your smoke, and why Hans here was made Squad Leader in the first place! We now blind the Russian firing positions, meaning the communists will have no support as they push through the smoke onto the park, right in the sights of our unmolested positions! This way the park is almost unclaimable, and allows a strong anchor to launch counter-attacks on the Propaganda House!
 
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