Add mortar units?

[Dux Limitis]

Mortars are basic infantry support weapons,could the game add mortar units(up to 120mm or bigger)？Then player can make them up with the field guns to provide cheap fire support for the infantry units.

[jeannot le lapin]

Heavy Infantry Unit could switch to mortar as in Order of Battle WW2 ?

[Dux Limitis]

Heavy Infantry Unit could switch to mortar as in Order of Battle WW2 ?

Better split them off.

[Tassadar]

Heavy Infantry Unit could switch to mortar as in Order of Battle WW2 ?

Better split them off.

Actually, this could give players a bigger reason to use heavy infantry over Pioneers, since as it is currently, the ability to ignore entrenchment is vastly superior to the combat stats of heavy infantry in almost every circumstance.

[NeyLutzow]

If this ideia becomes a reality i think the mortar unit should have the same range as a stug(1 range).

[Dux Limitis]

If this ideia becomes a reality i think the mortar unit should have the same range as a stug(1 range).

I think so.

[funat]

IMO mortars are part of infantry, so I don't see the benefit of splitting it.

[NeyLutzow]

IMO mortars are part of infantry, so I don't see the benefit of splitting it.

I agree with this. But like i said before in case its added it should have a range of 1. I played some panzer corps 1 mods that had new units including 120mm mortars and they had a range of 2 that was so weird because a bunch of artilleries had range of 2. I don't really know if a 120mm mortar is capable in real life to have a range equal to a 10.5cm heavy weapon but in game terms was weird.

[funat]

IMO mortars are part of infantry, so I don't see the benefit of splitting it.

I agree with this. But like i said before in case its added it should have a range of 1. I played some panzer corps 1 mods that had new units including 120mm mortars and they had a range of 2 that was so weird because a bunch of artilleries had range of 2. I don't really know if a 120mm mortar is capable in real life to have a range equal to a 10.5cm heavy weapon but in game terms was weird.

It all depends on how granular we go. Are we looking at a detachment level - where mortar detachment would make sense. Or we are looking at a regiment to brigade level (which is the closest IMO in PC). If so - then mortars make as much sense as cooks or medics. Also how would they be used? It would become a clickfest when combined with standard arty - effectively destroying the flow of play.

[Scrapulous]

Heavy Infantry Unit could switch to mortar as in Order of Battle WW2 ?

I quite like this idea.