Idea to alternative to replace AWACS radar

[LilMak]

As I said LilMak it isn't supposed to be radar. You keep trying to compare it to radar in reality it is meant to represent all systems of observing aircraft and radio transmitions.

HiTech

Alright. Can I have coms simulate forward observers so I can know exactly where tanks are and put them on the clipboard so I can bomb them?

[Dadtallica]

Alright. Can I have coms simulate forward observers so I can know exactly where tanks are and put them on the clipboard so I can bomb them?

Yes but only at noon.

[LilMak]

Yes but only at noon.

Midnight is fine too.

[Randy1]

Alright. Can I have coms simulate forward observers so I can know exactly where tanks are and put them on the clipboard so I can bomb them?

  The radar issue went so well, it would only be right for HiTech to grant you this second wish as well.   

[Animl-AW]

It’s more a plotting table than a radmaybe just rename it as Plotting Table

[LilMak]

  The radar issue went so well, it would only be right for HiTech to grant you this second wish as well.   

I thought radar towers provided radar information for all of AH’s existence only to find out today that they’re actually communications. Here I thought the all this time darbar simulated communication and spotters and such.

Boy do I feel stupid. I was thinking that planes vehicles were providing the exact information “radar towers” were only to find out it’s comms. Not radar at all. Glad that’s cleared up. Perhaps we need to rename the strats and towers to “communication”. If I had to guess, that’s where I got crossed up because they’re clearly labeled as radar and provide the exact same information. Here I thought the transmit button and multiple radio channels and text was for communication. Geez. I sure do feel stupid.

Since it’s all cleared up, I’d like to apologize for where I went wrong and would respectfully request to have forward observers provide communications so I can see tanks the way they see me? Seems only fair since it’s not radar.

[Animl-AW]

I thought radar towers provided radar information for all of AH’s existence only to find out today that they’re actually communications. Here I thought the all this time darbar simulated communication and spotters and such.

Boy do I feel stupid. I was thinking that planes vehicles were providing the exact information “radar towers” were only to find out it’s comms. Not radar at all. Glad that’s cleared up. Perhaps we need to rename the strats and towers to “communication”. If I had to guess, that’s where I got crossed up because they’re clearly labeled as radar and provide the exact same information. Here I thought the transmit button and multiple radio channels and text was for communication. Geez. I sure do feel stupid.

Since it’s all cleared up, I’d like to apologize for where I went wrong and would respectfully request to have forward observers provide communications so I can see tanks the way they see me? Seems only fair since it’s not radar.

Thats how plotting tables work, radar + comms + spotters/radio/phones

[LilMak]

Thats how plotting tables work, radar + comms + spotters/radio/phones

Cool. Can they plot tanks or not?

[Animl-AW]

Cool. Can they plot tanks or not?

Yes.

Would that be realistic is parked out of sight in trees? <shrug> they are indicated in a block as in they are there, but can’t pin point exact locations of individual hidden tanks. An AC is easily viewed

Watch last part of MotA about 15.10
https://youtu.be/rQiA2yMiZf0

[LilMak]

Yes.

Would that be realistic is parked out of sight in trees? <shrug> they are indicated in a block as in they are there, but can’t pin point exact locations of individual hidden tanks. An AC is easily viewed

Watch last part of MotA about 15.10
https://youtu.be/rQiA2yMiZf0

Absolutely it would be realistic. As a matter of fact it was done in WWII. A static tank is a dead tank. Either from artillery or close air support. At the very minimum, from a game standpoint, a storch should light up a tank like a Christmas tree…after the 20 seconds of course.

[Rubicon]

Plotters / ground based comms could not yell "he's behind you!" to the pilot.

And on the subject of tanks, trees were not some magical cloaking device.  They gave cover from detection but not invisibility.

[Lazerr]

Plotters / ground based comms could not yell "he's behind you!" to the pilot.

And on the subject of tanks, trees were not some magical cloaking device.  They gave cover from detection but not invisibility.

Yeah the ability for folks to game the details settings making them able to see you before you can see them makes the tanking here almost funny. 

[TyFoo]

Yeah the ability for folks to game the details settings making them able to see you before you can see them makes the tanking here almost funny. 

Nobody gamed the detail settings.

You failed to mention that you brought a T2 to a well defended VH base, on one of the sparsest covered maps with regard to trees, and bushes. Your lack of awareness in a GV is why you lost your Tiger.
Your comments on the subject yesterday and today are what makes it funny.

[save]

Having both IRL experience of tanks, and flying planes:
You find tanks by checking tank-tracks. specially effective in snow/mud.
Tanks were normally camouflaged or dug-in when static in a defensive position.

Only company level tanks  had the ability to call down artillery, and talk directly to planes ( you needed separate radios for it) and most did not have it. They are normally fitted with big antennas.

[LilMak]

Having both IRL experience of tanks, and flying planes:
You find tanks by checking tank-tracks. specially effective in snow/mud.
Tanks were normally camouflaged or dug-in when static in a defensive position.

Only company level tanks  had the ability to call down artillery, and talk directly to planes ( you needed separate radios for it) and most did not have it. They are normally fitted with big antennas.

Having been IRL artillery I can also say company level tanks aren’t the only ones with radios on the battlefield. As a matter of fact, fighter pilots were used as FOs in WWII specifically to communicate with close air support aircraft to pinpoint enemy armor/positions.

Since we’re now established that AH “radar” isn’t “radar” I expect all GVs painted on my clipboard the same way they paint my plane on a clipboard.