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Title: Colored 8" gun rounds
Post by: Easyscor on April 26, 2005, 07:53:41 PM

Naval rounds were said to produce colored explosions when they hit so the gunners knew which rounds were theirs.

Ref: An Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson, 2003

Title: Colored 8" gun rounds
Post by: sullie363 on April 26, 2005, 07:59:31 PM

I've never heard that before, but if they really did that then it would be cool to have it in the game.

Title: Colored 8" gun rounds
Post by: Rino on April 26, 2005, 08:43:22 PM

Hey!  That's my idea!  :aok

Title: Colored 8" gun rounds
Post by: GreenCloud on April 26, 2005, 09:34:30 PM

weve ytalked abouyt this before..

they used dyes...reds..blues..yellows.. pinks..greens..

the french got patton dirty with a dye hit near his ship before hitting th ebeaches of Africa

Title: Colored 8" gun rounds
Post by: flakbait on April 27, 2005, 07:06:12 AM

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Originally posted by Rino
Hey!  That's my idea!  :aok

No it ain't! It was CavemanJ's idea many moons ago :D  Unfortunately nothing came of that thread, even though he had an excellent idea for working colored rounds/aircraft spotters for more accurate fire. It worked like the ".wingman" command does now. If you wanted someone to spot rounds for you, you would use the ".spotter handle" command. For the player designated as your spotter, the shell impact would change color to be more visible from a distance. Quite a few people liked it, but HT decided not to implement it for one reason or another.


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Title: Colored 8" gun rounds
Post by: baine1 on April 27, 2005, 11:22:51 AM

I remember seeing a painting of ship gunners trying to hit a Jap torpedo boat making a run on some invasion fleet. The multi-colored splashes made it look like something from a Jefferson Airplane video.
This is a good idea