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dtacs wrote:I think some people believe its unrealistic as you can just fire randomly across the map. I remember someone saying that they cannot be used without a fire mission being called in, similar to how you get killed without having a crewman kit in a tank. Can a dev confirm this?

You can't aim it without an active fire mission but when one is called it's active for 3 minutes and can be called in again straight away if needed. Without one, the black screen is an analogy of the CO knocking you out for firing indirectly without a fire mission

Of course, medium mortars are known to fire direct in defensive situations without a fire mission irl, but there's still either a close-by observer or the leader of the squad itself doing directing.

Good. Problem is now mortar crews will get frustrated when the SL's calling it in can't place the marker properly, just like CAS markers