New Flare?

[mat552]

First off this could go in several forums and thusly goes in general until it is decided where to move.

I was in training doing my daily routine to keep my pilot skills sharp, and was also taking the time to become not so terrible at grenadier kits. Well one thing led to another so I started shooting grenades up to try to calculate the angles for M203 Arty, but I never saw any explosive rounds land, well that called for smoke, and it wasn't long until I discovered this phenomenon:





Two "cotton balls" appear along the general trajectory line for an M203 smoke grenade fired straight up.

This was not only amusing, but I quickly realized that at least on Quinling, the grey smoke stood out wonderfully against the green ground from above. I am now looking into a new type of signal flare.

Any other ideas of what to do with it? (Not like anyone uses grenadier smoke to cover their or their enemies position [That I have seen])

[pclipse_teh_owner]

If it was like a firework kind of thing in the air. Like in Far Cry 2, that would be sweet. But good idea. Good for calling for pickup!

[Rudd]

its hilarious, at the end of a round, if I still ammo in my grenadier kit I always shoot it all in to the sky, it explodes before it gets back down and makes fireworks/artificial clouds

[Galliruler]

I can imagine this now, sitting there, enemies all around, and flam! A red flare burst through the tree line, creating a red o on the helicopter's maps.

Then you get shot...

[pclipse_teh_owner]

Galliruler...could be a booby trap...DUH!

[Galliruler]

Galliruler...could be a booby trap...DUH!

Elaborate.

[Celestial1]

Tank's .50 crewman was the one who set off the signal flare.