Re: FIRE TEAMS IN SG II -> we ended up without using them...

Tony Francis schrieb:
> Claus Paludan wrote:
> > >> 3) Radio communication will also be defined both by 
> nation and difficulty 
> > >> (it was a bit too easy to call down the mortar fire)
> > >
> > > The Russians shouldn't have been able to call mortar 
> > > fire at all. If available, I would think it would have to be 
> > > pre-planned. 

Apart from runners (possibly on bicycles, motorcycles or horses), other 
means of communication would have been field telephone lines (mostly 
for defensive positions, of course), hand or flag signals and flares.  
A variety of flares of different colours or types would be used to 
convey a standard set of messages, like an alert call, the reaching of 
specific positions etc. I guess this could include calling down fire 
onto 1 or 2 pre-defined targets. 

Greetings
Karl Heinz