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

Tony Francis schrieb:
> Hmm, tricky problem - to the Germans, red means 'need 
> reinforcement now'. Makes the situation interesting when 
> Uberleutnent Schwarzkopf decides he needs some help and 
> lets go the red smoke grenade ... not realising that, 
> to the Russians, red means 'drop 203mm HE rounds here'.  

The Russians would have to be pretty desperate to define such a signal. 
After all, whoever throws that smoke grenade will get a good portion of 
the incoming stuff. 

But coloured smoke could be a signal from an airborne forward observer, 
for example. Though more likely for American forces than Russians. 

Greetings
Karl Heinz

PS. That would be Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) Schwarzkopf, not 
Überleutnant ;-)