This is a repost from an old blog entry. My first time using a drone in Combat Mission.
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| Quite a challenging scenario. Following SOP, my troopers stay away from the main road and dismount in search of enemies. The need for eyes in the air was very evident. |
This is from one of the canned scenarios that shipped with Combat Mission. Potential spoilers ahead.
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| The drone interface is simple and it looks pretty much like the one for indirect fire support. In this case, I chose a linear target (light blue thick line on the road) and it didn't work so well. For some reason I thought the drone would scan the road in a back and forth line. No target was found using this type of targeting. |
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| The drone working on an area target (circular light blue shaded area) was better. In this case, a bunch of Russian tanks (red icons) is the stuff of nightmares. |
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| A close up of one of the Russian tanks. Note how it is not in direct LOS from the scout team (light blue icon on the other side of the far-background hill), which means it is being observed by the drone. |
A thing that impressed me about the implementation of the Raven drone in Combat Mission is that it doesn't provide a God's like view of the battle. In this case, the area it could cover is relatively small. In addition to that, the loitering time seems to be limited too. But I will have to confirm for how long the Raven can endure over the battlefield.
Cheers,
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