List of uncovered in-game to do's

[Holy.Death]

As you are aware there is no good tutorial or manaual to explain everything to new players. Post here hints what people can do - what they should do - that isn't obvious enough, something you discovered or know that can come in handy.

- Contrary to common belief squad leader and commander doesn't need binoculars to mark target for artillery. I am often good without binoculars. They are, however, very useful when you stand in relatively safe distance and SPOT targets like tanks, groups of enemies with "Z" key, it works almost like recon plane, but isn't global since you need to spot each enemy on your own. Even common soldier can spot. If you spot a tank and then mark artillery on him sensible commander should know to place mortar on him before it moves away. It's way better than putting artilley mark and writing things on text chat and when in doubt it helps to tell friend from foe.

- You can give machine gunner ammo when he is undeployed. Press "ctrl" near him to do that (I am not sure if it works when he is deployed). Now instead od 3 mags he has 5 to cover advance/defense and you get XP for doing that.

- Machine gunner can press "C" to crouch to change his mag. That way you don't stick your head out while reloading and being defenseless.

- You can use "Q" and "E" keys to look out from the corners you CAN'T use as cover. But you might know that. Also you can use same keys while proning to not expose yourself needlessly (you can't "Q" and "E" while being prone as machine gunner).

- While being under cover (ctrl key) you can see shield of different colours. Green is solid and is good as cover. Red only conceal you from the enemy and shoot through it will most likely to kill you. Any explosion will obliterate red cover. Use it for concealment only. Yellow needs to be confirmed.

[Nilzey]

There are several tutorials/guides.

[Holy.Death]

Might be, but do they cover what I am talking about? Where they are? Do you mean in-game tutorials or forum ones? I read all "Tactics" subforum and didn't find people mentioning "Z" key to spot, giving ammo to machine gunner or leaning while being prone which was the main reason why I decided to post that topic.

[Pierre le Gay]

The machinegunner tip and artillery spotting thing are handy, I thought you need binocs this whole time!

[Nikita]

Related question: can mortar rounds actually damage the tanks in-game?

I suppose a direct hit on the engine compartment would do damage, but I can't imagine that near-misses or shrapnel would hurt one.

Artillery and rockets, though, would definitely have the potential to knock a PIV or T34 out.

[Nilzey]

Originally Posted by Holy.Death

Might be, but do they cover what I am talking about? Where they are? Do you mean in-game tutorials or forum ones? I read all "Tactics" subforum and didn't find people mentioning "Z" key to spot, giving ammo to machine gunner or leaning while being prone which was the main reason why I decided to post that topic.

I can't seem to remember the thread but some guy posted a wall of text describing every class etc.
What you said is one of the first things people notice when they check the options and my guess is that when they want to see certain controls, the aforementioned options would be of a higher priority than the forums

Still, I understand your intentions so +1 on that!

[Holy.Death]

Originally Posted by jenskai1

i though only the mounted machine guns could blind fire >.>

You're right. You can only blind fire on mounted machine gun. Machine gunner class can't blind fire. I messed that one up. Corrected.

Originally Posted by Nikita

I suppose a direct hit on the engine compartment would do damage, but I can't imagine that near-misses or shrapnel would hurt one.

From what I know it's entirely possible to destroy tank in-game with any artillery type, but you need direct hit for that. Close explosion only damage a tank.