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I was perusing the forum in search of weapon range tables or where they could be found. I ran across one post that showed the effectiveness for the Br .303, but no luck with anything else. Post Follows:

We already attenuate accuracy for individual weapons over range. Most weapons have five range bands. EG a 303 rifle has the following accuracies:

50 - 90%
100 - 81%
200 - 65%
300 - 46%
400 - 28%
500 - 14%

What I did was apply a further global accuracy Mod where the range > 500m. So while this will not affect rifles ( they can't fire at ranges beyond 500m anyway ) it will affect MMG etc.

Is there a database anywhere with all the weapons? The reason I ask is because I would like to know how close to push in a unit to get the maximum bang for the buck. Right now, for example, I'll have an FJ company with an Aper range circle out to 3000m because it has an integral 81mm Mortar. I need to know how far out my mg's, hmg's and rifles are effective so I can make better deployment decisions.

Any help out there? Thanks.

sross,

Welcome.

You can see the range tables for each of the weapons in the ScenMaker. Open the SM. Open the desired scenario. Select the Estabs tab. Expand the list by selecting Equipment\Weapons\Small Arm. Then double click on the desired weapon to open its data view. Select the desired fire type from the FireType button and this will refresh the range table below.

BTW much of this data will be available in game in Battles from the Bulge ( BFTB ) - out soon.

PS, the above screen dump is taken from the BFTB tutorial scenario, so the exact weapons will differ from those in COTA.

Thanks!! I'll play around with that a bit. Looking forward to BFTB and beyond. That would be a nice on screen addition for some of us more anal types. Thanks again for the quick response.