Satchel Charges ?

[Elder_Forest]

Genuine question seeking genuine answer - were satchel charges still a thing in 1989 or are the "satchel charges" in game just a proxy for various kinds of portable explosives?

[BlackFoxSamaki]

I’m pretty sure satchels are still around even in the modern day, but they are intended for destroying stationary fortifications so I don’t know why they are even a thing in WARNO. I have no idea why they didn’t just make squads with grenade launchers to act as fire support/urban combat units. Not sure what players are supposed to do with weapons that cannot fire on the move and have 150m range in a game where 1500m is already pretty short range.

[Cryptic]

They work great against enemy infantry in buildings

[Major.Pain]

If your Squads have satchels do they help much when your fighting in Forests?
I did get told a while back they are a bit crap just wondered if units with them are worth taking over other infantry for fighting in Forests??

[BlackFoxSamaki]

Originally posted by Major.Pain:

If your Squads have satchels do they help much when your fighting in Forests?
I did get told a while back they are a bit crap just wondered if units with them are worth taking over other infantry for fighting in Forests??

Well this is just my experience, so take it with a lump of salt, but I find that the 150m range is too short to ever even throw the satchels, even when fighting in forests. Personally, I just don't think any unit in a game of this scale should have a weapon range of 150m, that's practically melee range.

[Bpak_hussein]

How to use satchel charges

[Rabidnid]

Originally posted by Elder_Forest:

Genuine question seeking genuine answer - were satchel charges still a thing in 1989 or are the "satchel charges" in game just a proxy for various kinds of portable explosives?

In SD2 and WARNO they are pure imagination and wildly implausible.

[EugenGaming]

Originally posted by meowcat:

How to use satchel charges

My question too. How do you use it? Is there a way to test it without an enemy? "Fire at Position" does not seem to work.