House-to-house fighting

[Bravo Charlie]

So you need to get your troops into that enemy-occupied building. You have a weapons team and a couple of squads lay on suppressive fire. Then you send in an assault team. But sometimes they still get cut to pieces as they enter.

Now I've found just using the 'quick' or 'assault' move for my assault team can lead to the above outcome. So I prefer to have my assault team 'assault move' to outside the house, then enter it using the 'hunt' move. But what I really want to have them do is throw in grenades before they enter the building.

So far, I've not come across this as an option but maybe there's another way to do this in CM?

 

[Bravo Charlie]

Well, having read the CM:N manual, I've answered my own query. Essentially there's no such player command, which I guess is akin to trying to micro-manage. An infantry unit's AI and factors such as range to target and move mode will determine if grenades get thrown into a building prior to entry. It seems the best I can do is set a target arc when setting the 'hunt' command for a unit entering a building.

 

[Nathangun]

Before they enter press 'J' and it will give a fire order for 15 seconds then press 'P' 3 times and that will give a pause order for 15 seconds.

 

[Bravo Charlie]

Thanks for the tip, Nathangun.

 

[eniced73]

Grenade range is 30m I believe. Quick within that range and then area target the house. Your men should fire and throw grenades.
If you use hunt in an area where lots of fire is going on your men will prematurely stop no matter if you place a cover arc or not.