INTRODUCTION
As there are many situations where a smoke screen would be really helpful, i feel having the option to call in an smoke artillery strike would be great. There are many situations where this would be quite handy, such as if you have painted yourself in a corner, and the only option you have to get out of there alive would be to cross a large field with most of the enemy team aiming and waiting for you to make a run for it, you could call in an artillery strike with smoke grenades and have a small barrage to increase your chances of survival. It could also be used to support teammates or confuse the enemy, the options are endless.
THE IDEA
What i was thinking, would be to have this as an researchable modification in the same way as we have artillery support as an researchable modification on a number of vehicles in-game. The modification would be more or less placed besides the artillery support option, maybe at modifications rank 3 instead of 4 as it is basically non-lethal. When you have this artillery smoke screen modification researched, in-game it should not be enabled at once, it should have an cooldown for a minute or two after you spawn in with your tank to not be abused, after the eventual couple of minutes the cooldown of the smoke artillery could be 2/4 or 3/4 of the normal cooldown time of the lethal artillery. And when the cooldown has ended and you have the option to call in the artillery strike, you would be able to select up to 3 points, not too far off from each other where then a series of around 3 smoke artillery grenades would be fired at with airburst and create a smoke barrage, or a cloud of smoke where its needed. The accuracy would be the exact same as with lethal artillery, the closer it is the more accurate it is. The artillery grenades should have the lovely animation as you can see in the image above, as this would also create a cool visual effect, witch increases realism and the overall feel of the game.
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