Flare Mortar Shell
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| “ | A shell that ignites midair and illuminates a large area, revealing enemy targets. | „ |
| — In-game description |
The Flare Mortar Shell is an artillery Shell that illuminates an area during the night.
Description
Like other artillery shells it is indirect fire: it has a natural inaccuracy which increases with range, its trajectory is affected by the wind, and it can trigger the retaliation of Howitzer Garrisons.
It detonates high in the air, illuminating an area in a 30m radius for 30 seconds. Visibility in that circle is the same as regular daylight. Soldiers hidden in bushes or behind solid objects remain hidden. The shell can be fired at any time of day but their effect is pointless during daylight.
It deals no damage.
It does not stack in the player's inventory (1 per slot) except when wearing a Heavy Ammo Uniform (stacks of 2 per slot).
Its weight is reduced by 33.3% when wearing a Heavy Ammo Uniform.
Usage
Users
It can be fired by the following infantry weapons, vehicles, and structures:
• Cremari Mortar 
• HH-d “Peltast” 
• Devitt-Caine Mk. IV MMR 
• Type C - “Charon” 
• 74b-1 Ronan Gunship 
• Emplacement House 
Production
| Structure | Input(s) | Output | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 Factory (Heavy Arms) |
60 x Basic Materials  15 x Explosive Powder  |
1 Crate of 15 x Flare Mortar Shell  |
00:01:40 |
 Infantry Kit Factory (Small Arms Workshop) |
80 x Explosive Powder 65 x Construction Materials  12 MW of power  |
10 Crate of 15 x Flare Mortar Shell |
02:30:00 |
 Mass Production Factory (Heavy Arms) |
60 x Basic Materials 15 x Explosive Powder |
1 Crate of 15 x Flare Mortar Shell |
00:16:40 |
Mass Production Factory orders must have at least 3 crates.
Storage
It does not stack in structure or vehicle inventories (1 per slot) except in ammo slots dedicated to it (varying stack sizes). It can be stored in stockpiles of Bases (32k max).
Crates of Flare Mortar Shell can be directly submitted to any item stockpile that accepts that item to transfer their content. The crates can also be stored in the crate stockpiles of Storage Depots (1000 public, 100 per Reserve Stockpile), Seaports (1000 public, 100 per Reserve Stockpile), Shipping Containers (60), or Storage Ships (1000).
It can be transported by almost any vehicle with inventory slots. However it is much more efficient to transport it in bulk amounts as crates, either delivering them to a Base's stockpile with a Truck or to a crate stockpile with shipping vehicles carrying Shipping Containers.
Tactics
Due to its large area of effect the flare mortar shell doesn't require as much firing accuracy as other mortar shells types to be effective. However you should always try to have your flares only illuminate areas with enemy presence but not so far from friendly lines that your allies cannot use the illumination to their advantage. The illumination effect can also be used to help the vision range of garrisoned defenses at night.
Gallery
Effect of the mortar flare
A sped up animation of the mortar flare's effect
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