What, precisely, is "fog of war"?

[Ian Boys]

It allows some enemy icons to appear in an otherwise no icon server.

For example - you are flying an IL-2 and a Pe-2 recon ahead of you flies over some blue tanks and reports them back.

Example 2 - you have a radar unit at your base and enemy up to 30km away over 40m alt (for example) show up on your map. However their position updates only every 30 secs. So it give you an idea what is close but not completely realtime.

It is great - you know things you would know and don't know things you wouldn't know.

[TheDawg]

thanks!

[Richie]

It's a great Documentary. Robert S. McNamara tells his life story...and other things.

[Wolf_Rider]

"The great uncertainty of all data in war is a peculiar difficulty, because all action must, to a certain extent, be planned in a mere twilight, which in addition not infrequently—like the effect of a fog or moonshine—gives to things exaggerated dimensions and unnatural appearance."" - Carl von Clausewitz

[TeeJay82]

FOW is easily explained as: Everything you dont see