>>96827572
Because CGL is retarded.
>>96830205
No, he's full of shit. (Protip: Never trust clanners.) On the most basic level they're light or heavy woods on demand. Look at TacOps smoke rules on page 45 and around it for the added minutiae. As per usual it can get stupidly fiddly when you get into weather and smoke dissipation.
>>96827932
The Black Marauder is a famous example, but there's other spoopy stuff out there.
>>96828468
They're easier to swallow when you realize that such rules were written with an impartial judge or "Game Master" in mind to adjudicate things.
>>96828517
I snagged a complete copy of the sequel to this. Picrel isn't mine because I'm too lazy to go take a pic right now, but it's the exact same game.