Re: Dug-in Infantry, Artillery Bombardment, Kills and Casaulty Reports
Since Naval gunfire was mentioned...
When delivering INDIRECT naval artillery (gun) fire support from a moving ship, the firing data is plotted from a position ahead of the ship and the guns fire as the ship reaches that point. The large bursting area of a 16" shell is offset by the slower rate of fire. In US Battleship operations, each turret would often operate as an independent battery. This would allow three separate targets to be engaged by an Iowa class BB with 3 shells each.
The game may seem to under rate the shell's power but IMO it also gives them a higher ROF and quicker response time. This does not cover DIRECT fire and I note the game generalizes the variety of ship classes.
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