Hard Attack Range of Soviet 76mm Artillery

[LBouton]

Noticed that in Budapest'45 (scenario 441231_01A: Konrad Campaign -[HTH] - Alt) soviet 76mm M42 ZiS3 artillery has a soft attack range of 13 but a hard attack range of 1. Is this by design?

Lbouton

[Ricky B]

I believe so Larry. VM can confirm, but I believe it is to represent their AT role when firing at tanks, as being their primary tank killing method, rather than dropping IF rounds on the tanks.

Rick

[Volcano Man]

Yes, this is in the notes file. The complaint from the masses was that this gun was used for both AT capability and indirect fire, but you can't have both effectively, so the approach is to keep the regular rating for indirect against soft attacks, and have the AT ratings with a range of 1 for hard attacks -- which makes them kind of a dual role weapon.