How to Kill 88's

[Steelrain60]

Very much agree with Thor's comments.

88s are one of those weapons systems that were much more dangerous in reality than in CS. Once exposed to enemy artillery or tank fire, they tend to die pretty quickly. And there are never enough of them to make a real difference in a battle. 88s should also never be allowed to conduct opportunity fire. They should only fire at carefully selected targets.

If I have to destroy an 88, I'll move several infantry-type platoons into position (sometimes in smoked hexes if there are a lot of powerful enemy forces about) to have visibility of the 88. If these platoons can provoke opp. fire from the 88, in the same turn, I'll move armor up and blast away. If I don't have armor that can hit the 88, I'll plot artillery or mortar fire on the 88. At the very least, the 88 will be disrupted in the next turn and it's fire will be less effective.