How to use AT guns on the offense?

[Dog Soldier]

The best use of AT guns on offense is protecting the flanks. This does not require one to get adjacent to the enemy to deploy the guns.

In the case of bunker busting with the one hex range AT guns, use artillery if possible to disrupt the defenders. Artillery is now more effective at disruption on hard targets.

If you have to move up against a prepared enemy, "dance" another unit to draw fire from the defenders first. Yeah, I know dancing is considered gamey. This is a case where it makes some sense since the dancer is trying to draw attention away from the AT guns as they deploy. Remember, even though we move our units sequentially, we can imagine they are in reality moving in real time and space. Drawing fire and "soak off" attacks were always allowed in board games to simulate realistic tactics. No gamer of tactical games calls sending out scouts to draw the fire of a sniper gamey. In fact that was what replacements were for, but I am getting morbid now.

You can also try moving your AT guns up in a stack of infantry. Presented with multiple targets the AI might just shoot at the infantry instead. If the defenders are pre-1943 Russians or 1940 French, they will always politely disrupt before returning fire on any moving German units. <sigh>

Dog Soldier