Alternate Scenario fire values

[Ricky B]

I think most of us understand the effectiveness of the 25 pounder in direct fire on tanks, many other smaller caliber guns were similarly fairly effective also when firing over open sites on tanks. I remember in the Crusader battle reading of one of the infantry boxes knocking out a huge number of panzers when Rommel launched a panzer division against it, using primarily the 25 pdr. However, as was mentioned up above, there is no way to provide a high direct fire HA value that would be separate from the indirect fire HA, there is only the one value.

As was also mentioned, one solution, used in Budapest for a few guns, is to give a high HA but a short range, which might make a lot of sense for these sub-100mm barrels. But then the trade off is the loss of any ability to fire HA at long range.

One thing regarding Dog Soldier's post also - there is no indirect fire modifier. There is a direct fire modifier which reduces effectiveness at more than 1 hex unless the PDT is set to no loss of effectiveness.

Rick