Artillery counter fire opinions & views wanted

[klanx171]

Firing at smoke and having your smoke fired at is part and parcel of SP games for me and counter battery fire was very much a part of WW2, planes for example to spot over hills, sound and the other methods could all be used.

if players are really worried they should buy trucks or get mobile arty, most of the time I take mobile arty or use tucks and organize thins so that when one is moving others are firing so that I can keep the fire up, also decoy smoke makes for good fun, either by firing and moving leaving a nice empty smoke patch for your op, or having infantry drop smoke and then moving your arty under it so to have concealment, or even using fire on the map.

Its a lazy opponent who places his arty and expects it to remain unmolested, in real life the fastest bug outs I have ever seen were the gunners because they knew what was coming once they were detected, hence gun crews can shift when needed and in WW2 this was the case also.

Or buy off board and avoid the whole problem.