Artillery counter fire opinions & views wanted

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I believe the smoke signature gives us a reasonably realistic counter-battery option.

Sound devices, smoke, aircraft, local intel, common sense and good map reading allowed some accurate strikes on artillery behind the lines.

However, if you don't employ some subterfuge and camouflage techniques then you'll probably take more casualties than is historically accurate.

I recommend:
Place artillery in rough ground whenever possible.
Use a mixture of SP arty and towed arty. The SP arty will keep your opponent guessing.
In the first few turns fire some smoke rounds behind your own lines; which will make it hard for your opponent to know which smoke is from arty. Repeat as needed.