Why alternative fire/art/assault rules in Normandy'44

[Glenn Saunders]

thanks for the fast and excellent answer.

Here is an Example which frames this answer nicely.
Without ALT fire, allied units would be able to fire at stacks of German Units and pick or "cherry pick" the AT guns if they wanted to because with No ALt Fire you pick the specific target unit.

But with the closed terrain in the Bocage of Normandy it was impossible to fire at specific units - rather you fired at where you thought the enemy was and you took whatver hits you could get.

Wheres in Smolensk, which was the only other game when the series started out, the terrain is much more opened and the default non ALT fire best represents the way the fighting took place.

....and yes, we strong recommend you play Normandy with the ALT FIRE ON.

Glenn