Spotting Anti-Tank Rifles

[PoorOldSpike]

ATR's v INFANTRY TEST
(Regulars on both sides, midday, clear weather, summer)

The Russians will not open fire on their own initiative because they know they have little chance of hurting inf, so you have to order them to fire, like this -




But after 15 continuous turns of firing they've only inflcted one casualty! (occasionally a German squad or two would be briefly pinned but unhurt)
Conclusion -don't bother wasting your ATR slugs on infantry.
(PS - Notice the infantry haven't spotted the ATR's in the woods, they're just getting ghost icon 'sound contacts' from the direction of the woods)




PS - it'd be a bad idea for the ATR's to let the infantry get closer in the hope of inflicting more casualties, because the inf would spot them at around 100m and start firing back like this..