The verdict is in

[Hawk Kriegsman]

You are missing a couple of points.

The game be designed with a 6 minute turn and rate of fire of said weapons.

A 115 rounds hitting a hex over 6 minutes is quite possible.

Take for example the German 81mm at which had a ROF of 10 to 12 rounds a minute.

In 6 minutes that is 120 rounds for a 2 SP unit. For a 6 SP unit that is a whopping 360 rounds. Both over the 115 in your above math.

At the other end of the spectrum is the 155 long tom which fires a round about every 90 seconds.

This is only 4 rounds per 6 minutes per 1 SP. However if you did get hit by this it would be lights out.

I think the 5% is an approximation. It is designed to give armor something to think about when driving through artillery barrages. The old rule was no good as armor had nothing to fear from artillery.

As for firing random artillery behind enemy lines. I do it all the time.

Thanx!

Hawk