1914 ADF is rediculous

[Ricky B]

I guess this is my fault for replying a bit late, to add my 2 bits of thought. I will clarify one thing and then maybe time to move on - my comments weren't about how they were used, which could vary over time, but strictly that in the heat of combat, no matter how well prepared defenders were, it was, and still is, very common to have a unit fixate on one threat and then another moves in close and assaults without the defenders being aware of the impending threat until too late. Thus you get fire at a more distant target in some cases while the up close threat strikes - not necessarily on purpose either, frequently it is an accident, fortuitous when it does happen, but replicates what happens in the turn quite well.

So not a factor of counter battery fire or anything, strictly a factor that the unit - MG or Arty - is firing at a threat to its left front at 800 meters, while qn infantry unit moves up a ravine to the defender's right front and assaults out of it from 75 meters away and thus doesn't draw much fire, as just one example - the defenders are focused on their current target and when the close in assault strikes the firing units don't even know to shift their fire until too late, whether they have the ability or not.

Rick