Ballistics of WW2 Artillery

[Liebchen]

Don't sell them too short. It depended upon their training, to a large extent, but well trained gunners could be pretty accurate. This link (http://nigelef.tripod.com/errorsmistakes.htm) is talking about British guns, giving 25 lbers. a probability error within the 35 yard range. Imagine many salvos and multiply the odds.

Keep in mind that ships in that age were all about the guns. They were pitching, rolling, and yawing, and yet they worried about laying down good shell patterns. Now put those guns on solid ground...

So, yeah, I think that they could center their rounds inside a battalion- or company-sized formation with some accuracy. (FWIW I recall targeting certain formations all of the time playing Combat Mission.)