Feature requests

[Dog Soldier]

You are comparing apples and oranges.  Not a fair contrast.
Nebelwerfers in PzB Normandy #0607_02_Authie: 12th SS Riposte are A quality.  Nebelwerfers in PzB Kursk 0705_01 II SS PzK - July 5: SS Attack are all A quality.
Soviet regular army heavy artillery in PzB Kursk 0705_01 II SS PzK - July 5: SS Attack are D quality.  Soviet guards rockets and heavy artillery are C quality.
Naturally the A quality artillery will fire more often than the C & D quality artillery will.

Are you sure about that? The manual documents no quality modifier for opportunity fire, and I have been asking for one of those for Kursk to help the Axis when facing large numbers of enemy tanks, but now you're saying it's in the game? I'm sceptical if that's correct, I haven't seen clear evidence supporting it thus far.

Absolutely! I am sure that there is no quality modifier for opportunity fire, but there is a behavior that lower rated artillery fires less often.  Why?  The lower quality rating reflects a lower rate of fire, less than adequate communications with spotters and overall less effective fire control.

This is all just my guess from years of playing.  FWIW, if I assume in my defensive plans that lower quality artillery is not to be expected to give timely defensive fire, then if it does I am ahead of the game so to speak.  I build a defense in this case that would rely more on the unlimited direct fire of the ground units.

Or the defense can hunker down and pray for rain.  

Dog Soldier