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[Ocito80]

Artillery you say, my 2cents then:

I've felt individual gun units were a bit simplistic in their portrayal for a 1km hex and never really being representative of the soldiers that manned them. A gun can get knocked out, but the soldiers can still shoot with their rifles. An AT battery could have over 50 men, an AT company over 150. Thus, I wish there was a way to incorporate both the guns and men into a single unit. A battery should be that in which it is, both guns and soldiers. Some MAA batteries had upwards to 200 men for 4 guns, if not more. One could create two distinct units, but in that way I think it still defeats the idea. I don't have a solution for I think the game code can't handle such a concept.

My one real suggestion would be the allowance of a gun unit the option to switch from an indirect to a direct role, and allowing for separate values for each. An example:
76mm Zis-3 Russian Gun
Indirect = HA(5) / SA (10) / Range(14)
Direct = HA(10) / SA(8) / Range(2)

A gun with this option could be considered Dual-Purpose or simply direct fire and a box would be checked as one would normally select indirect fire when creating an artillery component in the OOB program. Switching to one role could take one turn to accomplish, removing its movement points for that turn, and must have full movement points to switch.

My other thought would be to treat arty bombardment in a hex somewhat similar to that of creating rubble. So much fire in a hex, or maybe just a percentage chance, could create "coverage" of 5-10% for defense purposes. Maybe only heavy artillery can create those craters for infantry to hide in. And limit it to terrain relatively open. Probably too complex for little overall value.