Ranged direct fire in WWI

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I did not see the initial quote of the rule in the Serbia rule for that function, but what I saw wasn't specific. However, turning off on map results shows that this 1.5 value is divided into the firepower. A unit at range 1 had firepower of 27, at range 2 it was 18.

So ignoring the quote, which I wonder if it came from PzC, the actual calc is firepower/modifier, for FWWC machine guns, anyway. Same test could be done on artillery.

I tested it for field artillery in France '14 (which has the same 1.5 range effect), and indeed it uses the same rule as PzC.

At range 1, fire value is normal.

At range 2 or more, you divide the fire value with 1+(range-1)*(range_effect-1), so you divide your normal fire value by 1.5 at range 2, 2 at range 3, 2.5 at range 4 and 3 at range 5 (and so on but anything over 5 is unnecessary to calculate since you cannot fire directly that far anyway).

I am not sure if it is intended, however.