AT guns

[LordDeadwood]

I guess it depends on the situation. AT guns are, in my mind at least, defensive weapons. As such, they are of limited use when your army is on the offensive. We've all had the experience of having a battery of ATG's decimated in travel mode because we just HAD to have them forward for whatever reason. I'm currently playing a France '40 campaign as the Germans and the 88's are just about the only thing that can disrupt defenders in bunkers and pillboxes, and they have to be up close, unless the bunker is not full strength. So, I pull them up next to the fortification hoping they don't get blown away before I can take them out of travel mode. Sometimes they do, but just as often they do not.

But fortifications aside, there isn't much other reason to have ATG's rolling up to the front line on the offensive. I guess I don't know if that's historical or not, but I don't agree that ATGs should move like mortars, i.e., no transport mode. That's just not realistic in my mind. That's my 2 cents.