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Do I have this right?
01-05-2007, 02:06 AM,
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c_Question Mark  Do I have this right?
(Indirect Fire) I plot an M3 105mm Howitzer two hexes in front of an advancing column of 3 separate Engineer Platoons and they happen to stop right in my cross hairs. When my artillery fires, I have the opportunity of doing no damage, some damage, or a considerable amount of damage to more than one of the platoons?

(Direct Fire) If I can see the hex containing the 3 separate Engineer Platoons, I can only fire on one particular one (or two if I can fire twice).

(Opportunity Fire) Given the aforementioned situation, the program would randomly select the particular platoon I am firing at?

Is this then a crap shoot? Potentially more damage caused using Indirect Fire, but less chance of causing damage because of the distances involved?

Is it a wash or is one of the three traditionally more effective (all things considered)?

Thank you,

Pat

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01-05-2007, 04:51 AM, (This post was last modified: 01-05-2007, 04:56 AM by John Given.)
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RE: Do I have this right?
Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

Sun Tzu
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01-05-2007, 04:52 AM,
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01-05-2007, 11:09 AM,
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In this situation, I would most likely direct fire once and then load the gun up and get it out of the enemies line of sight. Unless the gun is in a bunker, of course..........
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01-05-2007, 12:11 PM,
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RE: Do I have this right?
I want to thank you all for your kind and informative response to my query, especially Hawk's indepth analysis.

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Light a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

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