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Default Re: Germans. Experience with using infantry guns?

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Originally Posted by Griefbringer View Post
Compared to 8 cm mortar, the main differences that 7.5 cm infantry gun provides is better range but lower lethality.

Thus for the close support of the infantry companies (ie. engaging targets in their vicinity) the mortars tend to be better. However, for countering enemy support assets (howitzers, mortars, AA-guns) located at the far end of the map, you will probably need the extra range of the infantry guns.

Then there are those 15 cm infantry guns - pure nastiness! However, historically there tended to be only two per infantry regiment.
15cm things have too few ammo to make an impact(especially if you only have 1 or 2) and having ammo carriers around for them would be the path to overkill...
I try to avoid having anything other than company mortars in my core, if i'm battalion sized, i get some AT and extra mortar for core units, but most arty(and some ATG) comes in as support...
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