Re: another question
Another issue with the on-map deployment of artillery pieces is the proximity to the front. Depending on the size of the map, the deployment zone in SP games is around 1-2 kilometers wide. I am not sure what actual artillery doctrines say about the subject, but I feel this would be rather close to the front for divisional artillery (with 10+ kilometer ranges) used for indirect fire.
That said, if a scenario depicts one side having broken through the front lines and rampaging in the enemy rear areas, then artillery assets on the map would probably fit in. Or if some of the divisional guns have been pushed to provide direct fire support eg. for bunker busting or anti-tank purposes.
Battalion or regimental level infantry guns woud presumably be deployed a lot closer to the front line than the divisional artillery pieces, and thus would probably be more appropriate choice should one be fielding on-map artillery. And since they tend to have more limited ranges than divisional pieces, there is usually not even an option to take them as off-map support.
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