Re: Artillery WAAAY too cheap!
Accuracy has nil effect on indirect fire, only affects direct fire.
Rocket Arty is reasonably cheap (if you exclude minelets and bomblets) due to the limited number of rounds. A rocket unit will get one or 2 rounds of fire, and then if off map at least, cannot reload.
Rocket arty also has a larger spread than tube arty - so the "danger close" area is far larger than tube arty, again making it not as good for supporting your atacking troops with close fires.
Rockets are best at killing unprotected targets, i.e. are usually best used by the defender (dug in) against an attacker in the open and are excellent if the attacker is caught bunched up. They deliver a lot of rounds quickly, but are not good at sustained fires, even if loaded from on-map ammo units. (MLRS and URAGAN are quicker to reload, (small weapon size), deliberately, to show thier quick reload systems).
The early code name IIRC for the project that led to the MLRS system was "Assault Breaker".
Used properly against a bunched attacking target array esp of infantry which has moved far (or just dismounted from fast moving transport => moving at transport speed => bunched up), and with many launchers (use them in battery fire at least, not 1s or 2s)is sure to mallet them. Use many launchers, as the drift is compensated by the large number of units firing, so some will get on target!.
Also - units which are under rocket fire get a little extra supression (the "Moaning Minnie" effect of Nebelwerfers), as do troops under air strafing, or flame attack.
Andy
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