Best late war German arty for counter battery?

[Mobhack]

I usually go for the 10 cm K18. 214 range gets most enemy arty, and it is quite cost effective.

Buy the battery early on, and ensure you engage some on-map targets to get the kills and hence experiece over the first few battles - high experience is the main prerequisite for CB fire, as well as the enemy having fired several times (to make spotting easier).

Leave it idle in the turn 0 for CB fire for engaging any enemy arty that fires then, and then usually leave idle to take pothots at the enemy arty, only using it as a reserve bty for when you have a "crisis" - and need the shells on the ground.

Cheers
Andy

[MikeD]

Thanks, but my offboard arty is all bought per turn, not part of my core. So they can't gain experience.
It's an interesting thought though... trade in some weffers for the big guns and use the per turn points for more weffers... hmmm..

Food for thought.

FWIW, I never assign targets for the off-board arty, using them soley for counter battery.

Thanks
Mike

[Captain_Insano]

I'm going to have to agree with every one else. I use the 17cm gun for exclusive counter-battery fire. You have to have it in your core though because the experience gained will greatly increase the chances of you getting a counter battery barrage. I always buy one section of 4 guns as part of my original core for just this reason.

[pdoktar]

Yep. Buy off-map artillery to your core. Experience (and range) is the key here.

[Helm]

Concur 0n the 17cm it's one of my first buys in any core