How do I increase arty effectiveness against armor?

[iCaMpWiThAWP]

Originally Posted by Wdll

You could always buy more artillery.

More arty means more weapons, not more effectiveness i think, but if you are the defender, have some ammo canisters, you can create an artillery wall

[Wdll]

Originally Posted by iCaMpWiThAWP

More arty means more weapons, not more effectiveness i think, but if you are the defender, have some ammo canisters, you can create an artillery wall

Same thing for me. If you find the AP effect is not always as good as you want, simply buy more of them (artillery) and order to fire at the same target, sooner or later it will be destroyed.

[iCaMpWiThAWP]

Originally Posted by Wdll

Same thing for me. If you find the AP effect is not always as good as you want, simply buy more of them (artillery) and order to fire at the same target, sooner or later it will be destroyed.

Yeah, but sooner or later the target may have already moved since we're talking about armor

[Wdll]

Originally Posted by iCaMpWiThAWP

Yeah, but sooner or later the target may have already moved since we're talking about armor

that's why you don't rely on artillery to destroy the enemy armor.

[iCaMpWiThAWP]

Originally Posted by Wdll

that's why you don't rely on artillery to destroy the enemy armor.

yeah, i don't use arty that much, air strikes are more effective, especially in the "ATGM era"

[Listy]

Originally Posted by Wdll

that's why you don't rely on artillery to destroy the enemy armor.

Umm, I am from sheer desperation in a current PBEM.

I've got what seems like the entire 6th shock army rolling towards me (t-80's everywhere), and in a moment of madness I decided to field the entirety of the Royal Anglian regiment.

At the moment I'm watching this whacking great big column of armour roll towards me, while my 105 LG's are dropping shells on them.
I'm also trying to bag some stationary transport helicopters with some mortar salvo's.

So any Advice on how to improve the art's chances of hitting would be useful.

[hoplitis]

Well if they're still coming towards you, it wasn't much of a success eh!
If you want to disrupt advancing armor/mech with arty maybe you'should try a minelets+cluster munitions combination.

[Listy]

Originally Posted by hoplitis

Well if they're still coming towards you, it wasn't much of a success eh!
If you want to disrupt advancing armor/mech with arty maybe you'should try a minelets+cluster munitions combination.

Yeah I know what I should have done (ATGM pits and LML's) with hindsight

We tend not to allow off map Cluster munitions (apart from aircraft) as several games where over before they started due to a couple of good strikes. In one game my opponent managed to cover my entire deployment area with an MRLS game in the pre-battle bombardment.

Oh well back to praying for a load of luck and fluke hits.