Gun Crews

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Originally Posted by Griefbringer

Tactical approach here could be to have some infantry near by the guns to provide close defense for them.

Say, a small reserve platoon representing those elements of the gun battery not crewing the guns formed into a close defense party.

Griefbringer

That's the theory, but it's actually the AI hanging it's guns and crews out to dry. It had three Bofors off on one flank with the nearest infantry unit a good 750m away. There never had been any infantry near or in front of the guns. A scout stumbled on the guns, so I called artillery in to chase the crews off. I knew abandoned guns would be counted as destroyed if I won the battle so I didn't try to destroy them. Victory wasn't in doubt at this point in the battle. The scout moved it and hounded the crews from a range of 100m, out of revolver range, until I was sure they wouldn't come back. If the battle could have gone either way, I would have spent the three turns destroying the guns instead to get the points for them.