itkotw

I was playing a battle, and I tried to destory a couple of pillboxes with artillery (81mm morts. and 105's), but despite hitting them a few times, it all ways said, something like - "hit - no serious damage". So I made up my own battle with 10 - 12 pillboxes (tightly packed, so I could hit them easily) and I gave myself a LOT of artillery ( 35,000 points worth). I fired at the pillboxes for 10 mintues, I hit one pillbox every second... I did not damage or destroy any of them. I would like to see this changed, artillery should be able to hurt or even suppress them. I had EVERY size of artillery, but I did not hurt anything. ITKOTW

Sharpshooters are wonderful units if you can find them a good positions to shoot from. I have had battles where even with a good position and plent of targets they will just sit there and not shoot. When they shoot, they can suprise you with how much they can suppress the enemy, even if they they do not kill anybody. I have had them hold up an entire armor column (3 churhills,2-4 shermans, and halftracks), just when they wanted to come out of some woods via a road. The computer "AI" does not seem able to just keep on advancing, even through a couple of bullets from a sharpshooter.I would like to see this "tweeked". The computer should be able to drive through (with tanks) a few small arm rounds. When I play, I just button-up and continue onward.