Proper Use of Scout Vehicles

[Crossroads]

You do know that artillery was prolonged and could be pivoted by hand after it dismounted?
I've seen video of smaller caliber guns be pushed by their crews.

That's right, when engaging direct fire using gun optics that's what happens. When firing indirect fire it takes longer though, as the gun needs to be positioned properly then the chassis (I do not know the proper english term) needs to be dug in / support to ground so it does not move about when firing.

I think. I did not of course serve with the guns, the computer geek that I am. Oh no, I was stationed and warmly ducked in the tent where we did the calculations for the battery

But there seemed to be awful a lot of sweating and swearing when we changed positions, before being able to commence firing again.

Yes, I agree smaller caliber guns were easy to switch around. The 130mms that were the actual equipment definitively did not move about though. Hence I felt the Panzer Leader optional rule made the sense. And there was a calibre range for guns that had no penalty, and guns that could not swing about at all before spending a turn turning around.