Pre-planned artillery-- when to call it in?

[Ratzki]

Light arty deffinetely has the ability to suppress enemy guns but I think that smoke is more effective as it will save in ammunition overall. You may get lucky and KO a gun, but the cost in HE shells usually does not warrent this, plus to suppress a gun you will have to target the gun or near the gun. This will mean that shells that fall both too far in front and too far back will be wasted, but with smoke you will target in front on the gun somewhere between the gun and LOS to you units. This will mean that every shell lands somewhere along this line and is potentially effective.