Fixed Unit Releases?

[Ricky B]

I can't weigh in on the HOW it was determined. But having a limit would be pretty accurate - a 250 meter hex wouldn't be targeted by an entire army's worth of artillery in a 20 minute period. 1.5 times the stacking limit would be around 4 8 gun/5 6 gun batteries/sections, with a bit left over for mortars. That would be majority of a full division's internal artillery tubes, aimed at even in the attack less than a quarter of the attack frontage.

I don't believe the Soviets at the peak of their artillery storms had much more than that focused on a 250 meter front. Also, adjusting the fall of shots would be impossible with that many firing, meaning there should be a drop off in effectiveness as more artillery is fired into a hex, but since artillery is fired sequentially in the game, rather than all together in reality, it may be hard to devise a method of adjusting effectiveness, as all fire should be lowered, but a player can adjust as he goes.

Rick