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[Plain Ian]

I also lost 6 'infantry guns', the whole unit. I haven't lost whole units since the early days of the battle.

These small 6 gun units are urprisingly hard hitting on occasions , sometimes better results than 12 x 105mm?

They were closer to being an extra battalion of howitzers (3x6) than true infantry guns, as they were fairly big and had no gunshield which made using them for direct fire missions dangerous.

It does give the Americans a significant boost in firepower. Numerous infantry support weapons were perhaps the only real edge a typical German infantry division had over its American counterpart (comparing organic TOE's, excluding attached units) as the American infantry division was fairly limited in support assets without all the typical attachments. The HA and SA ratings of the cannon companies are identical to those of the medium artillery 105mm's.

Smaller units giving better results is probably due to die roll variation: the difference between killing 2 and 3 men is small, and it usually takes a certain "step" up in terms of capabilities from unit size or SA values to get significantly different results with artillery units.

Yes I hadn't looked too closely at the stats for these units but you are right. Heres a unit from the 318th 80th Div stacked with Divisional artillery. For some reason the artillery in the south manages to stockpile better than those in the north.