German 88mm AT gun usage in game

[plloyd1010]

I am aware of long-range kills by the 88 pak43, and its vehicle variants. They are mostly done from elevated positions. The issue is that clear terrain is not usually barren, flat terrain. There is almost always undulations, brush, ground shimmer and dust which constrain spotting ranges. Spotting out to 2½ km is pretty good. The point being that building a grand tactical rule around an extreme event is not good from, the simulation side.

PB/PL range and movement factors reflect the upper end of the subject's statistics quite well. Attack and defense factors are sketchier, because it is a ratio based combat system. PG (Brian Kipple) took a different approach, assuming a subsystem tactical doctrine. Generally it works well, high profile movement is questionable in relation to historical AARs that I have read, but generally it holds up. An 88 pak43 hitting a platoon of T-34s at -1, at a range of 3km, not too unreasonable.