I mean, doesnt the brits have by far weakest arty options anyway? Mortar pit is being boosted, but its far from being uncountarable, in most cases quite opposite, while base howis are no-where near effectiveness of any static howi. In 99% cases if you got rekt by UKF base howis, its your own mistake.
Not like UKF is not cancerous, but inderect fire is by far the weakest for them.
In teamgames if you play axis, objectively the hardest and the most broken thing is Caliope, for allies its hands down LeFH (which is presented in such a varaity of good commanders, that you will most likely face it).
So its in terms equally unhealty for both sides, especially if you dont pick an optimal commaders to deal with it.
Out of all the opinions on this thread, I most closely agree with this one.
UKF has the weakest arty options of any of the factions. It has the second worst anti-arty options, behind OKW.
A mortar pit requires micro, if you want it to do anything or stay alive. Standard LEIG's will shred it if you don't actively fire back at them. LEIG's from Fuerstorm or MHT's kill it regardless. If you build a pit too early, you'll face one of these two counters, lose the pit, and spend the match playing on your back foot.
I do like the idea of limiting arty to one, and not allowing them to be decrewed.
If not playing with friends, I usually play Ost which has pretty good counters to arty, especially with Storm (which is also pretty good against sim city). If the other side has a lot of howitzers, I often go straight to Panthers. When I get to 2 or 3, I start diving with them and can often end the game with them.
I completely disagree with the premise that the only way to beat arty spam is to match it with arty spam. When playing allies, I've lost a lot of matches where a some point, it feels like I've been fighting 1v2 for the last ten minutes, then I look at my f*ckstick UKF teammate, and he has 3 Sextons chilling in his base, but no tanks and very little infantry. Then I realize I have been playing 1v2 for the last 10 minutes while the moron is playing sim city with added Sextons. At that point, I get pushed off the field and then just watch the Sexton versus Panther battle. I might even help by Pinging the Sextons for good luck while they battle the Panthers.