average 2v2 stalemate = 1 fuel point each + about 2 fuel caches. should be about 35 fuel a minute (And this is a generous estimation, especially for a late game allied team)
880/35= 25 minutes of fuel floating
lets go 50, shall we?
880/50= 17.6 minutes of fuel floating
in the amount of time they were floating, you could have fielded any one of these:
You see, I wish I had the time and energy to get my Italian/German Army idea up from the depths of Tartarus (I.E Official Forums, my personal domain)but it's currently under renovations that probably would be effective January of 2017, and that I only have an outline of the idea saved in my comp, so we must wait...
An optional upgrade/vet the arty emplacements could get is a crew survival training upgrade that lowers indirect damage received to crew and gun could be in order...