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After some testing....

-It takes about 35 second to kill a T-70 with 1 shrek assuming no misses

-At max (35) range there's about a 55% chance of missing.

-To kill a T-70 with 2 PTRS's it takes about 17 seconds. With 0 chance of missing at max range.

So yah, nah. I'll take PTRS's instead of shreks when facing off against light vehicles any day.

At the same time it takes ONE salvo from 3 Shreck squads to kill T-70 and they would actually be able to kill T-34 with them.

I actually tested this; a salvo of 3 shreks killed the T-70 only 5 out of 20 times lol. Dat max range miss chance.

So when the gun is swapped out for the vet 3 version the vet 2 bonus applied to the default gun is not reapplied (or accounted for in the gun stats)?

And here I thought removing the auto fire bonus from the pack vet 2 wasn't symptomatic of a larger problem >.>.

Yeah, it's to reapplied. I checked every stat I could and couldn't find a single -15% reduction in scatter at vet 3. The only thing that is different is that it has longer range.

Literally no one is saying that. If you're referring to one of my earlier posts, I'm suggesting that it my misleadingly appear to overperform now because it so severely under performed previously, though in fact it is perfectly fine now. Not "it was bad before, so it must be über OP now."

Relic has a very, very huge history of over buffing units. See: The M5 Quadmount.

All howis (and other arty) which gains range automatically becomes more accurate. This is because angle scatter (left-right scatter) is a fixed angle by which shots can deviate at MAX DISTANCE. As distance decreases; the angle scatter also decreases; decreasing the distance shots can scatter (so more accurate). Same principle applies to the axial scatter (how much over/under the shot lands from center).

Thats why howitzers (and mortars and rocket arty) get more accurate barrages at vet3. (And why tanks etc shoot more accurately at infantry when you're close to them and less accurately at max range)

It's not getting reduced scatter from Vet 2. It's more accurate because it has longer range.

Okay lets get some actual facts in here:

-The counter-barrage only fires 6 shells, like it the main gun did pre-patch.

-On average it took all 6 shells to kill the Katyusha, 3 times (each a separate counter barrage) I had it hit but not kill it. Out of the 20 times I tested it the Katyusha never died on the first shell meaning the player could move to save the Katyusha

-The counter-barrage has the exact same AoE profile as the basic gun, meaning that only on direct hits will the 200 damage actually count.

-The ML-20 and LeFH will always have the same cooldown at equal levels of vet meaning that you don't have an instant cooldown on either at Vet 3, just a short one (because it will be ticking down during the barrage)

-The counter-barrage seems to prefer things closer like mortar, rather than far away howitzers. It also doesn't get any of the bonus's allied from vet meaning it has a longer cooldown and fires less shells. It's also less accurate.

-Out of 20 counter barrages against 120's and 82's it only killed the crew (not the gun) 7 times. And never on the first 2 shells.

-In a 1 on 1 artillery duel the ML-20 at vet 0 wins 71% of the time, at Vet 3 it wins 83% percent of the time. This was tested over 20 duels with both shooting at each at exactly the same time with equal veterancy levels.