IIRC i have seen this same behavior on the stuka smoke drop.
It kinda makes AA worthless i must say.
Edit: What if all howitzers get a shorter "brace" to counter a possible unstoppable force?
AA is meant to counter recon planes and skillplanes, not strafes or precision strikes.... its why stuka dive bomb cannot be countered in the first place.
And LUL at this stupid proposal in the edit but no worries you're not the first guy bringing it up
No idea why you want teamgames to be dumbed down into howitzer spam
Howitzers cover such a big area that you can build them in front of the base on every map. And you cannot reach the base with tanks or inf on campy maps vs half decent teams. Right now Howitzers already win the game if the enemy team didnt think their commander picks through