Why is artillery barrage half as effective as before?

[Dr Dave]

A veteran I knew said he and his pals (in 1st Worcestershire) hated working with tanks. In the morning when the tanks started their engines they'd always get a quick stink of Jerry. The feeling he had was that Jerry arty was small in number but fast to respond. It's also worth remembering that a German inf div had much less arty support than a British division.

[Cross698]

Perhaps German RECCE was better distributed to call it in?!

[Steve J]

The Germans used mortars as their rapid response artillery which, IIRC, could bring down the same weight of fire as their 75mm guns.

[Dr Dave]

The Germans used mortars as their rapid response artillery which, IIRC, could bring down the same weight of fire as their 75mm guns.

As I typed my previous post I did wonder if Eric could tell mortars from 105s? Not many 75mm IGs around in October '44 onwards, but you're right. IGs and mortars would be faster than arty - as they are in bkc.