Series two rules in hand

[plloyd1010]

200ish men is about the right size for a battery at this time. I'm not interested in quibbling about the total size. What I will quibble about is that 200 men includes the limbers and haulers, as well as the firing battery and caissons. The portion on the field is half to less of the total personnel in the battery. The remaining personnel are a wagon piece and assumed to be running around the board (between wherever the firing battery is and the depot). It is similar to what you find in the U.S. Army once you take out the trucks/tractors, battery detail and maintenance section.

When it comes to column modifiers, one is talking about altering probabilities. While the DF & BF shifts are not as severe as AT fire, one should still be careful column modifiers. Generally the severity of results on the tables doubles (or halves) with a modifier of 2. With the constrains on the DF table, you can see how the limits could get slammed quite quickly.

Fred is quite correct in his understanding of when the +1 company modifier should be applied. My problem comes in as how sloppy APL has become with unit size designation. This is particularly important as it relates to game function. Marking artillery as companies, then not having the company modifier applied is confusing to players. This also creates a stacking problem as only 2 company sized units are allowed in hex. I contend that all artillery onboard should be considered platoon/battery sized to avoid those issues. Generally MGs should be sections (first one doesn't stack), except for perhaps Gatling guns.