Then the first/last fort lvl is always instanty damaged and finally, omni-directed defense against multiple attacks renders fort penalty for the attacker either very little or non-existant. On top of that, their main infantry division, while vulnerable to a single heavy tank battalion in the opposing side, also enlists 3 ART, which weaken fort effects even further. When facing the Germans in HoI, I actually start thinking that level 1-6 forts are underpowered: the Germans always seem to have fort buster dude either as a general or as field-marshal sometimes both. And none of these were available in 1940. Given the demonstrated durability of Ouvrage Schoenenbourg, shrugging off direct hits from 420mm siege mortars without disrupting the forts own guns or taking any damage, its arguable that no WWII era weapons, other than large Earthquake bombs, Schwerer Gustav, or a nuclear weapon, can even hope to damage a lvl 10 fort. However, no Gros Ouvrages (or large forts) making up the main defense line, were ever taken in combat, even with most of the supporting French infantry withdrawn. The Germans, after the French took manpower out of the maginot line to defend the north, managed to make shallow penetrations of forward positions in the line.
Some people also falsely claim that the Germans eventually penetrated the maginot line, but this is not correct. The inventory of German ordnance fired against Schoenenbourg was assessed after the armistice, and found to comprise 160 aerial bombs, 50 42 cm shells, 33 28 cm shells, and approximately 3000 smaller projectiles, the most ammunition used against any fortification in France. Schoenenbourg's turrets were retracted to receive the heavy shells, and raised during the lengthy reloading period for counterbattery fire. Schoenenbourg fired during this period in support of nearby casemates, not seriously affected by the bombardments. The attacks on the 21st were joined by a bombardment with 420 mm siege mortars, lasting three days. "On 19 June 1940, German Stukas attacked Schoenenbourg and other ouvrages, returning on the 20th and 21st. However, if we take into account the performance of equivalent lvl 10 forts in real life during WW2 (I think the only ones that qualify are the largest forts of the maginot line, but give me other examples if you think I am wrong), we might find that the strongest of forts during WW2 were pretty incredibly durable.įor example, Ouvrage Schoenenbourg, one of the bigger forts in the maginot line, showed the following resilience. Many people here say forts in HOI IV are too overpowered.
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