150mm Barrage Shellholes

Steve E7

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Seeing that a 150mm barrage is resolved on the 24 column (ie. 1 column left per E12.5) do rolls low enough cause shellholes to be placed per B2.1?
I ask due to firepower not being on the 30 IFT column due to this shift
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Seeing that a 150mm barrage is resolved on the 24 column (ie. 1 column left per E12.5) do rolls low enough cause shellholes to be placed per B2.1?
I ask due to firepower not being on the 30 IFT column due to this shift
Thanks
Only Concentrated HE can create Shellholes. Concentrated HE is defined as 7 hexes. Since a Barrage is 9 hexes your answer is "no."
 

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I would think not since it is not a "concentrated" FFE (in addition to the lowered FP). Note the footnote to "Barrage" in Chapter E:

fn.27. 12.1 BARRAGE: A Barrage was primarily a defensive type of Fire Mission, since by covering a wider area it interdicted movement better than a normal Concentration. In a Barrage, the guns were aimed so as to distribute their fire along a pre-plotted axis rather than concentrating it on a particular spot....​
 
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