Profile of Hannibal

I'm probably late with suggestions, but had it been considered to nerf the arch when in canister shot mode?
As far as I could see it, the problem was people spamming 2-3 of these and annihilating charging infantry. A smaller arch makes it easier to just run through it quickly and dodge the damage, while it would reward good micro and a good setup for defensive positions

And fun fact:
There is one stock infantry that rips and shreds easily retreating units, because it got bonus accuracy against them - that infantry doesn't belong to allies.

Wait what? Which one?

A very small contribution could be that Allied squads have higher unit count and therefore higher maximum damage potential, even if the average DPS is the same.
A Penal model with 40 HP retreating past a gren squad will never get wiped in one salvo, since the grens can only do 4*8 = 32 damage in one salvo if every shot hits.
A Gren model running past a rilfeman squad could get wiped, since rilfeman can do 5*8 = 40 damage max, if they are super lucky to hit every shot.

thanks very much to both of you!
Ehat a shame that penetration chances that low are not calculated, my bew AT strategy got wrecked before it began.

Thank you both for your answers. However, I think I should word the questions I had more specifically.

https://community.companyofheroes.com/discussion/231279/a-guide-to-d-p-s-basics#latest

I do know the guide and the explanations there work well for bolt action rifles, but also for these it does not explain certain values such as the "time to aquire a new target" etc.
As far as I see it there is a delay if your soldier aquires a new target.
And for every shot there is
1. an aiming phase
2. (the shot itself, as far as I know it does not take time?)
3. post-firing-time

Then it goes back to #1 until the magazine is empty (also here: where do I find the magazine size-stat?). When the magazine is empty, the soldier has a reload time and then goes back to his standard shooting cycle. This is basically the intervall at which the chances to deal damage are calculated, which is made up by the "chance to hit" (target_size*accuracy*received_accuracy*special_modifiers) and the "chance to penetrate" (penetration/armor). So basically it's modelled like tank warfare with low pen and armor values. Which also means a Churchill should go down to Pioneer MP40s at some point.
All these times are modified by suppression status and sometimes distance.
On top of that, the guide does not explain units with automatic rifles that have a burst-firing-pattern. How does this work? I know there are burst-length modifiers when moving etc, but I do not know how many bullets (or better to say: how many chances to deal damage) are calculated for every burst, how many burst a model can do before reloading etc.

Accuracy and penetration are found under "weapon" in the mod tools attribute editor. You need to find the correct weapon, and usually the "mp" file which stands for multiplayer if I assume correct. For example if I wanted to find the panther 75mm cannon stats, I'd look under "weapons\west_german\ballistic_weapon\tank_gun\panther_kwk42_75mm.mp". Accuracy and penetration should be under there. Accuracy is multiplied by the target size of the intended target. Penetration is calculated as "pen/armor" = % chance to penetrate and deal X damage. Distances are measured by "close/mid/far" which can be found under "range". "angle_scatter" is deviation left and right of intended target while "distance_scatter_offset" is near and far scatter of the target. All these values have multipliers in the file as well so you need to look at that. Fog of war multipliers are in effect as well when FoW is there.

Infantry damage is calculated similarly, only without scatter I think. Some weapons like the BAR, have a chance to reroll their shots at units in the vicinity should they miss. You take the accuracy of the weapon and multiply it by the target size, which is relativley close to 1 before received accuracy modifiers are applied. Then you have weapon damage. All models ingame have 80HP except snipers which sit at 82 to avoid 1 shots by mortars. Certain units, specifically shock troopers, have armor which like tanks gives a chance to negate damage.

There's many more things to cover, but that's the basics of a few things and how they're calculated. I'm sure SneakEye or Vipper could give much more info than I.

Again I feel sorry since you took so much time to answer this question, but I should have phrased my question differently. Nonetheless thank you for your answer, as some points such as the bar reroll where things that I did not know yet. I can find the stats on penetration, armor etc. Not long ago I uploaded the most recent stat sheet and AT calculator for almost all vehicles with significant AT capability in the game.
What I do not know is: Where do I find the "reference distances" in the attribute editor? For example, standard accuracy values for medium tanks are 0,025/0,037/0,05. But at what distances? I assume far is maximum range, that is 40. But what are the reference points for mid and close? It makes a huge difference if the reference points are at 40/30/20 or 40/35/10, as this would be a very different weapon profile. And exactly these reference data points are yet hidden for me, as I have searched the attribute editor but have not found them. Also does the accuracy and pen go up if the enemy is closer than the "near-distance"? Or are these stats hard capped to their close values? I've seen tanks miss shots when the stuck their barrel right through their target, so I would assume they are hard capped at some point.