At Bastogne, the US forces encircled there had two 105mm howitzers. The Germans never made a concerted, all-fronts effort to take the town. They'd push on one front, then withdraw, then push on another, etc.
The two guns would shift position and provide support to the defense; it was later learned that the German commanders thought they were facing an entire US artillery battalion due to the volume of fire just two guns were putting out.
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