Burkhard,

Rest assured, it's B)

It's only defines the numbers of boxes so no "space"-Worries

definitely right Gunter! There was no ground area anomaly in the rules only an anomaly relative to the representation of gunners.
To accurately represent the crew of 2 x 6pdr guns @ 1:20 model to man ratio would take 1 gun model and less than 1 model figure which would look really weird. More than any other arm of service artillery is designed to 'fool the eye' on the wargames table.