It does indeed refer to range..you will notice for units suck as panzerschreck,and faust they have a few large bars..to show the good effectiveness at close range.
As a rule of thumb,Tanks have smaller bars,but more of them.

<t> I used to play CCII and III on MsN some time ago.<br/>
Reading the review of cross of iron got me all nostalgic..In particular the online play,the main reason i packed in CC was it seemed to die off as CCIV and V appeared[:(]<br/>
Il probably buy it anyways, but i was wondering how active the ...