Artillery spotters

[Last Hussar]

Do spotters that can see the target area radio in corrections, making it more accurate over time? I can't find any ref to this.

Watching the odd shot of your own 25lb'ers drop behind you makes an exciting (?!) spectacle.

[YankeeDog]

In CMBO, arty aim point is either:

(1) in LOS of the spotter calling in the barrage (you can check this with the LOS tool). The barrage will be 100% accurate in mean point of impact - there will still be a variation on the order of 100-200m in range and 40-50m in bearing for individual shell impacts (except for rockets - they are less accurate, or if the 'target wide' command is used), or

(2) out of LOS. In this case, the mean point of impact will still be 100% accurate, but the spread of shells will be much wider - on the order on twice as big as for an in-LOS target. Out-of-LOS barrages also take longer to arrive - about twice as long.

The exception is barrages called in on a TRP, which allow you to call in Arty on a location out of LOS of the spotter with excellent accuracy, and with very little time delay.

Note also that in-LOS barrages are preceded by one, and sometimes two, 'spotting rounds' - these represent the battery launching off a round or two to check it's aim, and the arty spotter correcting as appropriate. The spotting rounds may or may not fall near the aim point. The player need make no corrections for this process - the game engine handles it all internally.

If you are using a large bore artillery with a long delay between salvos, it may seem like an individual salvo had a displaced aim-point, but in CMBO, this is not the case - on average, the mean point of impact will be centered around the aim point. CMBB is another matter, but since this question was posted on the CMBO forum, I am assuming you were looking for and answer specific to CMBO.

Cheers.

YD