Col Deadmarsh Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 Can you use a HQ unit to spot for your arty spotter if the arty spotter is within command? Is the fire mission just as accurate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMsoldier Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 No Hqs cant spot for arty. I have never had the need to anyways. See it this way: If your Hq has good line of site from X postion and can stay hidden, why not just put your Spotter at X, and get more accurate arty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Deadmarsh Posted June 12, 2002 Author Share Posted June 12, 2002 For the simple reason that my HQ might be by a flag and is in danger of being shelled himself. I sure as heck don't want my 150 pt arty team nearby if that happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Beman Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 You're supposed to have your FOs in position from which they can call fire onto any likely target and shouldn't have to rely on a unit sitting right on the VL for spotting. DjB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 Originally posted by Doug Beman: You're supposed to have your FOs in position from which they can call fire onto any likely target ...You *are* joking, right? The maps I get always seem to have great terrain on the other side of the map, wonderful locations for AT guns to sweep the battlefield or to site FOs. But *no* place at all for mine. War is hell, ain't it? Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Eyes Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 Have you ever considered forming a small battery with onboard mortars and using an HQ spotter similarly to a FO? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Deadmarsh Posted June 12, 2002 Author Share Posted June 12, 2002 I'm well aware of the advantages of having my arty spotter in the rear area on top of the hill that overlooks the battlefield. However...this isn't always the case, is it? What if you're playing a low hill, heavy tree map? That arty spotter has to be movied up to the front sometimes if you want any kind of decent LOS. I just don't understand this rule. If on-board mortars can spot using a HQ in command, why can't a spotter do the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Beman Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 Emrys, I understand your pain. In a current PBEM against an opponenet who shall remain nameless until I announce that he's trounced be soundly, "his" side of the map has several low, wooded hills from which his tanks enjoy sharply defined LOS covering terrain I MUST cross in order to get near the objective, while my own half of the map enjoys less cover, and most of the good hiding places only give me LOS to a slim portion of the objective area, or LOS to some totally irrelevant area. DjB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWB Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 Originally posted by Colonel_Deadmarsh: I'm well aware of the advantages of having my arty spotter in the rear area on top of the hill that overlooks the battlefield. However...this isn't always the case, is it? What if you're playing a low hill, heavy tree map? That arty spotter has to be movied up to the front sometimes if you want any kind of decent LOS. I just don't understand this rule. If on-board mortars can spot using a HQ in command, why can't a spotter do the same?What to do? Pretty simple, move your spotter up with your infantry. I usually keep mine 100m or so behind. WWB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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