Re: [WW] Artillery Fire and Fire Adjustment.

["coyote" <coyote@hsonline.net>]

umm but the job of a forward observer, ie the spotter, is to go to the
location that is being spotted for artillery fire.
it is a very danderous job, but  as an example, an FO would sneak up to the
top of a hill overlooking a german HQ camp with binoculars, a radio, and a
map..he finds the HQ location on his map, radios in the map grid coordinates
to the battery of 105's, and waits for the spotting round and adjust as
needed....if the spotter cant see if the rounds are on taeget or not, then
he cant be a spotter, because he isnt there...FO/spotters, have to be able
to see the target area......anything else is just carpet
bombardment............coyote out........
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bobby Farris" <BJ@redbow.net>
To: <weirdwars@gamerz.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 6:59 AM
Subject: RE: [WW] Artillery Fire and Fire Adjustment.


> Sorry for the late reply.
>
> Okay, we know agree as to how the Artillery and Spotter rules work. So my
> original question was.....should the Spotter get to see his artillery
check
> roll? If the spotter is allowed to see his artillery check roll, and it
> failed, the target spot deviates should the spotter then get to know the
new
> target point?
>
> I have, for my self atleast, decided that my spotters will NOT get to see
> their artillery check rolls. This means that it will be very difficult to
> call in artillery with much accuracy.
>
> You can point out the "wanted target point," but you won't know if it is
> shifted from that. All the spotter will now is where the spotting land
> rounds. At that point he must choose to deviate the target point (remember
> he doesn't really now where it is at) or leave and hope that deviation
helps
> him.
>
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