FO's or On Map Guns?

[herroberst]

The smallest unit in the game with assigned FO's is a battalion and those FO's usually represent Battalion mortars (81mm or 120mm).

One problem with on map mortars or guns in the game is that you can't really have indirect fires, i.e. an FO tied to the battery by radio or wire. Of course you can have a leader tied to on board mortars for indirect fires and spotting but not artillery. And the game does not portray the "command" tanks pr airborne spotters that were all radios so as to bring in air and artillery more effectively while under armor.

Would guess too that commanders can weight the battle by allocating resources and that goes for fires and direct-firing heavy weapons like infantry guns. So, you, as commander, can make the pick in QBs or scenario design as a way of weighting the battle so-to-speak. This would particularly be the case if you are the main effort in a larger battle.

So, while there are lots of things I'd like to see in the game (airborne spotters, motorcycles, horses) I think the indirect fire system is acceptable. One way to see the affect of airborne spotters would be to have your own forces extreme FOW but the other side completely unmasked - would of course make a huge difference in the game but the air system in the game is really just a very basic "call and pray" system.