Artillery Observers and Air Observers in Open Topped Transports

[Mark Prichard]

In Version 3, it states that headquarters units in open topped or soft skin transports may use their specials.  Does this also apply to artillery observers/air observers?  Could they be in a transport and still call in an artillery or air strike?

[Nat]

You cant give units inside a transport a Fire! order, only Down, Advance or Run.

So no they cant call in their attack..

[Bart Garey]

I ask this question to Warlord Games. Here is the Q&A

 

Q. Can Forward Observers call in Arty/Air strikes while in an open toped vehicle? (The question is HQ abilities vs not giving Fire order to passengers). I believe they can still spot for other on board artillery/mortars while in open top vehicles.

Can artillery/mortars Spotters spot from open top vehicles?

 

A. “An Observer can indeed use it’s Line of Sight to spot for indirect fire weapons from within Open-Topped Armoured or Soft-Skinned transports, but it cannot use their Fire order to call in the appropriate strike. As an aside, this means that Medics within a transport can use their Medic rule as with any Officer. Furthermore a Spotter cannot use their line of sight from the back of a transport, as they are not considered a HQ unit and therefore cannot benefit from this rule.

 

I hope that this helps!

 

Kind Regards,”

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