Registered Targets

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Hi Mark. 

If you plan a scheduled artillery or air strike the aiming point becomes a registered target that can then be used by FAO or FAC during the game for observed arty/air strikes. In addition, the artillery rules state that observed artillery fire at registered targets does not deviate.

A couple of related questions:
1. Can FAC use an artillery strike registered target, and can FAO use an air strike registered target for their observed fire?

2. If observing an air strike onto a registered target is there no deviation, or must you still throw for deviation? Whichever it is, does it apply to all types of air attacks?

Regards
Chris

[Big Insect]

Hi Chris
Answers in-line below
Cheers
Mark

Hi Mark. 

If you plan a scheduled artillery or air strike the aiming point becomes a registered target that can then be used by FAO or FAC during the game for observed arty/air strikes. In addition, the artillery rules state that observed artillery fire at registered targets does not deviate.

A couple of related questions:
1. Can FAC use an artillery strike registered target, and can FAO use an air strike registered target for their observed fire?

> Like so many things Chris - that 'depends' 
In most lists the answer is No. FAOs can only use off-table artillery registered targets. FACs can only use off-table air registered targets. However. In some lists it is specifically stated that a Command Unit or an INF:SF (special forces) unit can acts as an FAO/FAC. In which case they can use any pre-registered target for either air or artillery or both.

2. If observing an air strike onto a registered target is there no deviation, or must you still throw for deviation? Whichever it is, does it apply to all types of air attacks?

> by registering a target point for an air/artillery-strike there is no deviation. However, if an Observer uses the preregistered target point for an air/artillery strike there will be deviation as usual (it is taking into account the 'human-error' factor).

NB: I have seen a game where a player pre-registered the whole table-top battle-field in a grid system. The idea being that these pre-registered points represented map co-ordinates. Which is fine, if a bit 'anal'    But it's not a huge help as most armies have a limit to the number of strikes they can purchase (very deliberately). Pre-registering a target point is really for strikes rather than Observed actions - hence why deviation occurs with Observed fire. Where it is a benefit for an FAO/FAC (to use the pre-registered off-table strike points) is that registered targets can include things like cross-roads, road/rail bridges, the edges of a wood or a building. Observed fire must otherwise have an enemy unit as its initial target point.

Regards
Chris

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So in summary all a registered target gives you is an aiming point on a terrain feature for example, that can be used for observed fire later in the game, but you throw for deviation as normal.

Also in the main, arty registered targets can only be used for arty strikes and air ones for air strikes. Ok

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Do you need line of sight to call in artillery on a registered target?

[Big Insect]

So in summary all a registered target gives you is an aiming point on a terrain feature for example, that can be used for observed fire later in the game, but you throw for deviation as normal.

Also in the main, arty registered targets can only be used for arty strikes and air ones for air strikes. Ok

Correct - spot on with both 

[Big Insect]

Do you need line of sight to call in artillery on a registered target?

If you are using those points for 'Observed' artillery then all the normal rules around attempting to make the Command roll apply. So that point could potentially be observed by a friendly Recce unit, for example. But whichever unit is calling down the fire, the point of aim must be in their LoS.