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I'm a little confused about this part. When I look at adding artillery as an asset, it states it as being HE, but there is nothing that I can see about the stats for it.
Is HE arty the normal stats as HE is the normal round for arty?

Yes, it's normal round for artillery.

Yes, the default listing for Arty is HE (ie from Soviet modern list 122mm is Att 3 for HE.)

Okay...I thought so...just wanted to double check...Thanks

Thread revival!

If I bring atry units, they "come with" the HE assets to use as needed when called in via a command check (in command phase)?

I only need to pay extra points to buy "assets" that are scheduled to arrive on a certain turn in a certain place?

Eg. A battalion of 6 2S1-122mm self propelled artillery units would need to "buy" assets for each of the six guns? If so I could designate 6 different scheduled asset strikes each turn if I bought the assets?

Follow up question....

Since Soviets can actually bring the arty on to the table for direct fire, can I use them in that mode for firing in the command phase AND make use of scheduled arty strikes?

1/ Assets - called for fire by a FAO/HQ doesn't need assets. Scheduled fire does, and must be pre-plotted before game start to a specific turn & point on table. Each arty asset allows one gun to fire for one turn. So if you have six off table arty and six assets all could be pre-plotted for a single turn, or two pre-plotted for three turns each etc.

Special munitions (except smoke) can be pre-plotted or called in, but always take an asset to use (of whatever type they are).

2/ On board arty - No. Once on table they act as a normal unit and only fire as other units (i.e. LoS only, once per activation, at one specific stand and not as a burst area). BKC II has rules for "battalion guns"/arty support stands which are worth transplanting though, which basically let on table arty act like mortars normally do.