Fire Direction Centre

Description

Fire Direction Centres coordinate the fire of several indirect fire systems (Tube Artillery, Rocket Artillery and Meson Guns) at a single target, convert correction requests from Forward Observers into precise elevation, traverse, propellant, and trajectory commands - and calculate the effects of a wide variety of factors on artillery accuracy (e.g. Atmospherics, elevation of firer and target, etc.). While Fire Direction Centres are not required to conduct indirect fire, they increase the effectiveness of that fire dramatically.

TL–15 FDCs have an effective range of about 80km. Beyond this range, the effectiveness of the FDC declines dramatically. note this is not related to the range of the artillery weapons themselves but to the distance from the FDC where that fire impacts its target.

References & Contributors

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• Dave Nilsen. Regency Combat Vehicle Guide (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 26-27.
• Author & Contributor: BackworldTraveller