Re: Switching spotters for artillery bombardment
Not an expert on this but I'll have a go:
1) Yes. This is especially effective when particular spotters have "eyes on" the target hexes and others don't; w/o LOS the bombardment will scatter. In your example B0 will continue spotting for W0 and W1.
2) Yes. You can often use even low-artillery-value combat "0" units to shift fires so that if they have LOS and the original spotter doesn't you get the benefit of more accurate arty fire. In your case C0 now becomes the spotter for W0 battery.
3) Probably yes. As in 2) above I've switched to up-front combat units to take over spotting responsibilities w/o shifting after the original high-value spotter had earlier plotted the strike(s) to land one (or two) turns later. When that happens and the squad leader maintains his LOS to the target hex the round(s) always seem to fall on or near the target. So your brave C0 guy can take over from discreet B0 w/o penalty AFAIK.
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