Spotting enemy in a limited terrain hex from an elevated spotting hex

[Juiceman]

The issue with platoon level wargames or any large scale wargame is the “cookie cutter” approach to terrain and fields in particular, where all fields are treated equally regardless of the type of crop or the time of year.  City folk think wheat and corn are year round crops.

For vehicles, you should not have any issues spotting a vehicle in a wheat field, Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder could spot a stationary tank or medium sized gun in a wheat field, especially a platoon, battery or a company of vehicles, especially if you have a height advantage. 

Corn on the other hand is very tall depending on the time of year and should block LOS thru it but like wheat as soldiers and vehicles move thru it, they leave a trail as they compress or break the stalks and corn stalks do not bounce back like wheat or tall grass. 

Being higher up would help spot the tracks in the fields regardless of if a vehicle or infantry, especially large numbers of soldiers.

So how does that translate to wargames, well any stationary vehicle or medium sized gun in a wheat field should be spotted like open terrain, infantry limited terrain.  Corn blocks LOS regardless.  Both need to take into account the time of year, neither is limiting until the fall months right before the harvest.