Unsupported tanks behind enemy lines

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sending an AO with a scout team

This is a personal thing but even before the arty changes I push my FOOs forward as I feel the gains outweigh the risk.
For a battalion size force I often have 2-3 FOOs, if I lose one then one wiil fall back to safety but otherwise they follow the main force often having a platoon tasked with looking after them. They even fill in with scout duties as well at times in open terrain but generally if follow slightly back they can call fire down effectivly on anything that turns up. My thought is if I have spent points on arty you may as well use it to full effect which only tends to happens if you can see what you are hitting.