Date Posted:19:03:09 11/27/05 Sun Author: Alan Yngve Subject: Re: Help W/ Rule questions In reply to:
Mike F
's message, "Help W/ Rule questions" on 14:33:37 11/25/05 Fri
Hi Mike!
Mike F asks:
>A halftrack loaded with a crew squad towing an AT Gun
>at begining of movement phase unloads the crew and AT
>gun.
>
>An ememy AFV has a clear LOS to the Unloading hex. IF
>the enemy AFV shoots at the halftrack and destroys it
>is the crew and AT gun destroyed as well?
Depends ... on what has happened by the time the enemy
AFV decides to fire. Note that a crew must be present in
the hex to hitch/unhitch the ATG, rule 48.63.
Some details.
1) If the enemy AFV fires as soon as the HT expends its
first MP in the hex, both crew and ATG will be destroyed
along with the HT.
2) If the enemy AFV fires after the crew has unloaded (2 MP
for the HT), then the crew will have become a separate
target and would not be eliminated with the HT (although
they would need to pass an NMC per rule 32.5).
3) If the enemy AFV fires before the full (half of MP) cost
of unloading has been expended, then the ATG is destroyed
along with the HT. After that point both the crew and ATG
would have been unloaded.
>Can a Leader add his leadership modifier to the fire
>of a squad in the advance fire phase if he did not
>move with the squad during the movement phase but
>moved into the same hex as the firing squad who also
>moved in the movement phase?
Yes, as long as the leader did not direct any other fire
during the Prep Fire or Advancing Fire phases.
>And last but not least can a squad fire a support
>weapon being unloaded from a halftrack with 4 or more
>portage points?
Not during that Advancing Fire Phase. Squad has to portage
the SW to remove them from the HT, so this would violate
rule 5.74.
