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Date Posted: 08:23:55 11/22/02 Fri
Author: Alan Yngve
Subject: Tactics (was: Broken Units in a Halftrack)
In reply to: Ron 's message, "Re: Broken Units in a Halftrack" on 13:06:24 11/20/02 Wed

Ron writes:
>Thanks for helping, Alan.
>
>You've clarified my understanding of what is a
>route-able "non-open hex" and when a unit can board a
>halftrack.

Glad it helped. Some interesting tactical decisions sometimes come up when using troops mounted on halftracks.

>The situation occurred when playing the "gimme that
>map" scenario. The halftrack with a broken leader and
>an unbroken squad had to toss out the leader so that
>it could move past an enemy unit to get off the board
>in order to meet the victory conditions. Its amusing
>to think what the social dynamic was inside the
>vehicle for this event to take place.
Yes, I bet! :-)

Folks should consider when and whether HT passengers should be "CE." Except in the case where the HT must move past an adjacent hex with a two-level height advantage (generally a multi-story building or a cliff hexside), those HT passengers are not exposed to enemy fire unless they choose to be.

At the SL level they only need to be CE when they fire, they will only be CE in the enemy fire phase following their own firing or in the hex immediately before an overrun combat. And both of these choices are optional. An HT with passengers _can_ move through an enemy occupied hex without making an overrun attack.

At the CoI level (and beyond) the passengers in an HT (or crew of any AFV) must change their status (to CE or to BU) either sometime during the Movement Phase or during the advance phase. Again, choosing to be CE is entirely optional, per the player's decision.

So, while playing Lars Clausen's "Gimme That Map" there should have been an option to just keep the heads down and drive straight for the board edge. Unless there were other issues, like an enemy infantry unit standing in the road that needed to be eliminated so that following trucks could drive through the hex! :-)

-- Alan (SLer on VASL)

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