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Date Posted: 15:22:01 02/20/05 Sun
Author: Alan Yngve
Subject: Re: Routing and AFV Questions
In reply to: RobT 's message, "Routing and AFV Questions" on 10:00:42 02/20/05 Sun

RobT asks a bunch of questions:
>Can a unit route past available cover and finish in
>open ground and in successive turns continue to route
>to a leader as long as no enemy unit can see them? In
>other words, the rules say the routing unit "must"
>seek cover but does not say when or how far that cover
>can be.

The SL rules say the unit must rout to the "closest cover"
(paraphrase of 13.43). Not until GI are units permitted to
rout beyond that initial cover hex.

>Can a leader ever rally any units in open ground? The
>rules do not actually say no but its obvious to me
>they can't, my opponent disagrees.

Yes, a leader may attempt to rally a broken unit that
happens to be in an open ground hex while it routs to
the nearest cover.

>Does a leader provide his leadership modifier in the
>advance fire phase if he moves to another hex (stacked
>with a squad)?

Yes.

>Does a leader modify infantry fire in the advance fire
>phase if he did not move with the firing infantry?

As long as a leader has not directed fire in the turn yet
he may do so in the advancing fire phase. Firepower is
always determined based on other rules (moving, etc.).

>Here is a weird one. Tanks block LOS like a wall.
>The rules say a wreck provides a hull down advantage
>to AFV's behind the wreck when fire crosses the wrecks
>outline. Wouldn't this also apply to non wrecked
>AFV's?

No, it does not. Rule written this way to avoid some
oddities where a functioning AFV could block an LOS even
though the LOS to the blocking AFV was itself blocked.

>Also, if an AFV in a hull downed position (due to a
>wreck) can be fired at, it seems the hulled down tank
>could not fire back because the wreck/avf acts like
>a wall on the opposite side of the hex? This is in
>contrast to the if fired upon, one can fire back rule.

This is covered by the EXCEPTION in rule 32.3 ... the
adjacent tank/wreck never blocks LOS from an adjacent hex.

>Thanks for the usual help. Keep on SL'ing.

Absolutely! :-)

-- Alan

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