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>Ron asks: >>Can a broken unit in a halftrack debark into an open >>hex in the line-of-fire of an enemy unit? My >>assumption is that it can. > >Yes it can, because the halftrack (AFV) creates a +1 >DRM in the hex. See Q&A on rule 13.42 (definition of >non-open hex) copied below. > >| 13.42 May you rout through a smoke-filled hex as if >| behind a hedge or wall ? >| A. Yes - in addition, AFV's, wrecks, entrenchments, >| bunkers and roadblocks can serve to alter clear >terrain >| for purposes of determining allowable rout route and >| defensive fire vs. adjacent AFV's. {SL4-23} > >>The halftrack expends its movement points to unload >the >>broken unit during the move phase. > >If the unit is broken during the movement phase, as >defensive fire is taken per rule 16.7, then yes the >vehicle would have to expend the 2 MP for the >disembarking. > >>But in the route phase the broken unit >>would be forced to move or be eliminated. Even if it >>means moving back into the halftrack. > >A couple of issues. The broken unit could remain >"under" the halftrack until a legal rout path became >available, per the parenthetical comment after rule >13.42 in the rulebook. Which is good, because >re-entering the halftrack is not an option. Rule 31.4 >clearly limits boarding of passengers to the movement >phase. > >However, a different twist on this is rule 47.9 that >permits broken units in halftracks to remain in the >halftrack. This rule even permits the halftrack to >move, within limits. All a significant difference >from the treatment of passengers riding tanks. > >Keep an eye on those Q&A ... there are a lot of useful >answers to these "at the edge of the rules" topics! >Don't have the Q&A? A version in Word format is >available from this site, see the Beginner's Guide >page. > >Hoping that this helps? > >-- Alan (SLer on VASL)

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