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Started by Big Insect, 21 April 2019, 08:15:22 PM

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Big Insect


Happy to add an option for the Panzer iii to have schurzen from 1943 to the PDF list update - thanks

Hits and Suppression: This always confuses me, let alone anybody else ... but T Square is correct.

I was trying to think of a situation where either Hits or Suppression might be carried over to the next turn, but cannot contrive one. Even with Opportunity Fire or Response Fire or Initiative actions that occurs in the Active Players turn they all result in Hits and Suppression in the Active players turn..
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Dr Dave

So just to clarify:
1. The active player fires his tank
2. in inactive player uses opportunity fire back
3. opp fire supresses the active players tank
4. the active player makes no more command rolls for that formation and his turn ends then
5. the active player removes his suppression - so the suppression has no effect?  :-


Big Insect

03 May 2019, 07:23:15 PM #77 Last Edit: 03 May 2019, 07:27:14 PM by Big Insect
Ok

Page 21 in BKCII - "In game terms, units that become suppressed cannot do anything in their turn and suppressed command units may not issue any orders. Troops recover automatically from suppression at the end of their turn".

This is the same in CWC (Page 21)

This is the same in FWC (Page 23)

Page 36 in BKCIV - "In game terms, units that become suppressed cannot do anything in their turn and command units may only issue orders at a significant disadvantage. Troops recover automatically from suppression at the end of their turn".

So, aside from now allowing suppressed commanders to issue orders at a significant disadvantage (see Page 22, you get a -2 if your Commander is suppressed) there is no change to how this works between all 4 core sets of rules.

So back to your example:

"So just to clarify:
1. The active player fires his tank
2. in inactive player uses opportunity fire back
3. opp fire suppresses the active players tank
4. the active player makes no more command rolls for that formation and his turn ends then
5. the active player removes his suppression - so the suppression has no effect  ... "

No ...
1). it stops the suppressed tank from firing back at the tank that fired opportunity fire against it, in further turns in this game turn
2). it can no longer move to cover, in the remaining turns of this game turn

If however the scenario is altered slightly it looks like this:
1. The active player fires his tank and hits the inactive players tank and suppresses it (the inactive players tank now cannot opportunity fire)
2. The active player makes no more command rolls for that formation and his turn ends then
3. the active player removes his suppression, but the inactive players suppression remain
4. at the start of the previously inactive players turn, the previously suppressed tank remains suppressed and can therefore take no part in the next set of turns
5. at the end of the (now) Active players turn, the tank that was previously suppressed removes suppression.

Does all that make sense ... it is the way the Suppression mechanism has always worked

Cheers
Mark
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Dr Dave

Yes. You're right. Just checked and that's how we play it anyway.

Big Insect

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Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

The procedure outlined is why I use those fiddly red/yellow markers, if the yellow side is showing then it's off at the end of the turn. Otherwise I always lose track.

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AJ at the Bank

Just starting to read the new rules -

Turned to the first army list - American Army, Far East..


Q: - Why do Trucks carry 2 units here please ...or is this an error please?


Thanks

AJ
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fred.

Trucks in BKC carry 2 units as standard.

It's only some of the smaller vehicles that have 1 transport capacity.
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Thanks Fred -

So Officially - this is an error in all Army lists - all trucks are 'Transport (2)'?
Even those tiny Italian ones?
AJ
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Ithoriel

Just been looking at some of images of Soviet troops packed into GAZ trucks, maybe Transport (2) isn't that generous :)

If a stand of infantry is a platoon, then a stand of trucks is several trucks. I'd happily assume more small trucks or fewer bigger ones per stand for the convenience of "a truck is a truck is a truck."
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Steve J

In BKCII trucks carry only one unit as far as I can see. In CWC they could carry two IIRC.

AJ at the Bank

Correct Steve -
In BKCII .....things carried 1 unit......
hence asking why in BKCIV certain trucks can now carry 2 units ...or this is an error ....Or...ALL trucks now carry 2 units

Official clarification v helpful at this point please
Adam
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Big Insect

Unless stated all Trucks carry 2 units - it is allow for the issues that you can get with a unit of infantry and an infantry support unit are in the same truck.
Exceptions will be listed (a piece of errata)

NB: The Italian list is under a bit of a rework as most of the tanks/tankettes should be low profile (as should a number of the IGs) and the smaller trucks should only carry 1 unit.

There are other special exceptions like in the Dutch East Indies list where the half-tracks (well they are actually armoured trucks) would tow a gun and carry the gun crew + an infantry unit at the same time - and no doubt other exceptions will occur.

The intention in allowing BKCIV trucks to carry 2 units is also to bring all the Commander rules more in-line with each other.
So APCs can carry 2 units (or 1 infantry & infantry support or a towed gun + an infantry unit) whilst IFVs can only carry 1 unit.

Infantry upgrades take up no space in a vehicle

Thanks
Mark
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Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

Of course in play we certainly almost always use 1 base = 1 Vehicle. Makes life a lot easier.

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Initiative Phase Errata - (p20)

The Initiative Phase rules on p20 should refer to the new Sniper Special Ability on p79, as an exception to the rule that Command Units do use Initiative.

 
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