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A8.312 TPBF: An armed, unbroken Infantry DEFENDER not in Melee must after all Residual-FP/minefield/OBA attacks then immediately attack any Infantry/Cavalry MMC unit that enters its Location during the MPh whether it uses Defensive First Fire, Subsequent First Fire, or FPF [EXC: A SMC with a MG/IFE already marked with a First Fire counter may not use Subsequent First Fire or FPF because it cannot use Sustained Fire; 9.3]. See also OVR; D7.2. All such FPF and any Defensive/ Subsequent First Fire must be combined into one Mandatory FG (7.55).
A12.151 Bypass ...Any AFV using VBM in the hex can be attacked using Reaction Fire (D7.2).
D7.2 REACTION FIRE: Reaction Fire is conducted during the MPh by the DEFENDER, who uses it to attack a vehicle in that DEFENDER'S (or, if using Street Fighting [7.211], in an allowed ADJACENT) Location. There are two types of Reaction Fire: CC Reaction Fire (7.21), which is resolved on the CCT; and Non-CC Reaction Fire (7.22), which is resolved on a TK Table or the IFT and which can be used only vs an OVR.
1a. Does the reference in A8.312 that directs readers to D7.2 mean that all fire by Infantry vs a vehicle moving in its Location/hex is a form of Reaction Fire?D7.22 NON-CC REACTION FIRE: Each unbroken DEFENDER unit in an OVR Location and not beneath a CC/Melee counter may conduct Non-CC Reaction Fire within (and up to the limits of) its present capabilities, using TPBF/ordnance/FT/Thrown-DC in the normal manner vs that OVRing vehicle [EXC: if that DEFENDER is marked with a Final Fire counter, see 7.221; if it possesses a Gun that is marked with a fire counter, see 7.23; if it is pinned, see A7.81]. A Gun must change its CA to coincide with that of the OVRing vehicle's VGA before it can fire, but TH Cases A and E are NA. A Reaction Fire ordnance hit or FT/DC attack vs an OVRing AFV automatically strikes (or is Thrown through; C7.346) that AFV's rear Target Facing. MOL cannot be used with/as TPBF if that DEFENDER, or any Gun it possesses, is marked with a First/Final/Intensive/No Fire counter. For TPBF vs an OT AFV, see also A7.211.
b. If not, where do the rules make a distinction between "ordinary" Defensive First Fire and Reaction Fire where Infantry fire on a vehicle moving in its Location/hex?
2a. Given that A12.151 allows Reaction Fire vs a vehicle using VBM, should D7.22 include an exception for vehicles using VBM in a DEFENDER's hex?
b. Or should A12.151 be amended to read "CC Reaction Fire."