OBA Question

[Mongo5486]

In prep fire the SR goes off board. What is the procedure in the DFPH?

 

[Eagle4ty]

Retain or attempt to retain contact, place AR in LOS, check for accuracy, make a mandatory (full) correction if necessary [EXC: If AR placed on PRH, may also attempt to convert to FFE1 which may or may not require an extra chit draw].

 

[klasmalmstrom]

If correction is mandatory there is no chance for accuracy, IIRC. So it's usually better to cancel the SR and start with a new AR.

 

[Mongo5486]

Thank you.

 

[Mister T]

So it's usually better to cancel the SR and start with a new AR.

It would be generally better to keep the current fire mission running in order not to waste one of these precious black chits (EXC: if scenario is very short or you have a confortable US-like draw pile).

 

[klasmalmstrom]

It would be generally better to keep the current fire mission running in order not to waste one of these precious black chits (EXC: if scenario is very short or you have a confortable US-like draw pile).

But Cancelling an SR and placing a new AR does not cancel the Fire Mision.

C1.336 He may voluntarily Cancel the SR, and may also attempt to place an AR (followed by a new SR) as per 1.3-.31 (including situations when, disregarding SMOKE, he has no LOS to the SR but can see a Known (to him) enemy unit in a non-Aerial Location in/adjacent-to the SR hex); or,


C1.35 CANCELLED SR/FFE: Any Cancellation of a FFE immediately ends that Fire Mission and causes the removal of that FFE counter from onboard. In addition, Cancelling a FFE:1/2 necessitates regaining Battery Access at the start of a subsequent friendly PFPh/DFPh before a new AR can be placed for that battery. Cancelling a SR does not end a Fire Mission, but causes the removal of that SR counter.

 

[von Marwitz]

This OBA stuff...

The scenario is probably over in any case before I have grokked when a Fire Mission is over or not and when Loss of Contact is considered Voluntary or not. ?

von Marwitz

 

[Mister T]

Cancelling a SR does not end a Fire Mission, but causes the removal of that SR counter.

Good to know, so few people read the OBA rules...

 

[Larry]

Good to know, so few people read the OBA rules...

Because we rely on the chart.