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Hi all,
In another thread there was a debate about what happens to an Infantry/Cavalry unit which enters a frigid Water Obstacle.
Does such a unit break in addition to be replaced by a lesser quality one?
Here are the rules involved.
But I find the A19.13 wording for the least misleading, as it is referred to by some other rule paragraphs : Replacement process should be separated from the breaking aspect.
What do you think?
In another thread there was a debate about what happens to an Infantry/Cavalry unit which enters a frigid Water Obstacle.
Does such a unit break in addition to be replaced by a lesser quality one?
Here are the rules involved.
B20.7 FRIGID/FROZEN ... If Infantry/Cavalry units enter a frigid Water Obstacle without a bridge they are Replaced by the next lower Class unit or Disrupted as per A19.12-13 or Casualty Reduced if incapable of both Replacement and Disruption (e.g., heroic or unarmed units).
I considered that the unit should break (as the description of Replacement includes the breaking of the unit), but benj pointed that in the case of Ammo Shortage (A19.131) clearly implies that a Replaced unit due to Ammo Shortage is not broken - with of course an exception.A19.13 REPLACEMENT: An unbroken Personnel unit which fails a MC by an amount > its ELR is immediately Replaced by a broken Personnel unit of lesser quality but the same size.
Another argument in favour of not breaking the unit is the Index definition, which doesn't speak of breaking.19.131 AMMUNITION SHORTAGES: Unit Replacement can also occur if a SSR cites a side's on board OB as being afflicted by Ammunition Shortages, in which case any MMC of that side which rolls an Original 12 DR on the IFT while using its Inherent FP suffers Unit Replacement after the attack which caused it is resolved. Any MMC subject to, but incapable of, further quality loss is broken after resolution of the attack, unless berserk.
So I tend now to think that infantry/cavalry entering a frigid Water Obstacle is not systematically broken (unless the exceptions cited in the rules kick in).Replacement (the changing of a Personnel unit to another Personnel unit with at least one lesser number in one Strength Factor and no greater number in any other Strength Factor; an MMC's Class must also decrease)
But I find the A19.13 wording for the least misleading, as it is referred to by some other rule paragraphs : Replacement process should be separated from the breaking aspect.
What do you think?