Exiting Shellholes

[Robin Reeve]

About digging foxholes during a scenario, I realize that I nearly never do it.
Mostly because the timer set by the designers doesn't allow to divert time to do it - in addition to the facts that foxholes are often present in the setup OB and that they most often don't offer a real tactical advantage in the situations involved (except to pave rout paths or to mitigate Air Bursts).
This reduces the importance of the diggong entrenchment rule.

 

[ScottRomanowski]

About digging foxholes during a scenario, I realize that I nearly never do it.

I've done it rarely too, except in Q10 in scenario 181/T1 Gavin Take.

 

[Robin Reeve]

I've done it rarely too, except in Q10 in scenario 181/T1 Gavin Take.

A good reason to do it there, indeed.

 

[bendizoid]

Sometimes I dig foxholes behind certain hedges and walls. You can skulk back and forth or you can hunker down and most likely get to shoot first at point blank. Baz, Psk, PF, Demos, maybe FTs, Mols, giant firegroups, (maybe some concealed stealthy squad that can declare HtH @-1) might be rather nasty hiding back there. This is a especially nice tactic when you face overwhelming firepower. The focus is put to the hedge/wall line where firegroups are more important than brute firepower. Each extra squad that is added to the single hexes, stacking, that approach the wall will add a commensurate amount to the defenders overall effective firepower.

Example: Hex (67) M5 in HazMo 12 Foreign Legions. I like to place a Moroccan squad (Look out Gurkhas !) at start to dig a foxhole there, then it becomes a reserve.

There has been a few scenarios where it was nice to put the company lt. mortar in a foxhole, looking at as many woods hexes as possible if not on a choice 1st/2nd level hill hex then next to ‘the church steeple’ because they can’t shoot from buildings.

 

[ColinJ]

The only time I can remember digging foxholes is during CGs and then only when foxholes are a considered strategic locations. Usually no extra units in a non-CG scenario to do it.

 

[Jwil2020]

In a game designed to model infantry combat, the widespread avoidance of foxholes points to a flaw in the system.

Well said. A "flaw" that, as Wayne points out, could be remedied by a trivial fix.