Increase in the Smoke Exponant

purdyrc

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Chapter H (section 1.22 I think) states that any elite unit can be desingated by SSR as being an Assault Engineer. It also says that being so designated raises that MMC's smoke exponant by 2. Does this rule apply only to DYO scenarios, or is it applicable to all scenarios with designated Assault Engineers? Keep in mind that this would raise the German 8-3-8 MMC's smoke to a factor of 5!

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me with this.

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That's the way I've always played it. Some scenario SSRs even tell you to use the Chapter H rule (IIRC). Also the only way for the Russians to have infantry smoke with their own Aslt Eng.

Just throw conscripts at the 838s, they'll run in panic, 5 exponent and all. :D
 
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They must be designated as Assault Engineers in SSR though, just being mentioned in the OB as being Assault Engineers is not enough.

It seems pretty weird though, that 838 in RB CG are Assault Engineers, but not those in the RB scenarios...
 

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... and one could question the fact that the "Assault Engineers" smoke exponent modification is thusly hidden in chap H.
It is so often present in SSRs - referring to chapter H more or less - it ought to have been added to the smoke chapter of chapter A...
 

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Talking about Assault Engineers... does this increased exponent apply to HS?
:hmmm:
In that case they would be the only HSs having smoke capacity.
 

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HS never have smoke grenade capacity - neither do leaders...
I bet that when a squad splits, one half has the grenades and the other the instructions.
And leaders won't touch such messy things.:laugh:
 
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