Leadership senior moment

[JimWhite]

Can a leader direct a squad's inherent FP against one Location and also direct that same squad firing a BAZ against another Location in the same phase?

 

[jrv]

Can a leader direct a squad's inherent FP against one Location and also direct that same squad firing a BAZ against another Location in the same phase?

No, a leader may direct only one FG/weapon per phase [A7.53].

JR

 

[JimWhite]

No, a leader may direct only one FG/weapon per phase [A7.53].

JR

I knew that...LOL

 

[fzmann]

Let me ask the question in a slightly different manner:
A leader directs MG fire in the prep fire phase, and the MG keeps rate. Lacking other desirable targets, can the prep fire player mark the MG (and the leader) with an opportunity fire marker and fire again in the advancing fire phase using both the MG and the leader?

 

[klasmalmstrom]

A leader directs MG fire in the prep fire phase, and the MG keeps rate. Lacking other desirable targets, can the prep fire player mark the MG (and the leader) with an opportunity fire marker and fire again in the advancing fire phase using both the MG and the leader?

No.

A3.5:
3.5 ADVANCING FIRE PHASE (AFPh): The ATTACKER’s units which did not fire in the PFPh or attempt to perform a task requiring TI status may fire at half FP (see C.4 for ordnance/vehicular fire) [EXC: FT/MOL/DC (22-23) and Opportunity Firers (7.25) attack at full strength]. Remove all Prep Fire and Bounding Fire counters at the end of this phase.

 

[jrv]

Let me ask the question in a slightly different manner:
A leader directs MG fire in the prep fire phase, and the MG keeps rate. Lacking other desirable targets, can the prep fire player mark the MG (and the leader) with an opportunity fire marker and fire again in the advancing fire phase using both the MG and the leader?

A7.25: a unit may not have fired (or become TI) before being marked with Opp Fire.

JR

 

[fzmann]

Ok, that is clear enough. In other words, rate must be exhausted in the fire phase it was first used...
Edit: and leadership can only be used once
Edit 2: or the still eligible MG (due to rate) can fire in advancing fire but at half FP?

 

[jrv]

Ok, that is clear enough. In other words, rate must be exhausted in the fire phase it was first used...

There are several ways this is true. Per A7.1, no unit may fire in more than one fire phase per Player Turn. A.15 allows a unit to fire in the (enemy) MPh & DFPh, and a vehicle that keeps ROF during its (friendly) MPh may fire again (once) in the AFPh [D3.32], but these two exceptions do not contradict A7.1 because the (enemy or friendly) MPh is not a fire phase. If a unit were able to fire in both the Prep Fire Phase and the Advance Fire Phase, that would contradict A7.1.

JR

 

[fzmann]

There are several ways this is true. Per A7.1, no unit may fire in more than one fire phase per Player Turn. A.15 allows a unit to fire in the (enemy) MPh & DFPh, and a vehicle that keeps ROF during its (friendly) MPh may fire again (once) in the AFPh [D3.32], but these two exceptions do not contradict A7.1 because the (enemy or friendly) MPh is not a fire phase. If a unit were able to fire in both the Prep Fire Phase and the Advance Fire Phase, that would contradict A7.1.

JR

JR, thanks for the 7.1 citation.

 

[tipsyweasel]

A leader can direct subsets of the original FG for subsequent shots, but not supersets.

 

[jrv]

A leader can direct subsets of the original FG for subsequent shots, but not supersets.

True but in this case the second weapon (the bazooka) was ordnance and so can't form a FG.

JR