Night rules question

[Gwinnell]

Playing 218 Siberia Diversion
Does a cloaked unit loose cloaking and concealment if it attempts to move into a brush hex occupied by a HIP squad in a trench?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Jazz]

Why isn't this in the rules subforum?

Moving it there.

 

[jrv]

Does a cloaked unit loose cloaking and concealment if it attempts to move into a brush hex occupied by a HIP squad in a trench?

An infantry/non-charging cavalry unit/stack that attempts to enter a Location containing a concealed enemy unit/stack invokes A12.15 (in general; see also G.4, and cases such as berserk, human wave, bypass, etc.). The moving stack is bumped back to its previous Location and at least one defender unit loses its concealment. HIP for the defender and cloak for the moving unit are just forms of concealment. The trench is not revealed at night as the enemy unit did not truly enter the Location [E1.16].

If the defender had been a halfsquad the attacker might have invoked HS infantry OVR [W7.6], but that's not the case here.

JR

 

[Eagle4ty]

Playing 218 Siberia Diversion
Does a cloaked unit loose cloaking and concealment if it attempts to move into a brush hex occupied by a HIP squad in a trench?

Thanks in advance.

If the squad in the trench is an enemy unit, yes; why not (E1.6, E1.31 & A12.121)? A trench is not a separate location (and a pillox that is a separate location is called out specifically as only requiring an enemy unit entering its hex, though in that case the moving unit could stay in the hex).