TankDawg
Member
The question has been asked: What happens if PRC of a vehicle in Bypass of a
Fortified Building Location (occupied by a Good Order unpinned armed enemy
squad) unload/bailout/survive destruction of their vehicle?
The answer is that the ex-PRC are "in the terrain of the vehicle's CAFP for
purposes of any Defensive First Fire vs them. Immediately after all such
First Fire is resolved" (D6.5), they are forced back per A12.15-.151 to the
last Location previously occupied by its vehicle that the Infantry unit
could enter in a MPh; if no such Location exists, it is eliminated.
The appropriate section of D6.5 specifically references A12.151, directly
leading to this interpretation. This is perhaps not crystal clear in the
rules. D6.5 discusses Survival only in the context of the MPh; one must
extrapolate that the same result obtains in other phases, the more so
because D5.6 does not have any mechanism for handling Survival of a vehicle
in bypass. Elimination in the absence of any possible place to enter during
the MPh also has to be extrapolated from the rules, but is the straightest
possible extrapolation.
It is understandable how a reasonable person might think otherwise. The
mechanics of unloading while in bypass were certainly not designed with
Fortified Building Locations in mind. Nonetheless, the rules do seem to
cover (mostly) these situations, and this interpretation does not seem to
lead to any more weirdness than is already countenanced by the general rule
for bouncing out Infantry that enters a Fortified Building Location in
bypass only to discover that it contains a GO, unpinned armed enemy squad.
(Which, BTW, would apply to units broken in bypass as well.)
I don't see the need for any errata.
....Perry
Fortified Building Location (occupied by a Good Order unpinned armed enemy
squad) unload/bailout/survive destruction of their vehicle?
The answer is that the ex-PRC are "in the terrain of the vehicle's CAFP for
purposes of any Defensive First Fire vs them. Immediately after all such
First Fire is resolved" (D6.5), they are forced back per A12.15-.151 to the
last Location previously occupied by its vehicle that the Infantry unit
could enter in a MPh; if no such Location exists, it is eliminated.
The appropriate section of D6.5 specifically references A12.151, directly
leading to this interpretation. This is perhaps not crystal clear in the
rules. D6.5 discusses Survival only in the context of the MPh; one must
extrapolate that the same result obtains in other phases, the more so
because D5.6 does not have any mechanism for handling Survival of a vehicle
in bypass. Elimination in the absence of any possible place to enter during
the MPh also has to be extrapolated from the rules, but is the straightest
possible extrapolation.
It is understandable how a reasonable person might think otherwise. The
mechanics of unloading while in bypass were certainly not designed with
Fortified Building Locations in mind. Nonetheless, the rules do seem to
cover (mostly) these situations, and this interpretation does not seem to
lead to any more weirdness than is already countenanced by the general rule
for bouncing out Infantry that enters a Fortified Building Location in
bypass only to discover that it contains a GO, unpinned armed enemy squad.
(Which, BTW, would apply to units broken in bypass as well.)
I don't see the need for any errata.
....Perry