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I probably knew this back in the day but I couldn't find a specific wording for the two situation below. Mr Honus and I are pounding away at each other in Sowchos 79 (U28 - Turning of the Tide)
Item 1 A tank is an FFE Blast Area and wants to start up and change its VCA before leaving the hex.
Reading C1.51 it notes that a unit in a hex is only attacked "...that is changing position (or becomes vulnerable) within a Blast Area hex if the unit/stack is becoming more vulnerable to the IFE that it was in its immediate-previous position...,snip...."
Examples go on to reference location changes in building hexes, choosing WA by exiting a building, etc., but no mention of VCA changes or Start MP expenditure triggering an OBA attack.
Reference the below screen shot
1) the KV-1 in L5 could start up for 1 MP and move out of the Blast Area without triggering an attack.
2) the two T-34 M41s using Platoon Movement (3K4-K5) could also start and change VCA within their starting hexes without becoming more vulnerable and therefore no OBA attack would take place.
3) Tank E could then move K3 without an attack but tank F moving from K5 to K4 would be attacked by the OBA.
Am I missing any clarifications or errata?
Item 2 - Somewhere in the back of my mind I seem to recall that a tracked vehicle can drive into a hex with an unmanned gun and simply destroy it (driving over the gun trails). Am I remembering this correctly?
Item 1 A tank is an FFE Blast Area and wants to start up and change its VCA before leaving the hex.
Reading C1.51 it notes that a unit in a hex is only attacked "...that is changing position (or becomes vulnerable) within a Blast Area hex if the unit/stack is becoming more vulnerable to the IFE that it was in its immediate-previous position...,snip...."
Examples go on to reference location changes in building hexes, choosing WA by exiting a building, etc., but no mention of VCA changes or Start MP expenditure triggering an OBA attack.
Reference the below screen shot
1) the KV-1 in L5 could start up for 1 MP and move out of the Blast Area without triggering an attack.
2) the two T-34 M41s using Platoon Movement (3K4-K5) could also start and change VCA within their starting hexes without becoming more vulnerable and therefore no OBA attack would take place.
3) Tank E could then move K3 without an attack but tank F moving from K5 to K4 would be attacked by the OBA.
Am I missing any clarifications or errata?
Item 2 - Somewhere in the back of my mind I seem to recall that a tracked vehicle can drive into a hex with an unmanned gun and simply destroy it (driving over the gun trails). Am I remembering this correctly?
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