Bill Kohler
Senior Member
For each situation below, does the vehicle face a possible minefield attack as it leaves the hex?
(a) A fully tracked AFV drives into an open ground minefield hex creating a partial TB as it does so. It survives the "entering a minefield" risk (B28.42), stops, re-starts in reverse, and backs out of the minefield along its partial TB.
--No.
(b) Same situation as (a) only, instead of stopping and reversing, the AFV remains non-stopped, changes its VCA 180 degrees, and drives forward out of the hex back along its own partial TB.
--No.
(c) A TB counter exists across an open ground minefield hex. A fully tracked AFV drives along this TB into the hex, remains non-stopped, changes its VCA 180 degrees, and drives back out of the hex through the same hexside that it entered by.
--No.
(d) Two TB counters co-exist in an open ground minefield hex. A fully tracked AFV drives along one TB into the hex, changes its VCA, and drives forward out of the hex through a hexside covered by the other TB marker.
--Yes.
(e) Would the answers to (c) or (d) change if the vehicle were a plain truck.
--No.
....Perry
MMP
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Just FYI, I also included the following paragraph when I submitted the question:
Background:
--TBs are defined in the rules relative to Woods hexes (B13.421).
--Units using Woods TBs are restricted by the "one-way direction rules" of one-lane bridges (B13.4212), and presumably this includes the B6.431 restriction that prevents a vehicle from turning about on a TB.
--B13.4211 says if multiple TBs exist within a hex, a unit can't enter by one TB and exit by another TB.
--The concept of TBs, however, is also used for minefields (B24.74).
--B28.42 says minefield attacks on vehicles happen only on entry and exit of the minefield hex: VCA changes do not trigger minefield attacks.
(a) A fully tracked AFV drives into an open ground minefield hex creating a partial TB as it does so. It survives the "entering a minefield" risk (B28.42), stops, re-starts in reverse, and backs out of the minefield along its partial TB.
--No.
(b) Same situation as (a) only, instead of stopping and reversing, the AFV remains non-stopped, changes its VCA 180 degrees, and drives forward out of the hex back along its own partial TB.
--No.
(c) A TB counter exists across an open ground minefield hex. A fully tracked AFV drives along this TB into the hex, remains non-stopped, changes its VCA 180 degrees, and drives back out of the hex through the same hexside that it entered by.
--No.
(d) Two TB counters co-exist in an open ground minefield hex. A fully tracked AFV drives along one TB into the hex, changes its VCA, and drives forward out of the hex through a hexside covered by the other TB marker.
--Yes.
(e) Would the answers to (c) or (d) change if the vehicle were a plain truck.
--No.
....Perry
MMP
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Just FYI, I also included the following paragraph when I submitted the question:
Background:
--TBs are defined in the rules relative to Woods hexes (B13.421).
--Units using Woods TBs are restricted by the "one-way direction rules" of one-lane bridges (B13.4212), and presumably this includes the B6.431 restriction that prevents a vehicle from turning about on a TB.
--B13.4211 says if multiple TBs exist within a hex, a unit can't enter by one TB and exit by another TB.
--The concept of TBs, however, is also used for minefields (B24.74).
--B28.42 says minefield attacks on vehicles happen only on entry and exit of the minefield hex: VCA changes do not trigger minefield attacks.
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