4th Ed Overrun attacks

[richvalle]

IMHO Assault Movement is only done to get into the enemy hex. You have to use regular, one unit at at time with at most a leader and or passenger, movement to get into that hex adjacent to the enemy held occupied hex.

The optional rule on Extended Assault, which what you are discribing, speak in terms of moving a single unit. In the Overrun rule I do see where they wrote "...AFV (S) or cavalry..." so I see where the question is coming from. However a read of the entire section still IMHO looks like you move into the adjacent hex one at at time.

When Cav do assaults it they can do it from 2 hexes out and it seems like the whole stack can attack.

Cavalry units activated by a Cavalry Leader may conduct

assault movement (12.1) from two hexes away against
a unit it can spot.

12.1 Assault Movement.

12.11 Entering a Hex.
Only activated good-order units directed by a leader of
their own type (regular or tank), or by any leader for APCs,
may enter an adjacent hex occupied by enemy units. Entry
requires a “fire” activation since combat will result, even
though it’s movement too. This is called “assault movement.”


I was extrapolating from that thinking Overrun (and Extended Assault) would be the same. Otherwise those would both be pretty weak.