(11-17-2019, 09:49 PM)leonard Wrote: All of this does not mention the poor effect of indirect fire weapons on the battlefield regarding « combat movement » and « demoralized units enforced fleeing »...
Leonard---I'm not sure I catch your drift here.....
The 88mm High velocity anti-Aircraft gun....would NOT impact combat movement/demoralized fleeing units (Unlike the 75mm Infantry gun) because
the 88 MAY NOT direct fire---where the 75mm can..... The 88mm can impact AFV...but not infantry that it can see..... and infantry that is demoralized does not have
to flee either, right?...... So a battery of 88mm AA guns on a hill can not stop infantry approaching it sans combat leadership because it cannot direct fire at the
infanty--thus "cannot hurt them" applies (page 1 of rules under movement).....
A 37mm AT can direct fire (3 hexes--but it can).... so infantry without officers has to stop at 4hexes, as they can be hurt....
But, if you're attacking a battery of 88mm guns---with a few stacks of infantry units, even without officers---it would seem you can approach in the open.....
anybody who didn't get suppressed by Bombardment (the only Anti infantry fire available to the High velocity 88mm AA gun--) will be able to saddle up to the adjacent square and
pore in infantry fire---and no officers needed....
So--be careful where you place them if you're defending against infantry---I guess that's the lesson ---want to keep those AA guns out of Direct fire LOS, you know in trees, behind hills so infantry is slowed down as the defenseless 88mm AA guns try to bombard from forest hexes in high arcs to rain death on the infantry.....
yea.... That my take away...
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me thinks additional cogitation is in order by the assembled throngs.....
cj
