(02-19-2020, 05:47 AM)plloyd1010 Wrote: If the tanks are in an assault hex, yes. They must exit, and are subject to the free shot. (What? 2-3 points.)
If not in an assault hex, no. (Though I think they should.)
What would the free shot be?
The rules say that a Gun without DF has a 1 for defensive fire in Assault--- but mortars do not have an ATTACK DF for assault...
so--what would the factors be?
12.42 Minimum StrengthEach combat unit that has no direct fire factor (such as limbered artillery or mortars, but not unarmed transports) has an assault combat strength of 1.
12.12 Exiting a Hex
If, during a given action segment, ALL of a player's combat units exit an assault hex (leaving no combat units to guard their retreat), then ALL the exiting units (not just the last unit to leave) may be assaulted by the enemy units in the assault hex using the Assault Table. This is a "free shot." The units attacking the exiting units do not have to activate, don't have a Moved/Fired marker placed on them when they fire, and can fire even if they have a Moved/Fired marker on them already. The firing units attack all the exiting units as a group with one dice roll, and no negative column modifiers apply (positive column modifiers apply normally). The exiting units may not fire.
So one would have to interpret that the "1" assault combat strength of the mortar is enough to provide a free shot---it is not restricted?....
So that would mean it(the mortar platoon) could INITIATE combat against said demoralized tanks
with a "1" (and officer+and in Woods without infantry+enemy demoralized) on the "9" column?
REEEAAALLLLYYY?....what are they doing -- throwing the mortar shells at the tanks...sigh
....this troubles me....
