Questions About Kommissars KOM 6.6

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In FiitS #22, there was a KOM who started to move toward a stack of 3 units of BT-7 tanks involved in an Assault. The Assault broke up before the KOM reached the hex. (5 of the 6 BT steps were destroyed due to a StuGIIIB tank destroyer opposing them.)

What would the KOM do when the unit(s) he is trying to influence are destroyed? Does he move back to his original starting point? Or anywhere he wants to go (Assuming there’s no immediate need to go to another demoralized unit)?

Also, it appears that a KOM can never use the “motor pool” to go to an unit. In other words, he would have to activate a vehicle (fruck, APC or prime mover) to use it. Since KOMs are not leaders they can’t activate other units. Correct?