[Rules] Assault on dug in units

[Grognard Gunny]

Rule 16.2 mentions a defensive modifier but there seems to be no other reference to this in the rules, except for 12.41. I brought up this very point some months ago and we left it with a view that although a unit is dug in.... there is no defensive "advantage" other than first fire when under assault. I, personally, believe that there IS a defensive advantage to being "dug in" and so I play it with a minus one for the assault. (Otherwise why "dig in"?)

Under 12.41, para 2, it states, "Negative column modifiers for dug-in units (16.2) only benefit defending units which are actually dug in." That makes two references to this "defensive modifier".

Despite the thoroughness of the rules, there ARE a couple of omissions/confusions/contradictory passages in them. Since these are NOT corrected, other than by the forum, one must make up one's own mind as to what is "right" (Read: Logical). If you are playing solitaire this "solution" suffices, if you are playing on line or FTF,  that opens a whole new can of worms.

These are known as "house rules" and even the most "rules bound" stalwarts have them.

GG