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RE: Wadi and Gully
This "two hex" sighting has been a bit of a problem for me. I was brought up on the idea that once the sight line between the lower and higher was interfered with the LOS was gone. (It is called a "Military Crest" for a reason!) In short, once there is an elevation line between the shooter and the target, the LOS is gonzo! To me this makes sense and makes "sighting" more realistic (and easier). However, the wisdom of "those who write/decipher the rules" have decreed that the elevation lines don't "really interfere" with the LOS. (That left me scratching my head AND attempting to rethink my every sight/move/shot under the "new" guidelines.... which I didn't mind.... BUT I had to relearn at least ten years of tactics as a result of.)
For your particular "reading" of the rule(s), you are in a gully and your LOS should end once the target is back from the gully's edge (indicated by an "elevation line" the unit are out of sight from one another. This is how it is in the real world AND how it should be! Taken further, it should be that way.... see the first paragraph above, in ALL circumstances of "elevation line between target and shooter".
So, while I believe that you are correct in your thinking/summation of the conundrum, the "powers that be" (for ease of on-line play, at the least) have it the "easier" way. (i.e. shoot from a hex back from the Military Crest.) It makes zero sense to me, but I play it that way in order to have opponents "on line".
I have noticed that the "readings" of the rules tend toward making it "easier" for the players to accomplish what it is that they wish to accomplish. See the most recent arguments about "TOT", as an example. Everyone seems to want to "shoot the hell" out of their opponent with their Arty and it doesn't "go that way" in real life... at least NOT to the extent that the TOT rules argument is going.
I spent twenty years of my life in the Marines, in Intelligence, so while I am not the best source of "rule readings", I try to keep things within the Logical Bounds of that lifetime of understanding and knowledge. I only put up with some of the "illogicalities" of the game to keep opponents. You must do the same.
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