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United States Army M8

Unit Counter Data
Historical Name	M8 Light Armored Car
Movement Class	Motorized
Movement Points	14
AFV Type	Open-top Armored Car
Armor Rating	1
Anti-tank Fire	2-6	2-6
Direct Fire	7-5	3-5

Overall Rating, 316 votes
5 4 3 2 1 3.51
Unit Rank: 793 of 1642

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AFV Rules Pertaining to this Unit
Vulnerable to results on the Assault Combat Chart (7.25, 7.63, ACC), and may be attacked by Anti-Tank fire (11.2, DFT). Anti-Tank fire only affects the individual unit fired upon (7.62, 11.0). AFV's are activated by tank leaders (3.2, 3.3, 5.42, 6.8). They may also be activated as part of an initial activating stack, but if activated in this way would need a tank leader in order to carry out combat movement. AFV's do not block Direct Fire (10.1). Full-strength AFV's with "armor efficiency" may make two anti-tank (AT) fire attacks per turn (either in their action segment or during opportunity fire) if they have AT fire values of 0 or more (11.2). Each unit with an AT fire value of 2 or more may fire at targets at a distance of between 100% and 150% of its printed AT range. It does so at half its AT fire value. (11.3) Efficient and non-efficient AFV's may conduct two opportunity fires per turn if using direct fire (7.44, 7.64). Units with both Direct and AT Fire values may use either type of fire in the same turn as their opportunity fire, but not both (7.22, 13.0). Units which can take opportunity fire twice per turn do not have to target the same unit both times (13.0). Demoralized AFV's are not required to flee from units that do not have AT fire values (14.3). Place a Wreck marker when an AFV is eliminated in a bridge or town hex (16.3). AFV's do not benefit from Entrenchments (16.42). AFV's may Dig In (16.2). Open-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables, but DO take step losses from X and #X results (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT). If a "2X" or "3X" result is rolled, at least one of the step losses must be taken by an open-top AFV if present. Armored Cars: These are Combat Units. They are motorized instead of mechanized. All have their own armored car leaders, who can only activate armored cars (6.85). Do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC). Reconnaissance Vehicle: 8.23 Special Spotting Powers Both foot and vehicle mounted recce units (1.2) possess two special spotting abilities. The first ability is that they can spot enemy in limiting terrain at one hex further than the TEC specifies for other units and leaders. For example, an enemy unit in town can normally be spotted at three hexes or less, but a recce unit can spot them at four hexes.Their second ability is that they can place a Spotted marker on any one enemy unit they can spot per turn, just as if the enemy unit had "blown its cover" by firing. Such Spotted markers are removed as described earlier.

AFV Rules Pertaining to this Unit

Vulnerable to results on the Assault Combat Chart (7.25, 7.63, ACC), and may be attacked by Anti-Tank fire (11.2, DFT). Anti-Tank fire only affects the individual unit fired upon (7.62, 11.0).
AFV's are activated by tank leaders (3.2, 3.3, 5.42, 6.8). They may also be activated as part of an initial activating stack, but if activated in this way would need a tank leader in order to carry out combat movement.
AFV's do not block Direct Fire (10.1).
Full-strength AFV's with "armor efficiency" may make two anti-tank (AT) fire attacks per turn (either in their action segment or during opportunity fire) if they have AT fire values of 0 or more (11.2).
Each unit with an AT fire value of 2 or more may fire at targets at a distance of between 100% and 150% of its printed AT range. It does so at half its AT fire value. (11.3)
Efficient and non-efficient AFV's may conduct two opportunity fires per turn if using direct fire (7.44, 7.64). Units with both Direct and AT Fire values may use either type of fire in the same turn as their opportunity fire, but not both (7.22, 13.0). Units which can take opportunity fire twice per turn do not have to target the same unit both times (13.0).
Demoralized AFV's are not required to flee from units that do not have AT fire values (14.3).
Place a Wreck marker when an AFV is eliminated in a bridge or town hex (16.3).
AFV's do not benefit from Entrenchments (16.42).
AFV's may Dig In (16.2).
Open-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables, but DO take step losses from X and #X results (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT). If a "2X" or "3X" result is rolled, at least one of the step losses must be taken by an open-top AFV if present.
Armored Cars: These are Combat Units. They are motorized instead of mechanized. All have their own armored car leaders, who can only activate armored cars (6.85). Do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC).
Reconnaissance Vehicle: 8.23 Special Spotting Powers Both foot and vehicle mounted recce units (1.2) possess two special spotting abilities. The first ability is that they can spot enemy in limiting terrain at one hex further than the TEC specifies for other units and leaders. For example, an enemy unit in town can normally be spotted at three hexes or less, but a recce unit can spot them at four hexes.Their second ability is that they can place a Spotted marker on any one enemy unit they can spot per turn, just as if the enemy unit had "blown its cover" by firing. Such Spotted markers are removed as described earlier.

Display Scenario List (94)

Game	Scenario	Plays	AARs	Rating
Aachen 1944	10. Hunnish Horde	3	3	4.3
Afrika 1944	7. Recon Probe	0	0	---
Afrika 1944	13. Out of Casablanca	0	0	---
Airborne - Remastered	29. Bonus Prize	1	0	4
Battle of the Bulge	7. Marnach I	18	5	3.5
Battle of the Bulge	8. Marnach II	18	4	3
Battle of the Bulge	15. Barely Holding On	10	2	3.3
Battle of the Bulge	21. Wiltz: 18 December	9	3	2.6
Battle of the Bulge	22. Wiltz: 19 December, AM	10	3	3.8
Battle of the Bulge	23. Wiltz: 19 December, PM	7	0	2.9
Battle of the Bulge	24. Team Desobry	8	2	3.1
Battle of the Bulge	25. Team Desobry II	7	1	2.8
Battle of the Bulge	26. Team Cherry	6	0	3.3
Battle of the Bulge	27. Team Desobry III	4	1	3
Battle of the Bulge	28. Marvie	14	1	3.7
Battle of the Bulge	35. Relief Attempt	4	2	2.5
Battle of the Bulge	36. Christnach	5	3	3
Battle of the Bulge	39. Grevils-Bresil	4	1	3.3
Battle of the Bulge	40. Grosbous	3	0	3
Battle of the Bulge	44. Martelange and Warnach	6	4	2.7
Battle of the Bulge	45. Bigonville	4	1	3.3
Battle of the Bulge	46. Relief at Last!	4	1	4.3
Battle of the Bulge	48. Hard Shell	5	1	4
Battle of the Bulge	49. Heiderscheid	5	1	3.8
Battle of the Bulge	51. First Attempt	3	1	3.7
Britain's Bulge	2. Festival Day: Foy-Notre-Dame, East of Dinant, Belgium	3	2	3.3
Black SS	3. Another Crack at Them	3	1	4
Cassino '44	31. Campaign One: Red Bull Across the Rapido	5	1	4.6
Dishonor Before Death	3. Roadside Evening	0	0	---
Dishonor Before Death	10. Auxais	0	0	---
Dishonor Before Death	13. Red Horse Cavalry	0	0	---
Dragon’s Teeth	22. Panzer Grenadiers	0	0	---
Elsenborn Revised	11. First Probe	0	0	---
Elsenborn Revised	12. First Assault	0	0	---
Elsenborn Revised	26. Parker's Crossroads	0	0	---
Elsenborn Ridge	9. St. Vith: First Probe	36	17	3.7
Elsenborn Ridge	10. St. Vith: First Assault	15	6	3.8
Elsenborn Ridge	26. Parker's Crossroads	8	3	3.6
Hammer & Sickle	1. Fulda Gap	0	0	---
Hammer & Sickle	6. Breakout of the War Eagles	0	0	---
Hammer & Sickle	10. Riders on the Storm	1	1	4
Hammer & Sickle	11. Mainz Counterattack	0	0	---
Hammer & Sickle	14. Battle Royale	0	0	---
Hammer & Sickle	15. Through a Goose	0	0	---
Hammer & Sickle	27. Always Ready	0	0	---
Red & White	13. Split Them in Two	0	0	---
Red & White	14. Destruction of the Red Banner	0	0	---
Invasion of Germany	2. Reconnaissance in Force	1	1	4
Invasion of Germany	25. Hunnish Horde	0	0	---
Invasion of Germany	27. Bad Road to Hastenrath	0	0	---
Invasion of Germany	36. Crocodile Rock	1	1	4
Iron Curtain	7. Always Ready	6	3	4.2
Pusan Perimeter	44. Battle at the Notch	3	2	4.3
Leyte '44	16. Road to Dagami	1	1	---
Nihon Silk	10. San Manuel and the 2nd Armor	3	2	4.3
North Wind	2. Who ever saw...	4	0	3.8
Panzer Lehr 2	11. Misinterpreted Intentions	0	0	---
Panzer Lehr 2	13. Road to St. Gilles	1	0	4
Panzer Lehr 2	14. An Ironic Twist	0	0	---
Panzer Lehr 2	16. Hill 183	0	0	---
Panzer Lehr 2	17. Once Again Into the Breach, Dear Boys	0	0	---
Panzer Lehr 2	18. Feces Hits the Rotating Oscillator	0	0	---
Panzer Lehr 2	20. Make Haste!	0	0	---
Panzer Lehr 2	21. Just a Little Longer lll	0	0	---
Panzer Lehr 2	23. Policing Up the Area	0	0	---
Panzer Lehr 2	24. Plug the Hole	0	0	---
Panzer Lehr 2	26. Rauwiller Bump and Run	0	0	---
Panzer Lehr	11. Misinterpreted Intentions	2	2	4
Panzer Lehr	13. Road to St. Gilles	1	0	2.5
Panzer Lehr	14. An Ironic Twist	4	2	4
Panzer Lehr	16. Hill 183	1	1	3
Panzer Lehr	17. Once Again Into the Breach, Dear Boys	1	0	4
Panzer Lehr	18. Feces Hits the Rotating Oscillator	3	3	4.3
Panzer Lehr	20. Make Haste!	1	1	2
Panzer Lehr	21. Just a Little Longer lll	1	0	2
Panzer Lehr	23. Policing Up the Area	0	0	---
Panzer Lehr	24. Plug the Hole	1	1	2
Panzer Lehr	26. Rauwiller Bump and Run	0	0	---
Patton's Nightmare	2. Kick Down the Door	2	1	2.5
Patton's Nightmare	7. Slim Pickings	0	0	---
Patton's Nightmare	9. Foul Mood	0	0	---
Roer River Battles	2. Bad Road to Hastenrath	10	6	3.3
Spearhead Division	4. All In	2	1	4.5
Spearhead Division	5. Battle for the Supplies	5	1	3.3
Spearhead Division	9. Bad Road to Hastenrath	4	3	3.5
Spearhead Division	11. Scherpenseel	2	0	2
Spearhead Division	13. It Starts	2	1	4
Spearhead Division	14. Altenkirchen	1	0	3
Spearhead Division	15. Dillenberg	1	0	3
Spearhead Division	19. The Cats Return	1	0	5
Spearhead Division	24. Gieboldehausen	2	0	4.5
West Wall	2. Reconnaissance in Force	5	4	3.7
West Wall	6. Crocodile Rock	5	6	3.4
War of the Worlds	1. Battle of Grover's Mills	10	8	4.1

Display Games (26)

Percentage of Each Game's Scenarios Featuring this Unit
War of the Worlds	100%	War of the Worlds
Battle of the Bulge	41%	Battle of the Bulge
Panzer Lehr 2	41%	Panzer Lehr 2
Panzer Lehr	41%	Panzer Lehr
Spearhead Division	36%	Spearhead Division
West Wall	20%	West Wall
Hammer & Sickle	18%	Hammer & Sickle
Patton's Nightmare	15%	Patton's Nightmare
Aachen 1944	10%	Aachen 1944
Dishonor Before Death	10%	Dishonor Before Death
Nihon Silk	10%	Nihon Silk
North Wind	10%	North Wind
Roer River Battles	10%	Roer River Battles
Britain's Bulge	9%	Britain's Bulge
Elsenborn Revised	9%	Elsenborn Revised
Elsenborn Ridge	9%	Elsenborn Ridge
Afrika 1944	8%	Afrika 1944
Invasion of Germany	8%	Invasion of Germany
Red & White	5%	Red & White
Iron Curtain	5%	Iron Curtain
Cassino '44	3%	Cassino '44
Airborne - Remastered	3%	Airborne - Remastered
Black SS	3%	Black SS
Dragon’s Teeth	2%	Dragon’s Teeth
Leyte '44	2%	Leyte '44
Pusan Perimeter	2%	Pusan Perimeter

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