[ASLML] (fwd) Re: E1.31 Concealment Loss At Night

[Bruce Probst]

As expected.

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On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:32:41 -0500, "PerryCocke" <perrycocke at comcast.net>
wrote:

A previous Q&A from MMP asserts that A12.141 applies at Night just as it
does during the day.

E1.3 doesn't refer to concealment loss at all.  It then goes on to point out
that E1.31 is one of the ways in which Night concealment differs from Day
concealment.  E1.31 is entitled "LOSS" and discusses how concealment can be
lost (or not) at night through movement.

How should E1.31 be read -- is it modifying normal concealment loss rules
for movement *only*, or is *only* movement the method by which concealment
at night is lost?  (In other words, is E1.31 talking about the *exceptions*
to the normal concealment-loss rules, or is it *replacing* the normal
concealment-loss rules?  If the former, shouldn't it be entitled "MOVEMENT"
rather than "LOSS"?)

<<The former.  (The *exceptions*.  Perhaps.)>>

I also note that the Night Summary Chart on the Chapter E/Chapter Q divider,
under the section "CONCEALMENT LOSS", lists only three cases: Non-Assault
Movement in Illuminated/enemy-occupied Location; Assault Movement in
enemy-occupied Location; and Firing when in Illuminated Location or within
NVR.  Should this chart be read as listing the *exceptions* to normal
concealment-loss rules?  If so, why doesn't it say so?

<<Yes. It could be clearer.>>

....Perry
MMP



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