[ASLML] Unarmed units as sniper targets

[Sam Belcher]

> However, if the German HS and the 2 Russian unarmed dudes are in the
> same Location should there not be a CC/Melee in progress?   Check out
> A20.54.

How did they get in the same location? The rules say a guard abandons
prisoners only by leaving them behind as they exit the hex. So they German
HS must have re-entered the hex? Or is this a mistake? 

> If that is the case, look then at A14.32.

So even if they are in CC / Melee the sniper will attack ONLY the enemy
units. That's what A14.32 says...

> Jim's bottom line: the unarmed Russians are considered to be in Melee
> with the German HS; the Sniper counter will select the hex containing
> same; the German HS will be chosen as the target and will be broken by
> the "1" Sniper Attack; in the following CCPh the unarmed Russians will
> attack the now broken German HS as the German HS must attempt to
> withdraw from Melee (always fun what with the -4 DRM and all); if the
> German HS is eliminated an armed Russian Conscript HS will be created
> from one of the unarmed Russian S's thus leaving 1 S and 1 HS worth of
> Russian unarmed units.  If the HS withdraws sucessfully, it is placed in
> an enterable eligible ADJ. Location.

The German HS can NOT be selected as the sniper target. The sniper attacks
"enemy" units. Furthermore, you even pointed to A14.32 which says the sniper
attack is the "only way to attack an enemy unit(s) in Melee without also
possibly harming the friendly unit(s) in that Melee". 

The _GERMAN_ sniper is going to attack a RUSSIAN unit. 

> What is so hard about that?

Tell me which part of it you're having difficulty with and I'll try (again)
to help. 

Sam