[ASLML] Concealment question

[Bruce Bakken]

Hello, Paul.

>
>Situation:
>
>Defender sets up on boards.  Attacker enters from off board.  Defender
>given a number of initial concealment counters.
>
>Questions:
>
>1) In a situation where a real AFV and one or more real Infantry units
>under the AFV (not riding) do you (a) grow one 5/8 ? on the stack or (b)
>grow a 5/8 on the AFV and a 1/2 on the Infantry units?
>

If your stack contains any "?" counters that were designated by the OB (e.g. 
you are using them as Dummies), you may not place a non-OB-designated "?" 
counter on them.  This is found in A12.12, and specifically in the EXC found 
in lines 8 and 9.  [2nd Ed ASLRB, page A35]

If your stack contains all real units, you may place one "?" counter on 
them.  The size does not matter.  (I almost always use 1/2 inch "?" on my 
vehicles... it covers the strength value and depiction, so no problem.  I 
generally only only use the 5/8 "?" to represent Dummy vehicles.)

>2) If (a) as I assume, then when part of the stack loses concealment (i.e. 
>AFV moves),
>I assume it is treated as a split and 1/2 ? is placed on the infantry
>(assuming the infantry is doing anything to lose concealment at the moment)
>

If the stack is concealed, and then one unit moves or loses concealment, the 
remaining units in each new stack can have its own "?".  This is found in 
the penultimate sentence of A12.11.  [2nd Ed ASLRB, page A35]

>3)  If the infantry are dummy (from initial OB) and the AFV is real, I 
>assume
>you have to burn a OB given ? to conceal the AFV? (can't depend on
>growing concealment?)
>

You are correct.  You may not place a non-OB-designated "?" on top of a 
Dummy stack.  See my answer to number 1) above.

>4) I assume the whole stack could be dummy mixing 5/8 and 1/2 to give
>illusion that a AFV and Infantry are in the hex (infantry either under or
>as PRC)
>

Yes.  I've done that, actually.  But you need a lot of OB-designated "?" 
counters to pull it off.

Regards,
Bruce Bakken

>-Paul
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