[ASLML] Armored assault questions

[Sean Deller]

Gentlemen,

Our club members have different interpretations of the part of D9.31
(Armored Assault) that states:  "If Infantry move in a stack with the AFV,
that AFV cannot move farther than if it were accompanied by that same
infantry throughout the move - even if the Infantry fails to end its MPh in
the same hex with the AFV."

"A" is the interpretation that an AFV can only go as far as the actual MF
expenditure of the assaulting Infantry would allow.  For example:  a
non-Double-Time assaulting squad moves 2 hexes for 2 MF with the AFV.  The
squad then breaks away to expend 1 more MF to enter another hex.  The AFV
could only go one additonal hex from the point that the squad broke away,
and only if that hex would have cost the squad 1 MF had it still been
assaulting.

"B" is the interpretation that an AFV can go as far as the potential MF
expediture of the assaulting Infantry.  For example, that same sqaud
(discussed above) moves 2 hexes for 2 MF, then breaks away for 1 more hex at
one more MF.  The AFV could go an additional 2 hexes (assuming they would
only cost 2 MF)  since that is no farther than the non-Double-Time squad
could go had it accompanied the AFV.

If the correct interpretation is "A", which of the units in a stack dictates
the movement limit of the accompanying AFV?  If a large stack of 3 squads
and 3 MMCs is armored assaulting, and this stack is depleted during its
assault by pins/breaks/wounds as well as by choice (units breaking away and
stopping movement or Double-Timing for one extra MF), on whose MF
expenditure does the AFV's movement depend?

If the correct interpretation is "B", the question concerning the disbanding
stack would be:  On whose potential MF expenditure would the AFV's movement
depend?

Which is the correct interpretation?

The D9.4 Example clearly shows that the AFV picured had to stop at 4 hexes
because the squad only spent 4 MF.  Had the squad declared Double Time and
spent a 5th MF, the AFV could go an extra hex.  The example does not address
how far the AFV could go if the squad used less than its full MF potential.

What say you?

Cheers,

Sean "always seeking a legal way to assault someone" Deller