[ASLML] A68 "Acts of Defiance": AAR & J5 Article Review

[Bruce Probst]

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 17:04:56 +0900, "George Bates" <geb3 at inter.net> wrote:

>We didn't make any other changes to the balance, but Malcolm also
>noted that according to Chap. H the ISU122 AAMGs may be removed as .50cals.
>This is an attractive boost in FP, but with only 6 turns in the scenario I
>couldn't see how you could justify the loss of 3 turns to abandon the SP
>gun, scrounge the MGs and then set them up.  Leaving the 122mm guns
>stationary & unmanned for 2 turns and the loss of MP that comes from
>dragging those 5PP monster HMGs about doesn't make too much sense, either.

Er, it won't work that way in any case.  The AAMGs are .50 cals, per Russian
Vehicle Note G, but that note doesn't make them "Removable", only
"Scroungable" per the normal rules, which state:

D10.52: "A scrounged MG is represented by a LMG counter of that
wreck/vehicle's nationality, regardless of its FP while mounted in the
vehicle ...."

The Chapter H note must specifically state that the MG is removed/scrounged
as a .50 cal for D10.52 to be overwritten (e.g., US Vehicle Note O).

(Further, most such Vehicle Notes only permit *Removal* as a .50 cal, not
*Scrounging* as a .50 cal.  Indeed, I don't know if there are *any* Vehicle
Notes permitting Scrounging as anything other than an LMG, but I suppose
such a vehicle might be discovered in a future expansion.)

So why are the AAMGs noted as being .50 cals?  Buggered if I know.  It can
have no effect on play.  They can never be used for TH/TK while they remain
AAMGs, they can never be Removed, and when Scrounged they're only LMGs.

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