[ASLML] Scrounging, removing and the ISU122 (A68 "Acts of Defiance")

[George Bates]

Boy, even in the same time zone, you've gotta wake up pretty early in the
morning to slip one past Bruce, who points out:

>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.

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).
BATES:  D5.41 is also quite specific that weapons on vehicles other than HTs
& carriers may only be scrounged.

(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.
BATES:  I'm dazed and confused, as well.  Let's throw this one open to the
panel.