[ASLML] OBA CH

[Bruce Bakken]

>
> >Greetings all, a 150mm oba CH against a trench eliminates the trench due 
>to
> >shell holes being created, do the units underneath the trench still 
>receive
> >the protection of the trench or is the trench eliminated first and then 
>the
> >units attacked without protection?
>
>I don't see anything in the rules to suggest that the trench is eliminated
>before the attack is resolved; I would assume that it's simultaneous.
>

The question is, when are Shellholes placed?

According to this bit in B2.1: " ... placing a shellhole counter ... 
immediately after any Original KIA result ... ", we place the Shellhole (and 
thus remove the Trench) *immediately* after making the Original DR.

I can definitely see that as occurring in the sequence: a) Original DR (= 
2); b) = Original KIA; c) = place Shellhole counter; d) = remove Trench 
counter.  And then what?  Resolve the CH, I guess.

That's what this rule seems to say.

I compared this rule with B24.11 (Rubble) and B25.43 (Flame).  For Rubble, 
we are instructed specifically to check *before* resolving the attack; and 
for Flame, we are instructed to check *after* resolving the attack.  In each 
case, the relationship of the "event" to the results is clearly indicated 
(i.e., as "before" or "after").

The instruction for placing a Shellhole is brief and direct.

It doesn't *seem* right that the TEM is replaced *prior* to resolution.  But 
I can find no other instruction about which TEM to use when a Shellhole 
occurs.

I don't like it, but it's hard to argue against that view.  The language is 
pretty clear: "immediately after any Original KIA result".  And nothing 
about placing Shellholes "before" or "after" resolving the attack.  Well, I 
guess the word "immediately" tells us when to place them.

Uck.

>So ... random selection to see who cops the CH, they get -4 TEM from the
>trench (so they are very, very dead).  Everyone else gets the normal +4,
>which would normally result in a K/4, so more random selection ... and the
>survivors are left in a 30 FP FFE with only shellholes for protection.  
>Fun!
>

This makes sense to me, and how I would have probably done it off-the-cuff.

But ...

Regards,
Bruce Bakken

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