The solution would be to have Cover Saves in Direct HE and maybe even in Indirect HE. IMHO, the cover save should be higher than hard cover, maybe a +3 (to simulate the extra protection rule).

What do you guys think?

I have some questions about autocannons, such as those in the Wirbelwind.

Can they choose whether to use HE or AP (PEN) rounds?

If fire against infantry, it must be HE, right?

What about against vehicles?

What about against infantry inside a building? How do we resolve the whole shooting process? Could somebody provide me with…[Read more]

Is there any possibility of reimplementing this rule in the v3 rulebook in a future errata or a future 3.5v???

If a WW2 tank shot against a truck (soft-skin), it would have used HE and never an AP round because it could go through without even destroying the truck.

On page 97 in the manual, it says that if an AT gun fires against vehicles, including soft-skin, it can choose which one, HE or AP to use. But in the game, it would be a…[Read more]

Do the Antitank rifles use the +1 bonus of Antitank Guns when they get a Fire order die?

They also have óptica and kinetic energy. It would make sense they would also benefit in the roll to hit but I cannot find anything in the rulebook.

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I don’t get why the extrapolation rule has been removed in the 3rd Ed. It seems that buildings are useless now.

Can you explain the reason behind this decision?

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I cannot find in the rulebook if the flamethrower causes this double penalty in open-topped … page?

In other words you have a 50% to miss or inflict a real damage.

A flamethrower can benefit from short distance too? I mean, a flamethrower firing without moving at a distance of 2 inches, is that … ÷3 with modifiers short distance and point blank … a 2+ would correct?

In the set-up. German player deploys a sniper team inside a building on the second floor.

Then in the first turn, the British player deploys a Cromwell tank. The Cromwell tank advances and fires its main gun with HE (2″) and its machine gun to a second floor of a building where a German sniper h…[Read more]

In today’s game, I had problems on how to proceed in this situation.

Please, I understand this better with a practical example.

A medium mortar hits a Bren Carrier transporting 5 infantery soldiers.

What are the steps now to proceed?

The open-topped makes it confusing for me. Do we have to see if there is penetration before…[Read more]

I see what you mean. On page 124-5 in the rulebook it says what you Just pointed out, ignore only the cover penalty hits.

Now, I have another question about the DOWN part.

In normal situation when a player declares a fire order then the other players can choose DOWN before the roll for HIT.

But in the HE against…[Read more]

Let me see is I am doing this process well. with an example …

A Cromwell tank advances and fires its main gun with HE (2″) and its machine gun to a second floor of a building where a German sniper hides.

To see if it hits, measure distance = 23 inches. The medium AT gun is 60 inches, so it is short range. Only penalty is…[Read more]

This is almost impossible. I would make it a fest roll of a 6 and the, the next one get a 4, 5 or 6.  This would be (1/6)*(1/2)= 1/12 that is to say 8,8%, a more…[Read more]

When firing the main gun of long barreled tank, where do we start measuring?

From the end tip of the barrel or the mantle?

So, can you please confirm that with a 6 in roll to damage does NOT automatically kill but we have to use the damage table?

And what about the number of hit?

For instance, a German infantry squad of 10 men fire at a US jeep. The get 6 hits. Now do we roll 6 times for damage using the table?

I am confused …

And just last question in this thread … can you please tell me what US vehicles have that gyro stabilized gun?

All Shermann I suppose and?

Thanks

It matches the vehicle armor, this means superficial damage.

Now we roll for damages, with a -3 for superficial and a +1 for second open-topped penalty. We roll a 6, so 6 -3 +1 = 4 The vehicle is still knock out despite being a superficial damage.

Is this correct?

Does the Sherman has a hit penalty for moving?

I remember that it has a gun stabilizer, right?

I cannot find it in the rules ….

Thanks in advance

The questions today is …

A medium mortar hit an open- topped vehicle. How do I proceed now?

Penetration is 2 plus penetration bonus open part is +1 so equals 3.

The armor is 7, this means that a dice getting a 4 (+3) is superficial damage and with a 5 or 6 roll it gets penetration damage?

Is this correct?

So, if a medium mortar hits a bunker, it will never cause any kills inside and cannot destroy it because it is a HE 2″  weapon, D6 and you need at least 12 points (2D6) or more.

What about the pinning? Do I still roll a D3 to pin the soldiers inside?

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We have some questions.

It is the first time we are playing with bunkers, the bunkers give you a plus 4 of cover protection but the sniper ignores all covers, so can the sniper shoot through the slits of the bunker?

The second question  is you always need double sixes  because of the plus 4, so if you get in point blan you on…[Read more]

I bought a box of Japanese infantry, but now when I see them next to other troops, German SS for instance, they look like so small, like a different scale. It is like in The Lord of the Rings, Mr Frodo Compare with the Humans. It looks VERY WEIRD!

Is this intentional or did I get a box of … a different year, model or…[Read more]

A new doubt came in yesterday´s game …

If a squad in in bottom floor of a two-story house and enemy mortar rolls a 6, hits and makes some kills with extra pins.

In the next turn, the survivors of the squad run up the second floor, Is is still a +2 for the mortar or a new beginning with a +6?

Thanks

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Within the squad: A = You can chose other casualties except in exceptional damage rule, so sniper are lethal here. D= You cannot split the fire.

any other thought?

Nigel, the Greyhound had moved before so it could not have the recce reaction now, I guess, right?

Personally, I like what you said about the 1st Ed but, rules are rules.

Today I wanted to fire my German light howitzer against an American scouting vehicle Greyhound.

But, I got lost within the rules.

The light howitzer chose to fire directly. Because in direct fire I just needed a +3 (no mod applied) to hit whereas in indirect I needed a 6.

It has a HE 2”.

How do I proceed? Can you right an…[Read more]

If an enemy sniper fires at my Sturmpionieren Squad (where I have a flamethrower) and the sniper has direct line of sight with some riflemen in that squad but my flamethrower is hidden behind a high wall so that the sniper has NOT direct line of sight with my flamethrower in that squad, can the sniper…[Read more]

It is good now. Thanks  a lot. 🙂

In the special rules for this vehicle it states:

Easily catches fire: if a roll nf the vehicle damage table results in the vehicle catching fire add D3 pin markers rather than just one 1 before taking a moral test.

But this is more a panic issue rather than the…[Read more]

My son used a .50 HMG in a M10 Wolverine against my panzergrenadiers.

The weapons  has +1 penetration, the question is: if in long distance, namely more than half, more the 18 inches , does this weapon also suffer the -1 penalty for long distance losing kinetic energy or that is more for AT guns?

Because in that case the HMG is…[Read more]

A flamethrower team advances and gets within 3 inches of an enemy infantry squad od 10 veteran infantry men.

SHOOTING PROCEDURE
1. Declare target
2. Target reacts
3. Measure range and open fire
4. Roll to hit:

Modifiers normal hit 3+`but -1 for having moved and +1 for at point…[Read more]

I am sure this is a classic question …. but I don’t find the answer, sorry.

If a flamethrower attacks a medium tank for example

1. Rolle to hit

2. Yo.u hit, then roll a D6 for numbers of hits (but the tank is a single target so O don’t understand that part).

3. Imagine you get a 4. Then, you hit for damage. Medium tanks 9+…[Read more]

If a flamethrower attack wipes out more than half the enemy squad, a moral check is required and then there is again a moral check for panic.

So, there are two consecutive moral checks in the same target? Is this correct?