Mech Infantry or Artillery

@Red:

@stroutqb22:

I wasn’t happy with that. They stand out and look funny.�  :-(

Which ones?  The crouching Italians or the giant Australians?

Both of them

Welcome, Archie!

Like Chinese infantry, Chinese artillery may be placed in any Chinese territory that China controls.  Restricting their placement further would be too limiting.

@robbie358:

Well, to answer your question… when I play as Japan in this game I build ICs in China or Malaya in order to turn out ground units for taking India.  I would rather spend 12 bucks on 3 mech inf than 18 bucks on tanks and the rest of my money goes towards building Navy to ward off the US.  Your power lies in your airforce so what you really need (more than tanks) are just guys to lose, but plain infantry move so freaking slow.

I do that to, I put a minor in French indo china

@moompix:

I agree with this. Far less realistic for an aircraft unit to destroy an infantry unit, than for an infantry unit to destroy an aircraft unit.

Especially if the air unit are bombers (like in the above example) where extremely lethal air defense assets would just cause them to adjust altitude / abort and fight another day.

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@MaherC:

pretty sure by “occupy” to get the 5 IPC one time deal you have to have boots on the ground, not planes in the sky.

That was my thought. Time to post a question… :evil:

@Veqryn:

question 1) can you take an empty territory with a single tank, then move 10 mech infantry through it to attack the enemy territory beyond it all during the combat phase?

No.

@Veqryn:

question 2) can you take an empty territory with say, 3 tanks and 3 mech infantry, move through it and attack the enemy territory beyond it, win that battle, then during the non-combat move, back up that territory by moving 10 mech infantry there through the now conquered enemy territories?

Yes.

Welcome Iwo Jima Joe
+1 for your first posting!

page 24 of the AAP40 rulebook
under Mechanized Infantry
“A mechanized infantry unit must normally stop when it enters an enemy controlled territory.  However, when moving along with a tank, it can enter an unoccupied enemy controlled territory as the first part of a two-space move that can end in a friendly or hostile territory.”

The wording ‘when moving along with a tank’, ‘must normally stop’, and ‘as the first part of a two-space move’ would mean an answer of –must come from the same territroy-- to your question above.