@QuickQuestion:
Thanks for the previous reply. I have another question for the following scenario: There is an AA gun and a tank in a territory and the enemy attacks the territory with a plane only (no land units). Both players forget about the AA gun (therefore it did not fire) and the tank was destroyed in the first round of combat. The plane then returned to its original spot, leaving the AA gun on the board. I realize that the AA gun could have been taken as a casualty, but by leaving it, it stops tanks from blitzing through the territory on the next turn. My question is this; was it required that the AA gun be destroyed? Or is it ok the way we played it?
Thanks for all the great reponses and I eagerly await your reply.
You did not play it right.
@Alpha:
No Combat Value: Even though an AA gun can defend, either alone or with other units, it has a
combat value of 0. This means that an AA gun cannot fire in the defending units fire step. It can,
however, be taken as a casualty. If a territory containing AA guns and no combat units is
attacked, the AA guns are automatically destroyed. AA guns may never attack.
It was not ok that the AA gun did not fire. But let’s assume it did fire and miss.
Then - in your scenario - the AA gun had been autodestroyed, after the tank had been removed.
So under normal conditions you would have chosen the AA gun as casualty first.