An Army Group that has 5 Tank units and 5 Mechanized Infantry units can make a Blitz move during the Combat Movement phase.
This game mechanism is OOB rules since a Mechanized Infantry unit can make a Blitz move when it moves together with a Tank unit.
Concerning Home Defense:
For both United Kingdom and Japan; an Elite Infantry unit defends at “3” during the first round of Combat using two dice.
Hi @The-Captain
Pretty sure I’ve asked this too :) can Paratroopers be Rail transported ? I’m thinking no, they got the plane too right :) and don’t see anywhere that says they can but just wanna double check.
Thanks
Concerning Paratrooper units:
A Paratrooper unit is a land based unit.
Paratrooper units operate under Infantry rules with a few exceptions (see more detalils at pg. 18 in the rulebook).
For transport purposes during Non-Combat Movement a Paratrooper unit counts as a Tank unit towards the capacity of a Transport unit (by sea) or an Air Transport unit.
Only Germany has the capacity to transport a Paratrooper unit by Air Transport.
A Paratrooper unit can also move 2 spaces by air by itself - either during Combat Movement or Non-Combat Movement.
Paratrooper units can also be transported by Strategic Rail Movement since a Paratrooper units is a land based unit.
@The-Captain German and UK Aircraft Carrier Fighters can’t operate on land correct ? There the same as the Pacific Naval Ftrs basically ?
They operate as any other Aircraft Carrier Based
Fighter and can be used in any Theatre of
Operations that the German player wishes.
Aircraft Carrier Based Fighter units operate under Fighter unit rules with a few exceptions:
Carrier Based Fighters must land on an Aircraft Carrier. They cannot land on a territory/island (unless there the Aircraft Carrier is destroyed in combat).
US and Japanese Carrier Based Fighters can only operate in the Pacific Theatre & Indian Ocean - German and UK Carrier Based Fighters can operate in any Theatre of Operations.
Carrier Based Fighters can attack on land in the same way as any other Fighter unit - as long as they take off from an Aircraft Carrier.
See more details in the Axis & Allies Global 1940 House Rules Expansion rulebook pg. 31 & 32.
@The-Captain when Trprts gain the ability to Defend at 1, do they now also, Force Naval Battles and Block SZs ?
Or do they still behave the same as OOB allowing them to be ignored ?
Thanks
Transport units operate according to the OOB 1940 2E rulebook - with a few exceptions:
Defending Transport units that are alone or together with other defending Transport units can be ignored during an enemy amphibious landing.
Transport units do not block enemy naval movement - not even when they have a defense factor at “1” from Late 1941.
See pg. 29 & 30 for further details.
@The-Captain Thank you If by themselves they can be ignored
Yes, they can be ignored.
@The-Captain Hi Captain
Have you Guys tried activating the Volkssturm when Germany ends it’s turn with the russians adjacent to it, even if it has more than 21 IPC income ?
When Italy has been taken over, I don’t see them, Volkssturm, happening.
Cool rule, but, Idk, doesn’t seem like it’d get used after the reich takes Italy. Obviously, things dire for the Deutsche by then anyways but … :)
I wonder if a time frame victory, with points for Major, Medium, Minor Victories depending on the date, would be worth exploring.
Obviously not a novel idea :) just wondering if your Gruppe tried it or not.
The German Volkssturm units have been activated during a few games only.
Usually, when Germany is fighting for its life at the end of the War, the activation of Volkssturm units is the last desperate attempt to avoid Total Defeat.
We will look through our foto archives during this gaming season and post some Game Report pictures from a scenario where the German Volkssturm units are acticaved.
@The-Captain Hi Captain
Can a Corps be formed with a TG ? I have 1 commisar, 2 Paratroopers and 1 TG. It seems they probably can as it says “Tank units” in the rulebook.
Just want to double check so I’m not giving out incorrect information :)
A Soviet Army Corps is commanded by a Soviet Commissar unit.
Besides a Soviet Commissar unit, a Soviet Army Corps can include the following units:
A Soviet Tank General unit cannot be part of a Soviet Army Corps since the Tank General unit is not a Tank unit - a Tank General unit only operates under Tank unit rules.
See more details at pg. 45 + 46.
Right on. I’ll update the post and make a Note in Game Notes in case anyone is confused as i was.
The Tank units part is what confused me.
@The-Captain if the lenningrad Factory is upgraded to Heavy Industry before Conscription starts, can russia then place 8 Conscripts there ? Or still only 6 ?
The Leningrad (Novgorod) Industrial Complex can only produce 3 units in each game turn.
A Heavy Industry upgrade to the Leningrad Industrial Complex can only be Heavy Industry 1 Unit since it is a Minor Industrial Complex.
So the Leningrad Industrial Complex can never produce more than 4 units.
The Stalingrad Industrial Complex can produce a maximum of 6 Red Army Conscription Infantry units - even if there is a Heavy Industry 1 Unit upgrade to this Industrial Complex.
@The-Captain Leningrad and UKR can still produce Conscripts though ? I thought I asked you that before ?
Ok yea I did. The search here is so not good lol
Yes, any Industrial Complex that the Soviet player controls from the start of that turn.
So, yes - if the Soviet player controls the Ukraine factory from the start of that turn, it can be used for Red Army Conscription Infantry placement.
Couple naval Mine questions.
*If multiple attacking Escort units pass through the
same Naval Minefield, all of these Escort units
can each sweep up to 3 enemy Naval Mines –
even if the number of attacking Escort units
exceed the number of enemy Naval Mines. *
There are 3 NMs and 2 Ecorts on sweeper duty. Each Escort would get 3 rolls.
If there was 1 NM, then each Escort would get 1 roll.
An ESC on sweeper duty cannot retreat if the attacking force is all sunk. It also would be sunk.
If the attacking force retreats, it could then retreat with it.
Correct ?
Example 1:
An Escort unit is passing a naval line with 1 enemy Naval Mine. The Escort unit can roll 3 dice in order to eliminate the enemy Naval Mine.
Example 2:
Two Escort units are passing a naval line with 1 enemy Naval Mine. Those Escort units can each roll 3 dice in order to eliminate the enemy Naval Mine.
Example 3:
Two Escort units are passing a naval line with 10 enemy Naval Mines. Those Escort units can each roll 3 dice in order to eliminate a maximum of 6 enemy Naval Mines.
After the mine sweeping, the Escort unit(s) can be chosen as casualties if there were any enemy Naval Mines that survived - and detonated.
