Re: Under Fire-DS2

	The idea of having armoured troops test to see how they react
under
fire according to experience is good. However I very much doubt that
Green
troops are just going to sit there and cop it. British experience in
North
Africa and American experience in Italy during WWII was usually that
inexperienced armoured troops haring and and doing unsucessful
re-enactments
of the Charge of the Light Brigade. How about when they fail, Green
tankies
test again, 1-2 sit there, 3-6 max move towards nearest or last observed
enemy. If the tankies happen to leave their infantry support behind so
much
the better. 

Tony.

At 09:51 AM 16-05-97 -0700, you wrote:
>>If you /really/ want armour to move as a first resort, it should
>>probably be worded as `armour UNDER FIRE move at top speed towards the
>>nearest cover, there to dig in and not move until the UNDER FIRE
>>marker is removed.'  Frankly, I'm not keen on that rule changing; I
>>see armour under fire going into `in place' positions (behind
>>hillocks, in a fold of the ground) that doesn't rate showing on the
>>board when they 'freeze.'
>
>This is perfectly reasonable. The unit decides it better seek a bit of
>cover but in DS2 the units don't do that, they can't move, they are
sitting
>ducks for more fire. So, your initial idea of having them move to cover
is
>fine. My only complaint is that the spirit of armor is movement and
most
>tankers wouldn't go hide, they just want to move out of fire and try to
see
>who/what is shooting at them so they can shoot back. Now this could be
a
>great addition to the quality rules. Green units just sit there,
Regular
>seek cover, and Veteran move fast at player's direction. How about
that??
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