Europa Games and Military History
Question:
Are intrinsic AA values affected by being out of supply?
Answer:
Intrinsic map features are not units, therefore they are not affected by supply; intrinsic AA strengths of units are affected by supply, since they are a component of the unit, which is affected by supply.
The supply rules specify that they affect the abilities of units in movement and combat; there is no mention of it affecting the abilities of map features.
Source:
TEM 67
Question:
Are position AA counters “ground units” for purposes of supply? In both SF and WitD position AA units are defined as having “neither a printed combat strength nor a unit size… Position AA units function somewhat differently than do regular combat units.” Therefore, are position AA values affected by being out of supply?
Answer:
Yes.
Source:
TEM 67
Question:
When is AA fire against DAS resolved? Rule 20.G.2.cpart 3 says “Each DAS operation follows the standard air sequence, until the mission resolution step is reached. ” That step (#5) occurs after the AA Fire step (#4), so that means that AA fire should be resolved when the mission is flown. However, this is impossible, because at this point no one knows whether the hex will be attacked, much less what the AA strength of the attacking units will be.
Answer:
Resolve AA fire versus GS and DAS during the mission resolution step. Fire AA for individual combats immediately before resolving the individual combat.
Source:
TEM 59/60
Question:
Is a player required to use AA against air units? Rule 22, page 32 states, ” Air units may undergo enemy antiaircraft fire when they fly certain missions. ” The word may seems to imply that AA is optional.
Answer:
See Rule 22B.2, first bullet: “Total the AA strength eligible to fire at the target air unit’. The word eligible here would seem to indicate it is an all or nothing affair; if you choose to not resolve the AA attack then no AA fires, but if you choose to resolve the AA attack then all “eligible” AA must fire. So it would appear that while making the AA attack is optional, who participates in that attack, if made, is not optional.
Source:
TEM 59/60
Question:
Is intrinsic AA cumulative? For example, a 20-10 SS Arm XX would have 3 points (1 pt for unit strength, 1 for SS, 1 for Axis C/M). I say yes, but we want to make sure.
Answer:
No, intrinsic AA for units is not cumulative for the individual unit; if the unit satisfies any of the conditions listed, then it has one point of light AA, period. Intrinsic AA from map features is cumulative, but the rules say this specifically so that is not a problem. Since the rules do not say unit-based intrinsic AA is cumulative, we can assume it is not. Note also that in the example to Rule 22A.3, the British infantry division is listed as having one point of intrinsic AA; note well that this could easily be a 9-8 or stronger British division, but the note ignores that issue. Obviously then, the division is getting its one point of AA by virtue of being an Allied division, the strength of the unit is ignored. Therefore, we can conclude that satisfying one condition grants the unit the AA, but satisfying more than one condition does not increase the AA strength of the unit.
Source:
TEM 59/60
Question:
When firing AA against air units flying GS or DAS missions, does the AA unit fire only against those air units effectively supporting the attack or against all air units in the hex making GS or DAS mission (even those not considered for combat ratio calculations)?
Answer:
AA fire is resolved against all enemy air units flying GS/DAS missions in the hex. After AA fire is resolved, the owning player may decide which air units will participate in the combat resolution, up to the limits imposed by RE considerations.
Source:
TEM 50
Question:
Is there any standard rule for firing AA against air units making a Harassment mission?
Answer:
Per Rule 20G2d, Harassment is a bombing mission. Per Rule 22B 1, the enemy player may fire AA against air units flying bombing missions. Harassment is not listed in Rule 22B1 as being one of the exceptions to the general rule on firing AA. Therefore, the standard rules apply, and any friendly units, except for naval units, may fire at any enemy air units flying a harassment mission in the hex the friendly units occupy. Advanced rules 43B1 and 43B2 simply modify the standard rules concerning AA fire versus this particular mission.
Source:
TEM 50
Question:
It seems to me that the intrinsic AA of ports cannot fire at air units bombing ships in the port (“all non naval unit AA in the hex”), but the port intrinsic AA may fire at air units bombing any airfields in the hex. Is this correct? Should there be any changes when dealing with Soviet River flotillas?
Answer:
Since the intrinsic AA is not generated by a naval unit, it may certainy fire against air units flying the naval units in port mission. The rules say that all non-naval unit AA may fire, as may the single naval unit with the greatest AA strength. Intrinsic AA is non-naval unit AA, as is the AA strength of any unit with AA or any static AA in the hex. River flotillas are “in general… treated as ground combat units”. So AA from river flotillas would also be considered as non-naval unit AA.
Source:
TEM 73
Alexander Alexandrovich Novikov, Air Marshal of the Soviet Union, in 1944
An Europa-map of the island of Sicily, assembled from maps 26 and 27 from Second Front.
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