Question:
Shouldn’t the note following the Mar II 44 transfer to ETO of the 2 SAS Para Cmdo II refer to the 2 SAS?
Answer:
Yes.
Source:
TEM 43/44
FAQ Tag: OoB
Question:
Can the British 52 XX switch between forms, that is, 6-8* Glider, 7-8 Mtn, or 8-8 Inf XX at will?
Answer:
NO! The 52nd can make each conversion only once during a game. It begins playas a 7-8 Mtn XX which can be converted into either the 6-8* Glider or the 8-8 Inf. In the same game, the 6-8* Glider XX (and its ex-organic infantry brigade) can be converted into the 8-8 Inf XX.
Note that once you have converted from the Mtn incarnation, you can never return to it; note that the Glider XX can only convert into the Inf XX and that you can not convert the Inf XX into anything at all.
This conversion is not like the SAS conversions, wherein the units involved in those conversions may go back and forth — that is, you can decide each game turn (as long as the involved units meet the requirements for conversion) which version of the unit you wish to use, either naval-commando or para-commando. But with the 52nd XX, it is a once a game choice for each incarnation. Basically, remember that the 52nd XX can never return to a version from which it has been converted.
Source:
TEM 53
Question:
Allied Apr I 44 Initial Forces: How is the Polish 13-10 armor upgrade accomplished with no Polish ETO inf RPs available?
Answer:
Looks like the Poles should have a 0.5 inf RP rate for Jul-Dec 43 in the ETO; with 1 Polish inf RP accumulated in the ETO for the Apr I 44 initial conditions.
Source:
TEM 41
Question:
Luftwaffe Alarm, Axis OB – Exactly how does this work?
Answer:
It works per Rule 26B, with the number of air units and air replacement points as listed on the Invasion Reaction lines of the Greater Germany Strategic Air OB. The Luftwaffe alarm, however, does not count against the fivetimes-per-year limit for calling up the strategic air assets.
Source:
TEM 43/44
Question:
The 384 Inf XX is listed as `forming” in Oct II 43, but it is initially in the West on Jul I 43, and historically it went to the East Front about Oct II 43.
Answer:
The Oct II 43 West listing is missing a line. It should read:
West, Forming:
1 × 14-10 PzG XX 17 GvB (SS)
Withdraw to East:
1 × 5-7-6 Inf XX 384
Source:
TEM 43/44
Question:
As per the OB, the 505 Pz II “returns” to the West in Jun I 44, but is not mentioned previously.
Answer:
It should be an “Arrive” instead of a “Return.” (The Axis OB originally included April through June 1943, but these months were dropped in favor of the July 1943 start up. The 505th is in the West in April 1943 and goes east before the July 43 start-hence it is actually returning in June 44 in the context of the wider OB. This listing inadvertently didn’t get changed for the SF-only context.)
Source:
TEM 41
Question:
The German OB for Jun I 44 note says: V-1 attacks may be made by “emplaced” Luftwaffe V-Weapons units. I have not seen any rule explaining how to “emplace” these units. Is the requirement to not move in Rule 43D considered “emplaced”? If so, why not say it?
Answer:
V-weapons may only fire if they don’t move in a player turn, If it really bugs you, delete the word “emplaced.”
Source:
TEM 53
Question:
What sort of equipment difference is there between a German 1-10 mot AT 1I and a 1-2-10 mot AT II? They appear in the same time frame.
Answer:
Antitank and Tank Destroyers:
1-10 towed and early SP AT guns.
1-2-10 Nashorns.
2-1-10 Hetzers.
2-8 Elefants.
3-6 Jagdtigers (underequipped battalions; had sufficient Jagdtigers been available to fully equip a battalion, rating would be 3-4-6 or 4-6).
3-8 Jagdpanthers.
Source:
TEM 53
Alexander Alexandrovich Novikov
Alexander Alexandrovich Novikov, Air Marshal of the Soviet Union, in 1944
Defending Sicily in Second Front
An Europa-map of the island of Sicily, assembled from maps 26 and 27 from Second Front.