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Error in Combar Result Chart

Question:
The patrol attack table on the Combat Chart has an error on the 0 to +2 differential on the “1” result, whereby the attacker aborted result is printed as a second defender aborted.  Is this correct?

Answer:
Correct; the chart is in error.

Source:
[DPS, Rules Judge, 18-Jun-05]

Rule 23C: Patrol Attack on Transfer Missions

Question:
An air unit is doing a transfer mission using triple range. It is patrol attacked and returned to base. Does it return to base using triple range, or just normal range?

Answer:
Triple range, which means it may well “return” to its desired, destination airbase. It is very difficult to interfere effectively with enemy transfer missions.

Source:
TEM 66

 

Rule 21: Returning Air units to Base

Question:
Suppose that a plane takes off from an airbase with a CAP mission over it, is patrol attacked and gets an R result. Where can that plane return to? Does it have to go back to the base it started from? Is this true of all R results?

Answer:
The air unit “returns” to any friendly airbase within mission range, with a capacity greater than 0 — just like any other return result. Air units are never required to return to any particular airbase, not even the one they initiated the mission from.

Source:
TEM 74

 

Rule 20G2h: Patrol Attacks against Air Units flying Naval Patrol

Question:
If any planes from an airbase with enemy CAP overhead leave for a Naval Patrol bombing mission they can be patrol attacked by the enemy fighters. Does this occur if the contact roll is unsuccessful? We think yes since the force went inoperative.

Answer:
Yes, since the naval patrol air units have to fly to the target hex before they are able to roll on the contact table. It happens in the hex with the CAP fighters and the airbase, when the mission force begins moving to get to the target hex. [TEM 74]

Notes on Naval Patrol mission [Errata2, Errata4]:

  1. Only one attack force from any given airbase may attempt contact against a given naval group in a given hex. Naval groups which do not leave a hex (such as those debarking at a beach) are not subject to another contact attempt from the same airbase in the same player-turn.
  2. Aircraft on CAP can not switch to escort Naval Patrols. Escorts for Naval Patrols must originate at the same base, and be part of the same movement group which made the successful contact roll.

 

Source:
Errata published at http://www.hmsgrd.com/Files/Europa/Second Front/Second Front.pdf

Rule 20E: Patrol Attack against CAP

Question:
During movement phase a friendly plane flying CAP (since the initial phase) could patrol intercept an enemy plane that has just (during the movement phase) flown a CAP mission into the same hex as the friendly CAP mission. Is this correct?

Answer:
Yes. The plane(s) on CAP may (but are not required to) react to any enemy mission force that enters their hex, including an enemy CAP mission. Note that in your example any of the friendly air units that do patrol or intercept have then finished their mission and return to base. The enemy air units that survive this encounter remain in the hex to perform their CAP mission (that is, the friendly air units have completed their mission but the enemy air units have not).

Source:
TEM 59/60

Rule 20: Air Missions during Initial Phase

Question:
Can patrol attacks and interception missions be flown during the initial phase? I would assume they can because of three factors: (1) all air missions use the standard air operation sequence that allows for patrol attack interception; (2.) both patrol attack mission and intercept mission both state that “Fighters mayfly patrol attacks interception missions during any air operation initiated by the enemy player “, (3.) how else would you patroll intercept planes flying CAP Harassment / Naval Patrol during the initial phase, so you must be able to fly patrol/ interception. Is this correct?

Answer:
Yes. The rules say nothing about phases because the phase in which an air operation occurs has no effect upon whether or not it can be patrolled or intercepted. Rule 20C. states that you can initiate an interception mission during any air operation initiated by the enemy player, regardless of particular phase.

Source:
TEM 59/60

 

Air: Patrol Attacks and Interception Attacks

Question:

Is an aircraft belonging to the non-phasing player eligible to execute both a patrol attack and an intercept attack in the same air movement phase? The rules say a patrol attack is not considered a “mission,” so it seems to imply the aircraft is available for a mission after the patrol. On the other hand, this seems like getting two bites at the apple.

Answer:

Yes, eligible non-phasing air units may make Patrol Attacks against enemy air units during the enemy player’s Air Movement Step. Regardless of whether or not they chose to make a Patrol Attack during the Air Movement Step, eligible air units may make Interceptions during the Interceptor Movement Step. So yes, an eligible air unit could make both a Patrol Attack and an Interception during the same enemy Air Phase.

Source:

Posted by Rich Velay on the Yahoo Classic Europa mailing list on 13.01.2013 01:20.

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