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FAQ Tag: Port

Rule 24B1: Disrupted Airborne Unit getting Ownership of port

Question:
Suppose an air unit drops disrupted into a hex containing a port. May Axis naval units continue to use the port? If so, may Axis naval transports land ground units at the port? If so, may they then conduct the same sort of in-hex combat in the combat phase that airborne and amphibious units conduct?

Answer:
They may use the port there, but ground units may not be disembarked at the port. Rule 6 lists “In general, a unit may not enter a hex occupied by an enemy unit. Exceptions to this are covered in the appropriate rules.” Note that the naval transport rules do not list this as an exception.

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

 

 

Rule 14A1: Blowing up Ports

Question:
Is there anything to prevent the Axis player from running around with their engineers and damaging every port in sight?

Answer:
See Optional Rule 44B3.

Source:
TEM 38/39

 

Rule 3A3: Doubling RE Sizes for Port Capacities

Question:
Is the RE size of a c/m or cavalry unit doubled for port capacity purposes or not? For example, can a c/m division disembark in a minor port?

Answer:
No, RE size is not doubled for port capacity, it is only doubled for transport, that is, naval transport or rail movement. So, yes, a c/m XX can disembark at a minor port.

Source:
TEM 49

 

Port Fortification Stacking

Question:
The coastal defense table says ‘+ (something) for each port fortification” so apparently more than one port fortification may be placed in a hex? (Especially since we couldn’t find enough coastal ports for all Axis PFs in the setup for ETO scenario.)

Answer:
Only one Port Fortification may be in any one hex. Similarly, you may only have one fort counter per hex (and none in a hex with a Port Fortification.) I think you must be reading the Axis OB incorrectly, since there are actually not enough Port Forts available to put one in each Axis great, major or standard port that the Axis own in the West theater.

Source:
TEM 54

 

Is Caen really a bigger port than Cherbourg?

Question:
Is Caen really a bigger port than Cherbourg?

Answer:
Surprisingly, Caen is a more important port than Cherbourg. Cherbourg was a premier port for ocean liners in the pre-war period, but Caen was the heavy-duty cargo port of the area. This explains part of the Allies planning on capturing Caen early in the Normandy campaign, as they hoped to capture the port. In the event, the Germans blocked the British back from taking the port in the early days of the campaign, and then they wrecked the locks system that gave access to the port, so extensively that the port was rendered of little use for the remainder of the war.

Source:
[TEM 38/39]

 

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