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  • August 12, 2018 at 2:03 pm #143057
    Greg
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    In the main rules, a sniper team that loses the assistant takes a +1 to hit. OK. But in some of the expansion books, there are teams referenced as having “the additional team member is not used” caveat (ex: the Polish marksman, or Sgt Tung Chi-yuan of China). Do these units take the +1 to hit for this artificially induced handicap? For some, like Sgt Tung who kills on a 2 or better, it seems counter productive: an expert killer who can’t shoot so well, but if he hits, you’re an almost guaranteed kill.

    August 12, 2018 at 3:42 pm #143058
    Stuart Harrison
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    Depends whether the unit retains the team weapon rule or not. The -1 for missing the assistant is from the team weapon rule – “If only one man remains to serve a team weapon then the weapon can still be fired but suffers a -1 ‘to hit’ penalty”. The clause that mentions snipers suffering that penalty refers to the team weapon rule as the reason in brackets.

    August 13, 2018 at 9:11 pm #143164
    Gerry Brawley
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    Also don’t forget that a sniper team that loses it’s assistant also reduces it’s morale by -1

    August 14, 2018 at 12:47 am #143168
    Stuart Harrison
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    Gerry Brawley, correct – p42, Orders, Troop Quality and Morale, Squad Leaders, last sentence.

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