Japanese Banzai from a Transport

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  • August 24, 2022 at 5:03 am #188116
    Mark Prichard
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    The Japanese Banzai Rule allows a Japanese Infantry unit to run at the closest visible enemy and shed a pin marker.  Units in a Transport do not have line of sight so they cannot assault from a transport vehicle.  So can a Japanese Infantry unit Banzai from a transport?

    August 24, 2022 at 7:59 am #188117
    SteveT
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    Banzai is just variant of a RUN order. Passengers can’t run into combat from a vehicle.

     

     

    August 24, 2022 at 3:55 pm #188119
    Nat
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    Key point here….units must be on the board to be able to draw LoS, if you arent able to draw LoS at the start of the order you arent able to declear an assault – same reason as why you cant assault from outflank or reserves…

    August 30, 2022 at 4:02 pm #188141
    Mark Prichard
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    Right it is a variant of a run order.  As such it has been argued to me that you can run out of a transport so you can banzai.  However, I read the rule to say that you run at the closest visible enemy and since there is no line of sight from vehicle you cannot banzai out of a vehicle.

    August 31, 2022 at 2:40 am #188143
    Stuart Harrison
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    You are correct.  The Banzai rule only kicks in ‘If a Japanese infantry unit is ordered to Run towards (or charge) the closest visible enemy…’

    What he is suggesting (running out of a transport) would come under the final paragraph of the rule:
    “Note that a unit can be ordered to Run/Charge in another direction, but in that case it will follow the normal rules and the Banzai Charge rule has no effect.”

    August 31, 2022 at 10:14 am #188145
    SteveT
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    Rules are pretty clear . No assaults from vehicles

    Under DISMOUNTING FROM TRANSPORTS

    “Although a unit can use a Run action to dismount from a vehicle, it is not allowed to use this move to make an assault upon an enemy in the same turn”

     

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