General

Is it permitted under the rules to reduce a division to cadre, and also lose that same cadre when satisfying the losses in a given combat?

Yes. When a divisional unit is reduced to its cadre strength, the resulting cadre may also be eliminated in the same combat. Note that in this case, both the full strength of the division and the strength of its cadre are counted when calculating losses. Example: Two German 6-6 infantry divisions attack Polish units totaling 8 defense strength points. An EX result is rolled. The Polish units are eliminated; the German player reduces one of the 6-6 divisions to its 2-6 cadre (6 strength points) and then eliminates the 2-6 cadre (2 strength points), for a total loss of 8 strength points.

First to Fight

Erratum: In the Slovakian Order of Battle, Regular Reinforcements, Dec 139, - Full: the 1x 2-1-10 Tank III 1 should be 1x 1-8 Tk II 1.

(Rule 20F) Exactly when does the phasing player commit his air units to ground support, harassment, or defensive support missions?

Air units flying DAS must announce this during the mission resolution step prior to AA fire, since AA fire against units flying DAS missions occurs later. All other missions are announced in the mission resolution step after AA is fired.

Scorched Earth

While I still prefer my original ruling rendered in TEM #12 due to its simplicity, it is possible to answer the SE "ongoing construction vs. supply' question in the spirit of 'WUD". Use this interpretation if you prefer more precision at the expense of more complexity.

Suppose a construction unit has spent a resource point and is undertaking a two-turn (or longer) task. In the initial phase of its second turn of construction it finds itself out of supply due to weather or enemy movement. Would construction be suspended until the unit is back in supply, or would the item be completed on schedule? (Rule 14)

The construction unit must be in supply for the requisite amount of time to complete the item. If it becomes unsupplied, construction of the item is suspended and remains in the building stage. Special sources of supply may be used to allow the construction unit to continue construction. If the construction unit leaves the hex at any time before the item is completed, the counter for that item is removed from the map.

Example: the Soviets spend a resource point in the Jul I 41 initial phase and a construction unit begins building a fort in Odessa. During the Axis Jul II 41 turn, Odessa is placed out of supply. The fort takes two turns to complete and is only half constructed. Since the Soviet construction unit starts its Jul II 41 turn out of supply, construction is suspended. During the Jul II 41 turn the Soviets bring in naval supply and allocate it to the construction unit during the German and Soviet Aug I 41 player turns, thus allowing the unit to complete the second game turn of construction required. In the Aug II 41 German initial phase the fort is completed.

Note that had the construction unit combined with the Odessa workers for quick construction, the fort would have been completed in the Soviet Jul II 41 initial phase, since the required one game turn was already spent for the construction before the unit was judged unsupplied.

If the German 7th Parachute Division is reduced to cadre, may it be rebuilt after 6 months (12 turns); i.e., twice the 3-month time limit for replacing one RE of airborne units? (Rule 34B)

No. This would be tantamount to allowing the Soviets to replace no cavalry REs in one turn, and then 12 cavalry REs in the next. This is accumulation, which is not allowed in this rule.

Do the Soviet 4-5-6 and 5-6 parachute infantry divisions fall under the replacement limit of one airborne RE per 3-month period stated in Rule 34B2? How about the 1-2-6 parachute- infantry brigades? (Rule 34B)

Since they have no breakdown counters, Soviet parachute- infantry divisions may never be air- dropped. Therefore, they do not fall under the airborne RE replacement limit, and may be replaced normally. When using rule 38F2, the Soviet 1-2-6 parachuteinfantry brigades do fall under the airborne limit, since this rule gives them airborne capabilities. To clarify this point, change Rule 38F2 to read. 'Unlike other parachute-infantry units, Soviet parachute-infantry brigades actually have limited airborne capabilities. Treat these units as airborne units... ".

The replacement points of an isolated city in an enemy ZOC cannot be used, only accumulated, as units in ZOCs cannot be rebuilt. True or false? (Rule 34B)

False. Although it is true that cadres cannot be rebuilt to their full division strength while in a ZOC, a whole unit (such as a 3-6 Rifle XX) can be built and placed in an isolated city in enemy ZOC.

Is a river flotilla (RF) always considered "at sea" for bomb damage purposes if hit while in coastal waters? (Rule 28E)

Yes, and also if hit in any hex of the Sea of Asov when using Rule 39E2. Note that a river flotilla is not considered "at seao if hit while on a river hexside or in a lake hex.

Also note the route taken by a RF determines whether it enters coastal waters. Example: If the Peipus RF moves from Pskov to Narva, which is a coastal waters hex, the RF is not considered to have entered the coastal waters, but rather to have stopped short at one of Narva's river hexsides, say hexside 1B:1004/1003.

On the other hand, if the Ladoga- 1 river flotilla moves from Leningrad to Narva, it has to move through the coastal waters to reach Narva. Once at Narva, however, Ladoga-1 would ' not be considered -at sea" unless and until it again sailed back out into the Gulf of Finland.

Can the air-naval interaction mission (Rule 38E) be flown in partial and/or full lake hexes, or in hexes adjacent to river hexsides in order to interdict RFs as they move along rivers or in lakes?

No, Rule 38E specifies that a search hex must be a full or partial sea hex, and furthermore that an air unit on this mission may only bomb an enemy naval unit that is/moves at sea in its search zone, which also is defined in terms of full or partial sea hexes.

Leningrad 1941

Note that the pages containing the "Leningrad: 1941 Replacement Records" and the "Soviet FitE/SE Replacement Record" were inadvertently reversed during the final layout of TEM #21. Also, on page 4 of Section III of the "Leningrad: 1941" scenario under "OTHER NOTES", the third sentence should read: "If you don't wish to bother with this..."

German Order of Battle: The 7-6 Pol XX (SS) arriving Jun II 41 arrives via "West Edge". By the way, "West Edge" reinforcements are standard German reinforcements and are placed in any hexes on the west edge of the map in Greater Germany. Alternately, they may be placed in the off-map German ports, for entry via naval transport.

May either side increase its rail capacity by expending resource points, and if so, by how much and at what cost in RPs? (Rule 7A4)

Each side may increase its rail capacity by up to 10 REs per turn. To achieve this increase a player must spend one resource point. (If you feel this shortchanges the Soviets, remember that they have a number of units which enter play using "free" rail, and this is taken into consideration.)

Some players feel the Opportunity Intercept (OI) replacement rule presented in "Leningrad: 1941" is too complicated a substitute for Rule 19- Patrol Attacks. Although the OI rule is rather formidable upon first reading, I believe it is quite intuitive and after a little experience becomes easy to use.

However, there is a muchsimplified version of the final 01 rule. In fact, it was the foundation upon which that rule was built. It is referred to among the development group as the "Close Escort" mission, and is much easier to use than OI. Here it is:

Close Escort Mission

Air units may form mission forces by flying to an assembly hex and "joining up". Fighter units in a mission force may be designated as flying the "close escort' mission or the regular escort mission. The units of a mission force may then move together as a stack for as far as desired, or as far as their movement allowances will permit.

Enemy fighters must patrol attack the close escorts of a mission force first before patrolling any of the other units of the mission force, including other fighters flying the regular escort mission. Once a close escort fighter unit has been patrol attacked, it immediately reverts to regular escort status, and continues to move with the mission force (unless it suffered an adverse patrol result, in which case it remains in the patrol hex until the air return step).

It clearly states in Rule 34G (Soviet Unpreparedness) that all Soviet major city hexes are treated as dot cities for all combat and overrun purposes. Given this, the German shouldn't be able to use engineers to gain a +1 die modifier against a Soviet major city during the Jun II 41 turn, because for all "combat purposes" it is considered a dot city... right? I lost Riga in Leningrad: 1941 on the first turn because I lost this argument!

The German may use any appropriate combat engineer modifiers and siege artillery bonuses when attacking Soviet major cities during both the surprise attack and regular Jun II 41 turns. However, when figuring the odds and determining the combat die roll modifier, the terrain effects of a dot city are used.

Furthermore, if the Axis player captures a Soviet major city on Jun /1 41 and the Soviet player counterattacks in his half of the turn, the city is treated as a major city hex for the defending Axis units.

(Note: This ruling was earlier issued in an issue of E.T.O. by GDWs brad hay. After studying the ruling closely and talking it over with John Astell, I concur with Brad's ruling. However, the rules could do a better job of making this clear.)

When and where are the German air units participating in the surprise air attack deployed?

German air units participating in the surprise air attack do not deploy until after the surprise air attack is executed. These air units deploy per rule 31F2d (that is, at any airbase in Greater Germany, and not necessarily one listed in the Leningrad: 1941 OB).

Note that the 08 shows the location of the German air units at the start of the game, and that any air units held out of the surprise air attack for use on-map in the surprise turn would have to deploy in one of the airbases shown. This means a Ju88A must start in hex 1:2528, 1:2729, or 1:2826; an Me109F must start in 1:2524 or 1:2823; and the Ju52 must start in 1:2528 if retained for on-map operations.

If it is placed in Kronshtadt, does the 3-6* Marine X in the Soviet initial forces count toward the seven REs of Leningrad MID Reserves allowed to deploy outside of Leningrad?

No, this unit should have been listed with the Baltic Fleet.

When using the special rule for clearing the rails, may German units use a rail hex for rail movement in the turn that it is regauged?

No! Clearing the rails addresses SE Rule 7A requiring ownership of a rail hex at the start of one's turn in order to use it that turn. It does not, however, override the section of Rule 7A3 which states, 'A rail hex may not be used for rail movement on the turn it is regauged."

If mud is rolled Sep I, can the weather revert to clear on Oct I?

Oops! No, once a weather roll results in mud, the weather remains mud for the rest of the scenario, and no further weather rolls are made.

Note that escorts accompanying a flexible DAS mission do not have reduce their movement rating by one, but may use their full movement rating to reach the primary support hex. This is consistent with the preexisting treatment of the air-naval mission. That is, although the bombers flying the air- naval interaction mission must reduce their movement ratings by 4 MPs, the escorts do not.

The sentence about intrinsic AA in Section 1, page 1 should read: "The intrinsic AA strength of a feature is treated as if there were actually a position AA unit in the hex, with the following characteristics:

A. Intrinsic AA may not move out of the hex, and is eliminated if forced to do so.

B. Intrinsic AA is not counted for AECATEC, or other such combat calculations.

C. Intrinsic AA must roll for isolation elimination like other units, and suffers all penalties of being out of supply.

D. Intrinsic AA may not be replaced.

E. When you build a permanent airfield you automatically get a point of light AA as intrinsic AA.

F. If you capture an enemyowned city or airfield you do not get intrinsic AA of your own. If you want AA in those hexes you must move in mobile AA units.

G. Intrinsic Pos AA are overrun like other zero-strength units.

H. The intrinsic AA strength of a city/airfield in Greater Germany is 3, per SE rule 22A.

I. Note that Brandenburger units can not land on Soviet airfields, being prohibited because of the intrinsic AA which is treated as if there were actually a position AA unit in the hex."

Note the improved movement ability allowed by the forging of admin movement paths and the clearing of the rails reflects the incorporation of the Balkan Front rules treatment, albeit modified slightly (watered down a little) to compensate for the poorer East Front transportation net.

In BF, units can admin through and across almost all terrain types; and can rail through a rail hex if any friendly unit captures it during a turn.

In Leningrad., 1941 infantry can follow an admin path cleared by the Panzers, but only through clear hexes, along roads, and across unbroken bridges. Only RR engineers can clear the rails.

I have looked at the charts in TEM #18 and have a problem. Apparently the ZOC movement costs chart does not include provisions for "reduced ZOC" costs. Was this an oversight or do the Soviet defenders in Lgrad: 1941 have less problems with those slippery German c/m units than in regular games of SE?

The charts from TEM #18 do not supersede any of the SE rules. So where needed, portions of the SE charts are used. The guiding rule, is that unless Lgrad: 1941 speciflcally addresses a rule, the SE rule stands.

So, yes, the Soviets do have reduced ZOCs for the first three turns of the scenario.

Is the Soviet rail capacity reduced when a Soviet major city hex is captured?

No. Soviet rail capacity is fixed at 6 REs in the Jun // 41 turn and 12 REs in each subsequent turn. It may be reduced by rail marshalling hits each turn, however, including the Jun II 41 turn.

Must the garrison of Riga consist of Security, SS, or SS Police units?

Yes.

When is the garrison of Riga checked assuming the Germans capture it on the Jun II 41 surprise attack turn?

The Axis do not have to garrison a city until the turn after its capture, and the garrison isn't checked until the start of a Soviet initial phase. Thus, the earliest a Riga garrison check can occur is during the Soviet Jul 1 41 initial phase, but only if Riga is in supply and there are no supplied Soviet units within 6 hexes of the city.

What is the penalty for failure to garrison Riga?

Axis units cannot trace supply lines through Riga while it is not properly garrisoned.

It would seem the Germans can just ignore garrisoning Riga. They may trace a supply line through Daugavpils, and partisan attacks are not allowed in the Baltic MD.

Note, however, that a garrison is not required for Riga under SE Rule 33, nor is one required for Pskov. Therefore, the Lgrad: 1941 garrison requirements are tougher than the actual SE rules. And the Germans do take the risk by not garrisoning Riga that the Soviets might cut the Daugaypils railroad with a para-drop or a marauding combat unit.

When the German OB requires that certain units be withdrawn, do the units withdrawn have to match the IDs listed in the Order of Battle? For example, must the Germans withdraw the 6th and the 26th Infantry Divisions, and the 614th Engineer Regiment on the Jun 11 regular turn, or can they withdraw any two 8-6 infantry divisions and any 2-6 engineer regiment?

Any units of the proper size and strength may be withdrawn-see SE Rule 34C.

The Developer's Notes state "For replacement purposes (only), treat the entire Soviet-owned playing area as one Military District.' Suppose the Soviets own Leningrad and Tallinn, but that Tallinn is isolated. When deploying any replaced units, is it true that the Soviet player would have to alternate such replaced units between Leningrad and Tallinn, as per steps (a) and (c) in Rule 34A2?

Yes.

May the Axis treat rail hexes along the southern edge of the playing area as regular sources of supply?

No, the only regular Axis supply sources in Leningrad: 1941 are rail hexes in Greater Germany on the west edge of the map.

Suppose that the Soviets still own hexes 1B:2202, 2203, and 2204 at the start of the German player turn of Aug I 41. What becomes of the reinforcements scheduled to arrive in those hexes?

They are delayed until they can arrive in hexes 1B:2202, 2203, andlor 2204 (that is, at least one of these hexes is friendly-owned hex in a subsequent turn). On the future turn, they will have their full movement allowance. That is, the 5 MP cost only applies for the turn they are due to arrive, Aug I 41. If events cause their entry to be delayed to a subsequent turn, they possess their full movement ability after being placed in their entry hex.

12 Optional SE Rules in TEM #21 Rule 7-Withholding Units

Suppose you have a stack consisting of a 2-3-8 AT X and a 3-6 Rifle XX. If you withhold the 3-6 Rifle XX, is the 2-3-8 AT X then considered to be supported for the combat?

No, the 2-3-8 AT X would be unsupported. In other words, those units which are not withheld are considered to constitute an independent stack which would be judged on its own attributes, with the single exception of AA fire, which would be retained. So if you had the two units mentioned above, AND a 1-6 AA III in a stack, and withheld the AA Rgt and the 3-6 XX, you would have a 2-3-8 unsupported AT X, and a 2-point AA shot. (All this has led me to see why John Astell dropped this rule!)

Rule 8-Air Unit Supply

Shouldn't one RE of supply only be able to supply one air unit, instead of six? That is, shouldn't each air unit is considered one RE for supply purposes?

Sounds good to me, if you prefer this treatment. Don't forget that John deliberately cut all these rules from the final product, and so they are definitely not "official." On the contrary, Europa officialdom has reviewed and rejected them-at least so far.