124. WRD: Garrison Units
Rule 37E1. Training brigades, such as the two training brigades which start in the French North Aftica garrison, may not be used to satisfy garrison requirements. Likewise for anything which is not "infantry, cavalry, motorized infantry, or armor" such as machinegun, light armor, etc. Right?
A: Right.

125. WHD: Movement in Iran
Rule 38C2: When the Allies invade Iran, all Iranian units north of the D weather line are removedftom play. May Allied and Axis units move north of the D weather line afterwards?
A: Yes.

126. WUD: Iranian Surrender
Rule 38C3: The success table modifiers list for Iranian surrender shows: -1 For each RE of Axis units in Iran. Does this include Iranian units?
A: "Axis" should refer to "German or Italian", so the answer here is No.

127. WUD: Iraqi Setup
Rule: 38D3, 41A, Neutral OB p.3 (Iraqi set-up) According to 41A, the Allied player deploys Iraqi units. The OB lists three units which must be placed in or adjacent to Baghdad The last paragraph of 38D3 says that "The coup collapses and Iraq surrenders if the Allied player gains ownership of Baghdad."

This leaves the Iraqi plotters open to a very simple Allied ploy. The Allies may start no Iraqi units in Baghdad and move one of their Assyrian battalions into Baghdad in the beginning of the game. When the Coup happens, it will immediately collapse. The Allies don't get away completely free, as they will pay some VP costs for not meeting post-coup garrison requirements quickly enough. This is the price of defeating the coup so efficiently. Was it meant to be this way? Should the Axis set up the Iraqi units instead?
A: Sure, have the Axis set up the Iraqis instead of the Allies.

128. WUD: Malta Supply
Rule 39 (last paragraph; Malta supply): There is a mild sequencing problem in this rule. Rule 12C3 reads (in part): -[General supply points] are generated in the initial phase, after both players have checked the general supply status of their units. (Note that this means a unit cannot draw on a supply point in the initial phase in which the point was generated).

But, Rule 39 tells us that after the Allies are informed of an impending Axis invasion of Malta, "the Allied player .. may expend steps of attack supply on Malta [to] generate general supply points) to place his units there in general supply."

Clearly, the intent of this rule is that the general supply points created on Malta should be immediately useable to put units in general supply.
A: Yes.

129. WRD: Malta Supply
But, then these supply points will be useahle for three initial phases, rather than the two which seem to be intended in Rule 12C3. How should this be dealt with?
A: Just use the rules as written.

130. WitD: Malta Invasion
Also, at what point in the initial phase must the Axis player declare an impending invasion of Malta?
A: Declare it in step 1 of the ESOP.

131. WRD: Malta VPs
Rule 39 (errata): If the Axis capture Valetta, do they get victory points for the capture of the limited supply terminal there?
A: No.

132. WitD: Malta Supply Terminal
In the unlikely event that the Allies recapture Valetta, can they reestablish this supply terminal?
A: Yes.

133. WRD: Evacuation from Greece
Rule 40A3: When Allied units evacuate from Greece, any unit that gets away "arrives (per section A I above) at any Alliedownedport in the Middle East Command. But, if we look at A 1: "Place arrivals for the Middle East Command in any Red Sea hexes along the eastern edge of map 19A. " This would certainly be a round-about way to arrive ftom Greece! Should such units be placed directly in an Allied-owned port in the Middle East command (ignoring section A 1) or should they arrive by naval transport, possibly from the Aegean Sea?
A: Hardly seems to matter to me as the returning units end up in ME ports. Feel free to add a house rule to this effect it bothers you. (Yes, you can point out that if the Axis captured all Allied Med ports and the Suez Canal before the evacuation from Greece, then the RAW lets the evacuees escape the Axis trap by appearing in the Red Sea, but I wouldn't recommend that the Allied player let the Axis do this just to pose paradoxes with evacuating units from Greece.)

134. WitD: Replacements
Both the Allied and Axis players have to move replacements to their African supply terminals during their Jan I movement phases and only then can these replacements be used for rebuilds during the following initial phases. Am I reading the rules correctly here?
A. Yes. Axis replacements appear in Europe and have to be shipped to North Africa, Allied replacements arrive from offmap and have to be shipped to whichever command the Allied player chooses. n either case, the replacements are not available for use until they get to a friendly supply terminal, and since no naval transport can occur during an initial phase, there is no way for them to get to a non-European supply terminal before that current friendly movement phase, which is after the current initial phase, and also, of course, after that portion of the initial phase in which replacements may be used.

As applied to Crusader Scenario

135. WitD: Transfer
Rule 40AI: The transfer rule says that "Any unit of the indicated size, type, and strength may he transferred " It does not specify that the nationality or specific unit ID must he observed?
A: This is technically correct although there's no real harm done if players restrict transfers to nationality. However, this is not to be taken that you can use units from different forces in transfer: when the OB transfer a unit from the British Empire force, an American unit cannot be transferred in its place. Also note that: 1) in general (Rule 40) "On the OBs, unit identifications are given for historical interest and may be ignored except for breakdown purposes."; and 2) various other reinforcement activities do not exclude nationality like transfer does -- for example, when converting a British Army brigade per the OB, you can't use an Australian brigade instead.

This provides some important flexibility. For example, the Allies must withdraw an infantry HQ and three 2-8 infantry brigades on Jan 141 (historically, the 4th Indian division.) If the 4th Indian division is engaged at the front, the Allies might prefer to send an Australian division (especially if they are nervous about the Australian losses rule.)

136. WitD: Transfers
But, this can lead to minor anomalies later. On Apr 1141, the 4th Indian division is scheduled to be sent back to the Middle East. Must the Allied player return the division sent in place of the 4th Indian division, or may he select units of the "indicated size, type and strength "from the East Africa command (such as the units of the 5th Indian division) instead?
A: See Rule 40A1: "Return: This is the same as an arrival except that a counter previously withdrawn from play is to reused." I fail to see what anomaly is possible in the phrase "counter previously withdrawn from play" - if you yank an Aussie instead of an Indian brigade, the counter previously withdrawn from play is the Aussie brigade.

137. WitD: Replacements - Small Countries
Rules: 38A4, 38B2, 38D: I want to make sure that I understand how replacement of units of small countries works. If Egyptian reaction is checked and Egypt does notjoin the Allies, due to one or more of its units becoming Axis controlled, then Egypt is neutral for the rest of the game and those of its units which are demobilized are not placed in either player's replacement pool. However, Egyptian units which do join the Axis and are then eliminated may be replaced in the normal way. (This would only be possible for the Air and Light Armor units in this case.) Right?
A: I am unsure what you mean by "in the normal way." Since Egypt is neutral, it is not generating any replacements and anyway neutral replacements cannot be used by Axis forces (even if the forces are disloyal national forces). If this is what you mean by "in the normal way", then no. If you mean something else, like German arm RPs being given in foreign aid to any Axis Egyptian forces, then this is legal. I haven't scoured the rules for ARP cases, but I don't remember any provision (like foreign aid) allowing ARPs to be given to forces other than the one owning the ARPs.

138. WitD: Replacements
Rule 40B3: The example of replacing an Indian infantry brigade using a mix of British and Indian replacement points toward the top of the second column of page 5 1, suggests that replacement points should not be counted in thirds; otherwise the example would have allowed for the brigade to be replaced using 1 113 Indian inf RPs and 213 British inf RPs. Is there a basic indivisible unit of infantry RPs such as 112 or 114?
A: None is specified in the rules.

139. WitD: Loaning Armor RPs
Rule 40C2: This rule says that the Axis player may not give Italian armor RPs to any other Axis force. Should this rule also apply to Egyptian, Iraqi, and French armor RPs, which might be obtained by disbanding units?
A: No.

140. WitD: National Contingents
Rule43D:1 "If units from both contingents participate in an attack, subtract I ftom the combat resolution die roll. As usual, unit means ground unit. Right?
A: Right!

141. WitD: National Contingents
If units from all three contingents participate in an attack, then what is subtracted from the die roll?
A: 1.

142. WitD: Strategic Reserve
Rule 44E: As I understand this rule, the infantry REs must actually be infantry, and not cavalry, motorized or armor as allowed for garrisons. Right?
A: Right. Although units assigned to the strategic reserve may also be used in garrison, the strategic reserve per se is not a garrison and does not use the garrison rules.

143. WitD: Strategic Reserve
Likewise, since the units in the reserve are not garrison, units which are forming or in the replacement pool may not be counted Right?
A: I assume you mean "may not be counted towards the strategic reserve." Again, while units assigned to the strategic reserve may also be used in garrison, the strategic reserve per se is not a garrison and does not use the garrison rules. Hence, forming units cannot be part of the strategic reserve.