Rules Book Page 2-4: In the FFG-7 Ship Form, the Embarked helicopter is an SH60B, not an SH-20B. Page 2-5: In the Houdong Ship Form, it is fitted with Second- Generation Decoys, not First. Page 2-10: Secret Submarine Movement Example. The distance scale is too long by a factor of two, in other words, it actually represents a distance of 10 nm. Page 2-14: In the second paragraph of the 0909 turn, change "has a 49% chance of not hitting" to "has a 49% chance of hitting." Page 3-14, section 3.4 Missile Movement. Add a new paragraph at the end of the section, before 3.4.1 Speed: "Missiles launched in the Planned Fire Phase are not valid targets in the following Reaction Fire Phase. Although they have been launched they have not yet moved away from the ship, so any weapon would be unable to separate them from their much larger launch platform. Even submerged-launch missiles are assumed to be still clearing the surface on the phase of launch." Page 4-2, section 4.2.2.1, second paragraph after the table, change, "but if Small or Stealthy aircraft carry external ordnance, their radar signature is increased to Small." to "but if VSmall or Stealthy aircraft carry external ordnance (except on wing tips or semi-recessed), their radar signature is increased to Small." Page 4-4, section 4.2.4 Airborne Radars. Add a new paragraph at the end of the section. "Most aircraft radars have an arc of 1200 centered on the aircraft's heading. A few radars, like the APS-125, have a 3600 arc. These will be listed in the remarks section of Annex L." Page 4-7: We somehow missed putting in the array type that defines the array's baffles in Annex M1. Therefore, for any "H" array use the bow-mounted sonar baffle on page 47. If the system designator or remarks identifies the array as being mounted on the flank, however, use the Flank Array baffles. Towed arrays really don't have baffles. A VDS definitely doesn't, and while a towed array's endf ire beams get a bit wide, it still can see 360 degrees. Page 5-6: The seeker acquisition cones shown in the table are for antiship missiles only. Page 6-6: Add the following modifier to the Air-to-Air Combat Table: - If target is sea-skimming (VLow altitude band) there is a +1.0 modifier to the target's ATA if attacked by a sea-skimmer capable SAM and +4.0 to the target's ATA for a non-seaskimmer capable SAM. On the Aircraft Countermeasures, add the following columns for third generation jammers and decoys: Number 3rd Gen ECM 3rd Gen Decoys 1 +2.0 +2.0 2 +2.0 +2.0 3 +1.5 +1.5 4 +1.0 +1.0 Page 6-8: In the second column, in the fourth full paragraph, the last sentence is incomplete. It should read "if the US player pursues the fighters, the Fencers escape the dogfight." Page 6-16: In the last full paragraph in the last column, change "Missiles with ballistic profiles only fly their full distance if launched from high altitude. If released from Medium altitude, its range is halved, and from low, it is quartered." to "Missiles with ballistic profiles only fly their full distance if launched from High or Medium altitude. If released from Low attitude their range is halved." This bring it into agreement with page 3-14. Page 6-17, saection 6.3.4.2.4 GPS Guided Munitions. Additiona/Clarification: GPS-guided minitions only receive their accuracy bonus when used against a fixed (non-moving) target. Against a moving target, treat a GPS-guided bomb as a standard "dumb" bomb, unless the weapon has a terminal seeker. If it does have a terminal seeker, resolve the attack on the appropriate PGM table. Page 6-22, Example #3: Change th following sentence; "Using the airburst rules in 7.3.1.2 a 200 DP weapon causes 5D6 critical hits, but does not directly reduce the damage points of the ship." "Using the airburst rules in 7.3.1.2, divide the P-700's 200 DP by 5 for a modified total of 40 DP which causes 3136 critical hits, but does not directly reduce the damage points of the ship." Page 6-22, section 6.4.1.3 Range Measurement. Add the following sentence at the end of the section. "If a SAM destroys a missile less than three seconds of flight from its target, the target could suffer fragmentation damage from the missile's exploding warhead and structure (see The Three-Second Rule). Page 6-23, Section 6.4.1.6: Replace the following sentencec "if a SAM is not listed as sea- skimmer capable, subtract 5.0 from the weapon's ATA and then resolve the attack normally."with "If a SAM is not listed as sea- skimmer capable, add 4.0 to the target's ATA value in addition to any other modifiers and resolve the attack normally." Page 6-26, in the Standoff Weapons Positioning Table, change the range limits in the third row from 15.0 - 20.0 nm to 10.0 - 20.0 nm. Page 6-30, section 6.5.2.3, left column. Change the sentence before the list of evaion criteria from "To use the evasion modifier, once the torpedo has acquired the target, it must do at least two of the following three things:" to: "To use the evasion modifier, once the torpedo has been launched, the target must do at least two of the following three things:" Page 7-3, Section 7.3.1.2: Insert this sentence after the first paragraph on ARMs. "It the airburst damage is due to a missile that explodes within the minimum Three-Second Rule range (see section 6.4.1.1 Air Defense Guns) divide the missile's damage points by 5 before entering the table below." Page 7-6, section 7.4 repairs Delete the Breakdown Repair Table. In the first line of section 7.4.1, change "...repair rolls 1 hrs, 12 hrs..." to "...repair rolls 6 hrs, 12 hrs..." Data Annex Book In the second paragraph of the introduction, the phrase "Russian coed names" should be corrected to "Russian code names." Annex A Ships Canada Halifax: On the weapons line for the VL Sea Sparrow, change "F&A(6)2 Mk48 VLS w/6 RIM-71W/2 STIR"to "F&A(8)2 Mk48 VLS w/6 RIM- 7M//2 STIR." FRG Brandenburg The class carries (2)2 MM38 Exocet upgrades, not Harpoon. The Firing arc is the same. Iranian Houdong PTG: Change the Countermeasures from 1 st to 2nd Ge Decoys. (This also needs to be changed on the Ship Reference Shee on Page 2-5 of the rules). Russian Akula II class: The six external 533mm TTs are loaded with six MG-74 3rd generation submarine simulators. Russia Project 636: Delete the 2 650mm TT. The Project 636 subs have 6 533mm TT only. USA Seawolf Change the Acoustic Intercept Receiver (AIR) to 5th generation. USA Improved Los Angeles class: Change the Acoustic Intercept receiver to 4th Generation. Delete the remark regarding the BQG-5 WAX THe system is not fitted on 6881s. USA Ticonderoga and Bunker Hill classes: Change "2 SPG-62" to "4 SPG-62." USA Spruance and Improved Spruance. Add in the remarks section "SPG-60 can be used to control Mk45 gun or illuminate a second target for NATO Sea Sparrow missiles." Annex D Surface Missiles Delete Otomat Mk3. (Redundant with Teseo Mk3.) Change Otomat Mk 1,2 & Teseo Mk3 ROF to 8. Change 85RU Metel' generation from 3 to 2. Change the name from Metel' to Rastrub, and the warhead to 185 kg, with 37 damage points. Change SA-N-6 ROF to 12. Change SA-N-7 ROF to 3. Change Novator Alpha ROF to 6. Change the SM2 BIk III ATA to 6.0. Change the SM2 Blk IV Gen to 4 and the ATA to 7.0 (dual seeker) Annex E1 ASW Standoff Weapons Change the Russian SS-N-15b Range to 29.2 nm. Change the Rusian SS-N-15c Range to 32.1 nm. Change the Russian 83RN payload to the UGMT-1 E. Change the Russian Medvedka payload from "40-79 or UGMT-1 E torpedo" to UTST 95. Change the Russian 60RU Metel warhead from 200 kt NDB to a 5 kt NDB. Change the Russian 70RU payload from E40-75A to AT-1 [E45-70A]. Change the Russian 85R payload from 40-79 to AT-2UM [E53-79A]. Change the Russian 85RU payload from "UGMT-1 E torpedo & 350 kg" warhead to "UGMT-1 E torpedo & 185 kg" Annex F Torpedoes A new Annex F, replacing the one in the Data Annex Book, is provided on pages 10 - 14. Annex G4 Guided Air Ordnance The following weapons should have their seeker generation changed from 3 to 2: Popeye, AGM-1 30/A/1 30C, AGM-142 Have Nap Sweden's RBS 15F: Add "Can be fired from Med alt in ballistic profile to 80 nm range" to the remarks. The USA AGM-1 54C should have a 227 kg warhead with 45 dp. Annex J Naval Radars The Russian Half Plate radar was accidentally omitted. It is a 3D Radar with a range of 150/93/60/27/15 nm. Annex L Air Radars Several radars have their functions listed as "Al/M." This should be changed to "LD/SD." The following radars have a 360 degree arc: Israel: EU2075 Russia: Flat Jack, Vega-M USA: APS-1 25, APS-1 38, APS139, APS-1 45, APY- 1, APY-2, LN-66 The APG-73, APG-77, and APO- 164 radars were omitted. The APG-73 is a LD/SD radar, a little better than the APG-65, but with terrain- following mode added, so its function is really LD/SD, TF. Ranges are 120/77/48/21.6/12. The APG-77 is a straight LD/SD radar with ranges of 150/96/60/27/15. It is an LPI and a phased array radar. The APQ-1 64 is a phased-array attack radar (surface search) with terrainfollowing capability. Its ranges are 150/96/27/15 n m. Annex M1 Sonars All active and passive ranges are listed in nautical miles. Change the UK Sonar 2074 to "Sonar 2076." Change the French DSBWDSUV 61 & 62's frequency band to VLF-L. Change the Russian MGK-335EM Piranha to "MGK-335EM Platina." Change the Russian Platina [Steer Hide] to "Piranha [Steer Hide]." Change the Russian Rubin to "MGK300 Rubin." The Rubin also has a passive flank array with a range of 2.5 nm. Annex N Environment At the bottom of page N-2, the formula for randomly rolling the sonar range multiplier should be changed from "7+Dl 0" to "7+D6." This corrected formula will give a range of percentages from 80% to 130%. Thanks to Paul Candy, Greg Collins, Pete Keller, David King, Tim Lanzendoerfer, Jose Luis Alonso Lozano, Maurice Tremblay, and Kevin de Waele. Airburst Table Warhead DP: 0-10 11-20 21-50 51- 101+ Critical Hits: D6 2D6 3D6 4D6 5D6 BT Back to The Naval Sitrep #12 Table of Contents Back to Naval Sitrep List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1997 by Larry Bond and Clash of Arms. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com