IS-2 Veteran
USSR, Tank Vehicle, 1944
ATT inf 8/8/7
ATT veh 18/15/12
Cost 67.00
Def 7/7
Speed 3
Superior Armor 2
An attack must beat this unit’s defense by 2 or more in order to score two hits against it.
Veteran Guard
After rolling attack dice for this unit, you may reroll up to two die results of 1. While disrupted, this unit can still move and doesn’t suffer the –1 penalty to each attack die. (It still suffers the –1 penalty to defense and can’t make defensive-fire attacks).
Extended Range 10
This unit’s long range against Vehicles is 5–10 hexes.
Set Eastern Front, 17/60 r
Special Abilities Errata & FAQ
Superior Armor 2
An attack must beat this unit’s defense by 2 or more in order to score two hits against it.
Q: A Tiger tank's frontal defense is 7 and it has Superior Armor 2. Does this special ability simply add to a unit's defense? Would the Tiger's defense now be 9?
A: No. Superior Armor 2 doesn't change the vehicle's defense value at all. What it does is make it harder for a single attack to score two hits against the vehicle. A single attack must score enough successes to beat the target vehicle's defense rating by 2, not just by 1, in order to score two hits.
To clarify your example, a Tiger I has frontal defense 7 and Superior Armor 2. That means 7 successes against the tank's frontal armor would cause 1 hit while 9 successes against the tank's front would cause 2 hits. Without Superior Armor 2, 8 successes would cause 2 hits. Note that Superior Armor 2 has no effect at all against three attacks (14 successes against the tank's front will still cause 3 hits.) The tank is still disrupted by one hit, damaged by two hits, and destroyed by three hits. Superior Armor 2 just makes it harder to get two hits from a single roll of the dice, and that's all it does.
Veteran Guard
After rolling attack dice for this unit, you may reroll up to two die results of 1. While disrupted, this unit can still move and doesn’t suffer the –1 penalty to each attack die. (It still suffers the –1 penalty to defense and can’t make defensive-fire attacks).
Q: If an IS-2 with the Veteran Guard SA also has an Ammo Dump with the Plentiful Ammo SA on its side, does it get to reroll 1s a second time?
A: Yes, the two special abilities can overlap because they are different SAs. You can apply them in either order.