Comet A-34

UK, Tank Vehicle, 1945

ATT inf 7/7/6
ATT veh 15/13/11
Cost 40.00
Def 6/3
Speed 4

High Gear 1
If this unit makes its entire move along a road, it gets +1 speed.

Battlefield Awareness
This unit can make defensive-fire attacks against Vehicles that move out of hexes adjacent to this unit. (The defensive-fire attack must be made while the target is still in an adjacent hex).

Superior Armor 2
An attack must beat this unit’s defense by 2 or more in order to score two hits against it.

Set Contested Skies, 15/45 u

 

Special Abilities Errata & FAQ

High Gear 1

If this unit makes its entire move along a road, it gets +1 speed.

Q: If a Vehicle with High Gear moves entirely on the road using its' High Gear ability and speed, does it get the road bonus?
A: Yes.

Q: Bicycle Troops get High Gear 2, so is the first movement along the road free? Can they move 4 along the road?
A: No, because bicycle troops are classed as Soldiers. Only Vehicles get the normal road bonus.

Battlefield Awareness

This unit can make defensive-fire attacks against Vehicles that move out of hexes adjacent to this unit. (The defensive-fire attack must be made while the target is still in an adjacent hex).

Q: How is Battlefield Awareness different from regular defensive fire?
A: Defensive fire is usually only provoked when an enemy unit moves from one adjacent hex directly into another adjacent hex. The Battlefield Awareness ability allows a unit to make defensive-fire attacks against Vehicles that move from an adjacent hex to a non-adjacent hex. Normally the firer can choose what hex the defensive fire attack occurs in, but if the enemy unit moves to a non-adjacent hex, the unit has to make the defensive fire attack while the target is still in the adjacent hex.

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.