M1 81mm Mortar

USA, Artillery Soldier, 1941

ATT inf 3/8/8
ATT veh -/6/5
Cost 12.00
Def 3/3
Speed 0

Improved Indirect Fire
If a friendly U.S. commander is within 4 hexes or a friendly spotter is within eight hexes of an enemy soldier and has line of sight to it, this unit's attack against that Soldier ignores line of sight.

Enhanced Range 16
This unit’s long range is 5-16 hexes.

Inaccurate 1
This unit gets –1 on each attack die.

Shrapnel 2
Each success this unit rolls against a Soldier counts as two successes.

Relocate 2
This unit has speed 2 during your assault phase.

Set D-Day, 21/45 c

 

Special Abilities Errata & FAQ

Improved Indirect Fire

If a friendly U.S. commander is within 4 hexes or a friendly spotter is within eight hexes of an enemy soldier and has line of sight to it, this unit's attack against that Soldier ignores line of sight.

Q: Are Commanders considered to be spotters?
A: Only artillery with the Improved Indirect Fire SA allows a Commander to spot for it. So unless the SA of artillery specifically states it, the Commander can't spot for artillery.

Q: Why can Improved Indirect Fire be used verses enemy soldiers, but not vehicles? You would think that a spotter could point out the location of enemy vehicles just as easily as squads of enemy soldiers.
A: That's the way the designers wanted it. There's not much I can offer beyond that.

Q: Does indirect fire hit the front or rear defense when attacking a target? What if a spotter is looking at a target's rear, but the artillery is in the front arc?
A: Whether you hit the front or rear of a target depends on the facing of the target to the artillery unit. A spotter doesn't change this. It only allows the artillery unit to ignore line of sight.

Relocate 2

This unit has speed 2 during your assault phase.

Q: Can a unit with Relocate X move after it fires, or can it only do so if it has not fired?
A: The Relocate X special ability allows a unit to either move or fire in the Assault phase, but not both.