SU-122

USSR, Assault Gun Vehicle, 1943

ATT inf 8/8/6
ATT veh 10/7/5
Cost 22.00
Def 5/5
Speed 4

Fixed Howitzer
This unit can attack only units in front of it.

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

Bombardment
This unit's attacks ignore cover. This unit can't attack Aircraft.

Blast
When this unit attacks, make a separate attack roll against each unit in the target hex. (This includes friendly units, but not Aircraft.)

Set North Africa, 7/60 r

 

Special Abilities Errata & FAQ

Fixed Howitzer

This unit can attack only units in front of it.

(See Fixed Gun for Q&A)

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.

Bombardment

This unit's attacks ignore cover. This unit can't attack Aircraft.

Q: The German Wespe, US M4A3 (105) Sherman, US M7 105mm Priest and the Soviet SU-152 have the Bombardment special ability, which allows them to ignore cover. What happens if any of these tanks attacks a unit with the superior camouflage special ability? Could this unit be bombarded at medium and long ranges?
A: Bombardment attacks ignore cover, but superior camouflage prevents the attack from happening in the first place. (Note: There are eight other AAM units that have both the Bombardment and
Blast special abilities. Those units could target the unit in the above example if there was another unit in the same hex. See the Blast SA for more details.)

Q: Can units with the Bombardment SA use it to attack Aircraft?
A: No. According to the 11/12/09 clarification, both of these units' Bombardment SA should include "This unit can't attack Aircraft."

Blast

When this unit attacks, make a separate attack roll against each unit in the target hex. (This includes friendly units, but not Aircraft.)

Note: As of booster set nine, there are eight units that have the Blast SA; the Germans have the SIG 33, Nebelwerfer 41, Sturmpanzer IV “Brummbar” and the Hummel, the US have the M12

GMC, the British have the Churchill AVRE and the Soviets have the BM-13 Katyusha Rocket Launcher and SU-122. All of these units also have the Bombardment SA.

Q: A rifleman is sharing the same hex with a Fanatical/Expert/Imperial Sniper. A Brummbar tank is four hexes away and decides to target the rifleman. Does the sniper take damage from the Blast targeted at the rifleman located in the same hex?
A: Yes. The Blast gets the sniper too.

Q: Assume a tank with the Blast special ability is firing at a vehicle with a Soldier riding along as a passenger. The Blast effect requires attacks against all units in the hex, even friendly units. Is a separate attack made against the passenger, in addition to the vehicle?
A: Yes. Blast affects every unit in the hex, including passengers aboard a Transport. The Soldier would be the target of a separate attack roll.

Q: Does Blast affect Aircraft?
A: No. You can't attack an Aircraft with the Blast ability and you also can't make a separate attack as one of the Blast ability's separate attacks.

Q: An enemy Soldier is in the same hex as my tank with the Blast SA. If I decide to attack that Soldier, does the tank have to roll an attack against itself being that Blast affects every unit in the targeted hex?
A: Yes.