Changes to overhead fire rules.

After some discussion on the yahoogroup, I`ve made some changes to the overhead fire rules.
The main change being that there is now some risk to intervening friendly units and a minimum distance that the intervening units must be from their own supporting artillery. One rule less for howitzer fire on page 97, there now being only a note to say that the same overhead rules apply to howitzers.

Two pdf`s have been posted on the yahoogroup files section so you can reprint for your copies of the rules.

Here`s the two rules regarding the changes then:

92

Phase 4 a. Artillery.

2. Firing in proximity to friendly units:

c)  Artillery may fire “overhead” of friendly units if the artillery and the target is on a higher elevation than the intervening friendly unit and the friendly unit is no closer than ten centimetres from the target and not closer than five centimetres from the firer. Artillery may also fire overhead if the artillery is higher than both the target and the intervening friendly unit. The intervening friendly unit must roll for normal range artillery fire effects upon it.

and:

97

Phase 4 a. Artillery.

17. Howitzer batteries:

b)              Artillery rule 4a 2c (page 92) also applies to howitzers.

Thanks again to the contributors there on the yahoogroup !

Mike.