Very interesting point!
Though the wording in 1942, 2nd Edition, is different:
@rulebook:
No Combat Value: It can, however, be taken as a casualty. If a territory containing AAA units and no combat units is attacked,
the AAA units are automatically destroyed. AAA units may never attack.
Air Defense: An Antiaircraft artillery (AAA) unit can fire only at an air unit when that unit attacks the territory containing
that AAA unit. AAA units fire only once, before the first round of combat.
This would indicate that the air unit is subject to AAA fire, and after that - if the air unit survives - the AAA will be autodestroyed.
As the combat value of an AAA unit is relevant only after the AAA fire itself.
Also see page 12:
@the:
Air units attacking territories that have antiaircraft artillery will be fired upon (see pg. 25).
So I think in this game it works like expected again.
Right, but the G40 2nd edition rulebook does read as PGMatt quoted it, and what it says under “air defense” appears crystal clear that the AAA doesn’t even get a shot if it doesn’t have any land or air units with it?!
I just asked Krieghund to confirm/explain…
AAA are land units, therefore they get to fire if air units attack them.
Great! But then why does it say “only when that unit attacks land and/or air units”? Wouldn’t it be impossible not to? I’m confused
Great!  But then why does it say “only when that unit attacks land and/or air units”?  Wouldn’t it be impossible not to? I’m confused
I think this is to show that they do not fire when planes are attacking an IC/base, to clarify from the old days where you had to have aa cover for your IC’s.
I think this is to show that they do not fire when planes are attacking an IC/base, to clarify from the old days where you had to have aa cover for your IC’s.
Correct.
No comment.
Alright, PGMatt, TripleA has been correct all along and you just misunderstood the intent of the rules. I’m glad I decided to contact Krieghund on this
works for me.
AAA are land units, therefore they get to fire if air units attack them.
Thanks for the clarification.
I wasn’t sure where to put this, but it is an unresolved issue. Could we create a “tip jar” for the creator? Or swear on our dead horse that we will eventually purchase a physical copy of AnA in order to protect intellectual property rights? Do I think most of us already have a copy? Yes. Multiple editions? Yes. I just wish there was some way to express that.
It works in reverse, I think. New players who might be exposed to triplea first will inevitably buy a physical copy. These things must have crossed someone else’s mind, no?
