Quote from: LawrenceG on March 19, 2025, 10:01:18 AM
IT occurred to me that if the aim is to get pike operating in wide blocks with no gaps between them, an alternative approach would be:

Treat supporting files vs pikes as normal;
For pikes to get their +1 for 3rd or 4th ranks, the file would have to have a neighbouring file in their own or another friendly TUG.

OF course, I mean TWO neighbouring files.

So as a neighbouring file is defined as : neighbouring files are those in edge contact with, facing the same way, and parallel to the file creating a shatter or a shove ( PDF pg 134 ) , any supporting TUG touching the 3rd file is a supporting file enough to protect the flank.