Artillery turning 90 degrees

[accard]

If a SuG of  3 bases of artillery behind barricades turns 90 degrees can it end up still being three wide facing in the new direction? Or does it end up two wide and thus remain so for the rest of the game? Can it straddle the barricades in the new facing?

[lionheartrjc]

This seems to me to be an oversight in the rules.  One for the clarifications.  Personally I would allow it to turn 3 wide.   Yes artillery can straddle the barricades, but if it straddles the barricades it no longer is defending them.

Richard

[badhabum]

So would you allow cannons behind barricades to pivot forward and so "cross" the barricades ? (I will see some artillery at IWC soyes it might be interesting to be 100% sure )

[lionheartrjc]

The new PDF edition allows artillery to pivot backwards and remain behind barricades.  This will be in the clarifications that will be issued at the same time.

No special rule for turning 90 degrees, so if it turns 90 a three wide UG would become 2 wide.  So turning heavy artillery does permanently reduce the shooting capability of the UG (which is fair enough).  A two wide UG is okay.

[badhabum]

The new PDF edition allows artillery to pivot backwards and remain behind barricades.  This will be in the clarifications that will be issued at the same time.

No special rule for turning 90 degrees, so if it turns 90 a three wide UG would become 2 wide.  So turning heavy artillery does permanently reduce the shooting capability of the UG (which is fair enough).  A two wide UG is okay.

Thank you

I know it is much much work so a possibility of the clarification before IWC ( 3rd week-end of January ) ?