Ammunition & fire limits

If a firing card is drawn while the Reload card is face up and the character is stationary, the firing card goes to that character's player; otherwise it is discarded. A character may only use the Fire action if his player holds his firing card. The drawer need not reveal whose firing card it was, so opponents often cannot tell which weapons are loaded.

If it is a character's firing card, then if the reload card is face up on the table and that character is stationary, the firing card is passed to the appropriate character's player.

After firing a unit receives a Reload Marker and loses the +1 Volley Fire bonus. Markers are removed for both sides when a Reload card appears, or for a Steady unit given Hold orders beyond 12" of enemy foot. Events like Bad Powder impose a permanent marker.

The marker remains until a Reload card appears in the Order Deck (all markers in play are removed from both sides)

Archery tactics represent both firing modes and the limits on arrow supply; each volley expends a counter for the whole ward. Field guns may only fire every second turn and organ guns every fourth. Companies defending works get +1 intensity for extra arrows.

The Archery Tactics components represent both the different modes of archery barrage that were used in our era, along with limitations on ammunition that were a reality in English tactical usage.

Tanks may fire 2 rounds per bound; a second round at the same target subtracts 1 from the tens die. After 2 rounds a tank may not move. US tanks firing once may move half capability (over 50 m adds +2); Soviet tanks may fire one round on the move at +2. ATGMs may not move in the bound they fire. Each tank may use self-screening smoke twice per game.

All tanks may fire 2 rounds per bound at the same target or at different targets. If the second round is fired at the same target the hit probability is increased by subtracting 1 from the tens die.

Each artillery stand has smoke missions equal to scenario turns x 0.3 (rounded down), recorded by stand. A stand with a 'D#' (bazooka, PIAT, Panzerschreck) loses its AP ability for the rest of the game when an unmodified AP CRT roll is at or below #. Optionally, a natural 20 on a fire roll means the stand is low on ammunition and may only fire back at stands that fired at it.

Whenever a stand marked with a “D#” in the Order of Battle or Weapons Data Table uses its AP firepower and the unmodified CRT roll result is equal to or less than the number following the “D” the platoon is out of ammo

Each ship has an ammunition allowance by type chosen beforehand; one ticket is dropped per A, B or C gun fired, on the firing square, naming the target. Tickets must be ready a move in advance and changing projectile needs reload time. Non-QF 10-inch, 6-inch and 4.7-inch guns fire every two moves; strategical ammunition is 10-20 rounds per gun.

A player wishing to fire drops one of these for every A, B, or C gun fired, while he is moving, and on the particular square he fires from, at the same time indicating the ship fired at.

If 1s equal 6s, the shot hits but the gun is out of ammo. More 1s than 6s is a miss and out of ammo, needing a Reload action. Two or more extra 1s jams the gun, and a Fix gun roll clears it on 5-6, fails on 3-4 and destroys it on 1-2. Optional muzzle-loaders need a shared Reload card face up before their firing card can be returned. Shotguns are always out of ammo after firing.

If two or more 1’s than 6’s are rolled the gun is jammed, he misses and the gun must be fixed before he can fire again.

Lewis, Hotchkiss and Parabellum guns cross off 1/2/3 ammo boxes for short/medium/long bursts and must reload when a drum row is empty (pilots only during simple straight manoeuvres). After a long burst roll 1d6: 5-6 jams; unjam on 4-6 in the recovery phase. Belt-fed Vickers/Spandau are unlimited (optional 20-box limit).

Players who fire long bursts must test their weapons for the possibility of jam- ming. Roll 1d6 and if a 5 or 6 is rolled, the weapon has jammed

Light artillery has 4 fire missions per game, Medium 3 and Heavy 2. Flamethrowers are one-shot weapons that become standard teams after firing.

Each Artillery Unit may Fire For Effect a limited number of times per game, based on its weight. 4 for Light, 3 for Medium, 2 for Heavy.

Hippeis may perform only 2 belos charges per game, peltastes 3 at printed strength (then psiloi strength) unless defending, psiloi unlimited, and toxotes 12 shots if records are kept.

Hippeis may perform only 2 Belos charges a game.

A howitzer battery carrying only its ordinary ammunition may fire for 50 Züge. Ammunition wagons are placed 1000-1500 paces behind the first two lines at the start of the action.

Jede Haubitzbatterie, wenn sie nicht mehr als ihre gewöhnliche Munition mit sich führt, darf nur 50 Züge hindurch feuern.

Naval guns cannot be pushed or limbered, use the Solid Shot procedure but automatically hit, and re-roll unsuccessful 'to kill' rolls. After shooting, five Fire Markers (rather than the usual three) are placed next to the gun; normal reloading and reaction rules apply.

After shooting place five (rather than the usual three) Fire Markers next to the gun.

12-inch guns fire once every 1.5 minutes and 8-inch once a minute; all guns and tubes start loaded. Reloading a torpedo tube takes five minutes.

It requires five minutes to reload a torpedo tube.

Each shot crosses off a round on the character card; the Reload action restores three shots. Weapons have fixed capacities from the weapon table; bows reload free.

Ammunition is marked off here, then erased as shots are reloaded.

Canister can be fired only twice per game, shot ten times, and Prussian shell four times (not against buildings). An infantry battalion or mitrailleuse that fires places a smoke marker and suffers -1 on a second fire in the same turn. Muzzle-loader armed units cannot reload while prone.

(1) Can only be fired twice per game. (There is no pre-roll.) (2) Can only fire ten times per game. (3) Can only fire four times per game.

A Torpedo token is removed for every shot, hit or miss, and only one may be fired per turn. The Type VIIC upgrade carries 14 and may fire two at once, split between two adjacent targets at Periscope Depth. A double salvo automatically triggers destroyer detection.

You may only fire one torpedo per turn. You must remove a Torpedo token in order to fire at a target.