Charge Melee against moving AVF?

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Hi Björn!
We played a first testgame for our Colonial-campaign. The game was a blast,
but we coulden´t solve one situation.
The question was, if an infantry unit could charge a moving (speed1) open toped soft skin vehicle?
And if it is possible, how the combat is resolved?
Thanks a lot! And yes, again no camera! Someday we will make it,
V

[Westfalia Chris]

My suggestion:

Unless armed with "anti-vehicle weapons" like hand grenades (and those would in all probability rather be thrown), I´d think regular infantry can´t really damage a vehicle.

If the vehicle is open-topped, though, I´d allow a unit to charge a vehicle moving up to speed 1/6" tops, and then fight a single round of melee against the passengers, the latter counting as having cover. You only conduct a single round since the vehicle will then move on. If the vehicle is stationary, you may continue the melee until it is resolved.

On flight moves for a vehicle unit losing a melee, as noted above, if moving, it will automatically move out of the melee after the combat was fought, with neither side taking a morale check. If the vehicle is stationary or immobilised, take normal checks as appropriate.

As said, my personal opinion on how you could tweak the rules to account for anti-vehicle melee. Björn may have a different opinion, and mine is in no way official.

[Driscoles]

Chargin a moving vehicle.... doo 
In this case I would suggest that the charging unit should make a scorecheck first if they really have the guts to attack a moving vehicle and in case they are succesful I see it like Chris does it.

Iam glad you had a fun game.

Björn

[Westfalia Chris]

Chargin a moving vehicle.... doo 
In this case I would suggest that the charging unit should make a scorecheck first if they really have the guts to attack a moving vehicle and in case they are succesful I see it like Chris does it.

Iam glad you had a fun game.

Björn

Good idea with the score check, especially if the vehicle is carrying anti-infantry weapons like machineguns.