OCTOBER WAR ERRATA

by

Alan R. Arvold

The following errata was sent into SPI for consideration back in

the late Seventies. It was never published. Here it is for your

enjoyment.

[5.0] Observation

If the line of sight passes exactly through the length of a

hexside between a covering terrain hex and a clear hex the line

of sight is blocked. If the line sight passes exactly through the

length of a hexside in between two hexes, each of different

elevations than the other, then the line of sight is blocked. The

last rule also applies to village and grove hexes when these are

adjacent to clear hexes. If the line of sight passes exactly

through the corner of a hex at the intersection of a sand ridge

hexside and a clear hexside the line of sight is blocked. The

line of sight is blocked if it passes exactly through the length

of a sand ridge hexside. Note that these rules apply when both

the target unit and the firing unit are at the same elevation. If

they are at different elevations in relation to each other then

consult the rules of the Effect of Height of LOS (Section 5.2).

[7.4] Transport

Infantry units may not fire the same turn in which they mount a

vehicle. Infantry units may not move in the same turn in which

they mount or dismount an APC unit.

[11.0] Overrun

Infantry units that are being transported in an APC which is

making an overrun attack may fire in that overrun attack using

the mounted fire rules. This is the only time that infantry units

may fire from a moving vehicle. Transported infantry units may

also fire if their APC is being overrun. When an APC which is

carrying infantry fires in an overrun attack it may fire twice,

once with its own attack factor and once with the attack factor

of the infantry unit it is carrying. When engaging hard or

protected targets, infantry units firing from an APC are standing

up through open hatches and are considered to be a soft target

when receiving fire. The same applies when engaging soft targets

except for infantry units being carried by a BMP unit in which

case they are firing from inside the vehicle and therefore may

not be fire at.