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by barr7430 » Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:52 am
Jim, good question,
1. Infantry CAN stand and fire at charging infantry AND they can also fight them subsequently in melee. The caveat for charging is that Infantry can only ever charge SHAKEN(or worse) infantry targets unless the target is defending a linear obstacle and then any infantry even unshaken, can be charged.
The bit you didn't read correctly was that the STAND & FIRE test is not determining the 'actual firing' distance but the 'effect' of the fire. Another way of describing this is:
FORGET THE DISTANCE FROM SHOOTER TO TARGET
1. A LONG range volley represents nervy troops shooting in a haphazard way regardless of target distance
2. A MEDIUM range volley represents officer controlled fire
3. A SHORT range volley represents extremely steady troops, well commanded delivering their fire at the optimum distance to the target
hope this helps
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