ERRATA FOR LINEAR TACTICS(C) 1986 and 1995 by Larry Irons

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Howitzers

The following was accidently omitted from page 37 on howitzer shell shooting. The entire section is given here.

Shell

Howitzers fire shell. This was a hollow ball filled with gunpowder and ignited by a cord fuse. The shell travelled at a higher trajectory than ball. Shell will cause two CE casualties to the target unit automatically. This represents a morale effect. When you use shell against enemy artillery, consult the counter-battery table. The minimum range to fire shell is 40 cm.

Use the following sequence for shooting shell:

1. Select the target
2. State the ammunition type (shell).
3. Measure the range to the target.
4. Roll the die on consult the Howitzer Shooting Table.
   
   

die roll modifiers:

• +1 shooter has good training
• +1 target in more than one rank
• +1 target is mounted
• -1 shooter has poor training
• -3 target is mounted and moving rapidly, or pass through target

Melee

The following rule should be added to the after the melee section on page 45. The second paragraph should read as follows:

Horse charging or countercharging any troops in one rank (treat an undisordered square as deeper than one rank) or any unformed troops (artillery is considered unformed), and the horse and its opposition are not forced to retire, then the horse will penetrate the opposing troops' formation. This is an involuntary interpenetration. Both sides become disordered. The horse will then make a pursuit move. It is possible that two opposing horse units will interpenetrate each other.

Morale

The following should be added to the list of morale modifiers on page 51:

• -1 not winning a melee round

Change the following from:

• "-1 for each 10% casualties lost by testers in melee this turn"

to:

• "-1 for each 5% casualties lost by testers in melee this turn"