<blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by KWhitehead</i>
<br />My answer is Yes, but I never do it. I have never seen a lone leader killed by direct fire so it's probably a waste of ammo. I don't know how the game actually makes this test so I don't even know if you can kill a leader this way.
BG. Kennon Whitehead
Chatham Grays
III Corps, AoM (CSA)
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Since I have a game with you now Ken, I like that you don't mind. lol. A couple years ago I had Meade, Gibbons and Hancock sitting on top of Big Round top watching II Corps counterattack Longstreet when my opponent decided to lob a shell their way. They were not stacked with any troops. Needless to say, the shell took Meade's head clean off and my opponent gathered up a nice little sum of victory points. Fortunately the assault on Longstreet was a complete success so it didn't matter but I was pretty shocked. The battery was at least 2 elevations below me and at least 12 hexes away. I don't make a practice at shooting at leaders, especially with Talonsoft games, because it's a big waste of limited ammo, but I have seen it work on more than one occassion. I have NEVER seen it work with HPS games. In fact, I get the impression that leaders have teflon skin in those games.[:D]
Major General Don Golen
1st Div/ V Corps/
Army of the Potomac, Union!
Assistant Commandant Union War College
http://acwgc.org/wc/