Overwhelming Force
Amphibious assaults require overwhelming force. The troops land in the teeth of the enemy defences, scattered and disorganised. It is only through overwhelming force that they will secure a beachhead.
The Attacking force has 25% more troops than the Defending force. A good force for most tables would be 1500 points for the Attacker against 1200 points for the Defender.
When an Attacking platoon is Destroyed, the player returns it to the Floating Reserve to represent a fresh unit landing in its place. Infantry and Man-packed Gun teams in the platoon return to the Floating Reserve and can land again as long as the platoon contained at least four such teams at the start of the game. Hoever, all other types of teams are permanently lost. As usual, Destroyed Armoued vehicles remain where they are.
Warrior and Independent deams are also permanently lost when they are Destroyed.
The Attacking player may voluntariley destroy platoons and return them to the Floating Reserve in the first part of the Starting Step.
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