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FIREFLY OUTGUNNED

Firefly WWII wargame rules updated and amended

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GENERAL INDEX

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The whole site was overhauled on 24th June 2008.
All modification flags were last removed on that date.
Any or labels are therefore newer than that.


1	INTRODUCTION
2	SCALES	Ground scale Time scale Figure scale
3	GAME REQUIREMENTS
4	PRE-GAME RECONNAISSANCE	Radio intercept Ground reconnaissance Air reconnaissance Jamming
5	SEQUENCE OF PLAY	Initiative
6	ORDERS	Tactical orders Movement orders Action orders Artillery fire control FOOs Programmed fire Fire missions
7	COMMAND CONTROL	Command radius Loss of command control Communication means
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8	MOVEMENT	Transport Miring Built up areas Towing & recovery Mounting & dismounting Vehicle capacities Weapon set-up times Amphibious vehicles Infantry movement, cavalry charges Ramming & overrunning
9	VISIBILITY AND HEARING	Weather Terrain Contours & height Dead ground Visibility arcs Hearing
10	ACQUISITION	Number of acquisitions Target sizes Counting as in cover Hull-down Resolution of acquisition Mistaken identity and friendly fire
11	DIRECT FIRE	Requirements Resolution Result of a hit HEAT ammunition Cannons and HMGs Infantry ATK weapons Aspects and angles of fire Direct fire table Direct fire modifiers Infantry ATK table Modifier notes
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12	DIRECT AREA FIRE	Infantry fire Infantry fire number table Resolving infantry fire Infantry close assault Snipers Results of a hit on an infantry section Results of a hit on heavy weapons and soft-skinned vehicles Guns howitzers and cannons Suppressive fire FIBUA Unit combat system
13	INDIRECT AREA FIRE	Fire missions Defensive fire Machine gun barrages Opportunity fire Programmed fire Counter-battery fire Pre-game bombardments RDF dedicated batteries Burst fire Fire zones Variations from standard fire patterns Requesting indirect fire Effects of indirect area fire Deviation Adjusting fire Ranges and angles of fire Dead ground Resolution of indirect area fire Results Area fire table Area fire modifiers Cover definitions Effect of fire on cover Super-heavy guns
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14	SMOKE	Artillery smoke Effect of weather on smoke Smoke dischargers Smoke grenades Direct fire smoke rounds Smoke from terrain fires
15	NIGHT FIGHTING	Target acquisition Illumination table
16	MORALE	Reasons for a morale check Resolving a morale check Results of a platoon/section morale check Company+ morale check Resolution of company+ morale Results of a company+ morale check Rallying Morale values
17	SUPPRESSED, NEUTRALISED & DISABLED	Suppression Dispersal Neutralisation Disablement Timing of disablement and escaping from disabled vehicles
18	AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS	Types of aircraft and missions Flight paths and release points Heights Acquisition Flak Air to ground attack Resolving air to ground fire Specialist aircraft Air-to-air combat Resolution of air-to-air combat Night fighters
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19	AIRBORNE OPERATIONS	Parachute landing Glider landings
20	ENGINEERING & MINES	Construction Bridging Assault boats and ferries Mines Mine clearing Booby traps Demolition Bridge destruction
21	1:200th SCALE & ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Changes to scales and artillery patterns Optional penetration table
22	POINTS VALUES	Vehicles Infantry Command costs Artillery Engineering Aircraft Armoured trains
23	AMMUNITION DEPLETION
24	ARMY LISTS & PLAYING AIDS	Army lists, equipment sheets and organisation New list Playsheets Online lists Artillery pattern overlays
25	LINKS TO FRIENDLY SITES


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