While checking out a couple of possible attacks on the Soviet player, I plotted a brilliant manoeuvre using my panzers. Suddenly, I realize that as odd as it was, using a JU87 would lower my odds of getting the BT result because of rolling an armour symbol to zero. If I put in regular planes, I would have two chances to get it but of course, could miss on getting any shifts at all. Somehow this seems counter intuitive to me as it was the Ju87s were used to help breakthroughs. Am I missing something here or should the result be changed to be whatever die result the attacker wishes instead of the automatic success?
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There are uncommon ways to get automatic BTs, but losing two rolls for two Shifts with Jericho Trumpets can an interesting choice now--thanks Gordon. The familiar way to auto BTs is with the Blitzkrieg card. They all require 6:1+ odds, to ensure the vacation of the hex. Brandenburgers for Germans, Marshall Valilevsky for Russians, and an Airdrop Mission with two Transports can accomplish this as well. Brandenburgers can do this with a ST, so a single-step hex is vulnerable at lower odds. There can be surprises though, like the German intel card and Standfast and (?) to account for. Most BTs are not automatic, which is a good thing.
Sometimes a BT does not give a big plus. I am not sure how many turns you have played. As an extreme test, conduct the Sneak Attack with out the BT advantage unless rolled. As the Soviet get to a more normal line, a BT can force a rapid withdraw in an area. A stack or maybe just a unit comes off and the motorized can push though the line and trap other units.
Breakthroughs can be HUGE. They can't be made automatic.
I'm assuming with only the slight changes to the wording that are shown, there is still no automatic way to get a Breakthrough result if you also have the Panzerblitz card in play as it gives you the choice to use it or not? I'm not in love with this solution but at least you have an option. I still think the choice of result is cleaner but you probably have reasons for doing it this way.
Okay, we've got better wording now for Jericho's Trumpets, I think: