Shouldnt AA shoot at jumping paratroopers?

impar · Post by **impar** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 7:07 pm

If paratroopers jump on an hex adjacent to an enemy AA shouldnt the enemy AA shoot at the jumping paratroopers?

airbornemongo101 · Post by **airbornemongo101** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 3:08 am

Against the Geneva Convention to shoot at a 'Troop in harness

The question should be worded

"Shouldn't an AA unit be firing on the eguipment the 'troop is carrying when the drop on a AA site"

impar · Post by **impar** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:25 am

Article 42 of the 1977 Additional Protocol I provides:
1. No person parachuting from an aircraft in distress shall be made the object of attack during his descent.
2. Upon reaching the ground in territory controlled by an adverse Party, a person who has parachuted from an aircraft in distress shall be given an opportunity to surrender before being made the object of attack, unless it is apparent that he is engaging in a hostile act.
3. Airborne troops are not protected by this Article.
http://www.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/d ... rul_rule48

Xerkis · Post by **Xerkis** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 10:40 am

airbornemongo101 wrote:Against the Geneva Convention to shoot at a 'Troop in harness

The question should be worded

"Shouldn't an AA unit be firing on the eguipment the 'troop is carrying when the drop on a AA site"

When I was in infantry training, they actually taught us this very thing. “The 50cal is only allowed to be shot at equipment… belt buckles, helmets, packs are all equipment.”