Slitherine

hello,

suport fire, is it for units in support range of 2 MU only? so close range only?
Even when it is artillery?
or artillery attachment?

Yes only close range.
You see the errata this makes it a little clearer on p 51. You can only support fire into a support area. That is defined best on the diagram on p 52.

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suport fire, is it for units in support range of 2 MU only? so close range only?
Even when it is artillery?
or artillery attachment?

Yes.
Support fire can only be used on an enemy unit that is within your units 'support area'.....which is 1 base width to your units flank and 2MU forwards.

Support area is not affected by terrain like buildings or your friends beside you being just a few mils ahead of you?

Blathregut did not like my using my Jagers to support my grenadiers in a building, and they were about 7mm back from the front edge of the building terrain base. I looked in the rules and did not see anything stopping me from support firing.

Which brings up another question, is shooting as a support mandatory if you are in a support position and the chargers cross within 2 Mu of your front, could you instead just shoot them normally instead of using the support procedure? You get more dice from just shooting than you would from adding 1 die to support from flank.

Which brings up another question, is shooting as a support mandatory if you are in a support position and the chargers cross within 2 Mu of your front, could you instead just shoot them normally instead of using the support procedure? You get more dice from just shooting than you would from adding 1 die to support from flank.

If the chargers pass within 2MU of the front of your unit you will shoot ate them normally.

Blathregut did not like my using my Jagers to support my grenadiers in a building, and they were about 7mm back from the front edge of the building terrain base. I looked in the rules and did not see anything stopping me from support firing.

Understabdable. FAQ-Buildings states: "There are no support dice when shooting to or from a building"

Thanks for the answers terry.
So much to remember when there are so many screaming wounded Frenchies scattered across the table