Protecting fuel and ammo dumps

1)  Can an ammo dump gain from being in cover?  Or is it strictly that if an enemy just gets an opportunity to shoot, there is a 33% chance of getting it.  I’d like think that a successful cover roll would mean that the damage roll is not even an option.

2)  Playing large scale games demands ammo creativity.  I was playing a 600+ point game on the weekend.  I therefore spent 60 points on ammo dumps (10 points per 100). It was decoded that an ammo dump should influence to a range of six hexes.  Therefore my dumps needed to be spread evenly through my area or even mounted on a truck.  Then they would be subject to capture.

Any ideas?

Mot,

So I place my ammo dump in a forest or even better in a bunker.  You attack, I roll for cover and get it.  Just the fact that you attacked still makes me roll a single die with a 33% chance of exploding.  How does the cover help me?

Okay, thanks, I’m getting this now. You get a shot on my ammo dump and I roll for an immediate 33% chance that it blows up. This is regardless of the cover I have placed the unit in.

This roll misses so you carry on with the actual attack hoping to score two hits against my 3/3 defence. My rolling cover may limit your attack to disruption like any other soldier. Since the Ammo dump is a “Soldier” I can put it in a bunker to gain a 3, 4, 5 or 6 on the cover roll.

When disrupted I lose my ability to distribute ammo and my defence is reduced to 2/2.

If your soldiers get close enough, I get a short range attack of 5 against your soldiers and 2 against your vehicles.

How am I doing?