Can you scramble from an airbase if there are only friendly transports in adjacent SZ?

Bear in mind, the land units on the transport only act on their Turn.

Thank you both for the clarification.

@diabo:

some transports which he unloads in germany. except one guy going to poland.

One guy, i.e. Infantry?
You know a transport merely can disembark units to one territory per turn, which ends its turn immediately. So you can’t take a transport, ship one unit to Germany via SZ113 and sail on to SZ114 to put an infantry to poland.
You can’t even put one to Western Germany and one to Germany in the same turn from the same transport…
Just a reminder ;-)

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World At War, version: 1.1.9

Game History

Round: 1

Combat Move - Germans
            1 Battleship, 1 Destroyer and 1 Submarine moved from sz16 to sz17
            1 Destroyer moved from sz14 to sz17
            2 EarlyFighters moved from Hamburg to sz17
            1 T.Boat and 1 Transport moved from sz14 to sz16
            2 Artillerys and 3 Infantry moved from Hamburg to sz16
            2 Artillerys and 3 Infantry moved from sz16 to Sweden
            4 Infantry and 1 Tank moved from Gdansk to Danzig
            1 Artillery and 1 Tank moved from Gdansk to Danzig
            2 Infantry moved from Koenigsberg to Estorskaya
            1 Tank moved from Koenigsberg to Danzig
            1 Bomber moved from Berlin to Metz
            6 Infantry and 2 Tanks moved from Muenchen to Metz
            2 Artillerys, 6 Infantry and 1 Tank moved from Koeln to Metz
            2 Tanks moved from Hannofer to Metz
            1 Tank moved from Dresden to Metz
            1 Tank moved from Austrie to Metz
            2 Tanks moved from Nuernberg to Metz
            2 Tanks moved from Hamburg to Metz
            1 EarlyFighter moved from Nuernberg to Metz
            2 Stukas moved from Berlin to Metz
            2 Artillerys and 3 Infantry moved from Austrie to Jugoslavia
            1 Infantry moved from Austrie to Checheslovakya
            4 Infantry moved from Nuernberg to Checheslovakya
            1 Artillery moved from Nuernberg to Checheslovakya
            2 Infantry moved from Nuernberg to Krakow
            1 Infantry moved from Wroclaw to Krakow
            2 Artillerys moved from Wroclaw to Krakow
            2 Infantry and 2 Tanks moved from Wroclaw to Danzig
            1 Submarine moved from sz7 to sz6
            2 Submarines moved from sz6 to sz4
            1 Submarine moved from sz27 to sz22
            1 Submarine moved from sz26 to sz21
            2 Submarines moved from sz22 to sz4
            2 Submarines moved from sz21 to sz4
            1 Submarine moved from sz32 to sz128
            1 Submarine moved from sz56 to sz36
            2 Submarines moved from sz36 to sz139
            1 Submarine moved from sz38 to sz25
            2 Infantry and 2 Tanks moved from Genova to sz40
            1 Destroyer, 2 Infantry, 2 Tanks and 2 Transports moved from sz40 to sz46
            2 Infantry and 2 Tanks moved from sz46 to Tobruk
            2 Tanks moved from Tobruk to N.Sudan

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 1 Elite, 1 Infantry and 7 Tanks; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat - Germans
            Battle in sz25
                Germans attack with 1 Submarine
                British defend with 1 Cruiser
                British win with 1 Cruiser remaining. Battle score for attacker is -7
                Casualties for Germans: 1 Submarine
            Battle in sz139
                Germans attack with 2 Submarines
                French defend with 1 Transport
                Germans win with 2 Submarines remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for French: 1 Transport
            Battle in sz128
                Germans attack with 1 Submarine
                Americans defend with 1 Transport
                Germans win with 1 Submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Americans: 1 Transport
            Battle in Estorskaya
                Germans attack with 2 Infantry
                Russians defend with 1 Infantry
                Germans win, taking Estorskaya from Russians with 1 Infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Germans: 1 Infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 Infantry
            Battle in sz4
                Germans attack with 6 Submarines
                British defend with 1 Destroyer and 1 Transport
                Germans win with 6 Submarines remaining. Battle score for attacker is 14
                Casualties for British: 1 Destroyer and 1 Transport
            Battle in sz17
                Germans attack with 1 Battleship, 2 Destroyers, 2 EarlyFighters and 1 Submarine
                Russians defend with 1 Destroyer, 2 Submarines and 1 Transport
                Units damaged: 1 Battleship owned by the Germans
                Germans win with 1 Battleship, 2 Destroyers, 2 EarlyFighters and 1 Submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 28
                Casualties for Russians: 1 Destroyer, 2 Submarines and 1 Transport
            Battle in Metz
                Germans attack with 2 Artillerys, 1 Bomber, 1 EarlyFighter, 12 Infantry, 2 Stukas and 11 Tanks
                French defend with 3 Bunkers, 3 Infantry and 1 Tank
                Germans win, taking Metz from French with 2 Artillerys, 1 Bomber, 1 EarlyFighter, 9 Infantry, 2 Stukas and 11 Tanks remaining. Battle score for attacker is 23
                Casualties for Germans: 3 Infantry
                Casualties for French: 3 Bunkers, 3 Infantry and 1 Tank
            Battle in Krakow
                Germans attack with 2 Artillerys and 3 Infantry
                Neutral defend with 2 Infantry and 1 Tank
                1 Artillery retreated to Wroclaw
                Neutral win with 1 Infantry and 1 Tank remaining. Battle score for attacker is -8
                Casualties for Germans: 1 Artillery and 3 Infantry
                Casualties for Neutral: 1 Infantry
            Battle in Danzig
                Germans attack with 1 Artillery, 6 Infantry and 5 Tanks
                Neutral defend with 1 Bunker, 2 Infantry and 1 Tank
                Units damaged: 1 Bunker owned by the Neutral
                Germans loses 0 PUs for violating Danzigs neutrality.
                Germans win, taking Danzig from Neutral with 1 Artillery, 5 Infantry and 5 Tanks remaining. Battle score for attacker is 13
                Casualties for Germans: 1 Infantry
                Casualties for Neutral: 1 Bunker, 2 Infantry and 1 Tank
            Battle in Jugoslavia
                Germans attack with 2 Artillerys and 3 Infantry
                Neutral defend with 3 Infantry
                Germans loses 0 PUs for violating Jugoslavias neutrality.
                Germans win, taking Jugoslavia from Neutral with 2 Artillerys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Germans: 3 Infantry
                Casualties for Neutral: 3 Infantry
            Battle in Sweden
                Germans attack with 2 Artillerys and 3 Infantry
                Neutral defend with 1 Bunker
                Germans loses 0 PUs for violating Swedens neutrality.
                Germans win, taking Sweden from Neutral with 2 Artillerys and 3 Infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Neutral: 1 Bunker
            Battle in N.Sudan
                Germans attack with 2 Tanks
                British defend with 1 Infantry
                Germans win, taking N.Sudan from British with 2 Tanks remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2
                Casualties for British: 1 Infantry
            Battle in Checheslovakya
                Germans attack with 1 Artillery and 5 Infantry
                Neutral defend with 1 Artillery and 2 Infantry
                Germans loses 0 PUs for violating Checheslovakyas neutrality.
                Germans win, taking Checheslovakya from Neutral with 1 Artillery and 4 Infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Germans: 1 Infantry
                Casualties for Neutral: 1 Artillery and 2 Infantry

Non Combat Move - Germans
            1 Tank moved from Berlin to Koeln
            1 EarlyFighter moved from Metz to Koeln
            2 Stukas moved from Metz to Koeln
            1 Bomber moved from Metz to Koeln
            2 Infantry moved from Hannofer to Gdansk
            2 EarlyFighters moved from sz17 to Hamburg
            3 Infantry moved from Dresden to Nuernberg
            3 Infantry moved from Dresden to Gdansk
            2 Artillerys and 4 Infantry moved from Berlin to Dresden

Place Units - Germans
            3 Tanks placed in Muenchen
            4 Tanks placed in Koeln
            1 Elite and 1 Infantry placed in Hamburg

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 67 PUs; end with 67 PUs total

Regarding SZ 110, I got hosed one time on a UK scramble. Usually as Germany, I send 3 fighters, 3 Stukas, 1 bombers and sometimes 1 sub to SZ 110. Our UK player had gotten in the habit of not scrambling in order to save the RAF for future action.
Well, this one game I made the mistake of just assuming UK would not scramble. I sent 2 fighters, 2 Stukas and 1 bomber to SZ 110. The other fighter and Stuka I sent to kill the French fleet in SZ 93. Well, UK taught me a lesson. They scrambled and wiped out my planes. I didn’t even kill all the ships in the channel.
Never made that mistake again.

@Cow:

Get the African NOs for Russia as well. African NOs are very important for Russia.

Agreed wholeheartedly!
I must admit though, I’m still a little in doubt about when to take them and when not to.

For example, if Germany is doing SeaLion it seems better not to (correct me if I’m wrong)? If Russia goes there (early) in this situation, it has just too few units to start contesting Eastern Europe and/or Scandinavia RU3 (assuming GE did sortie into London). Contesting those area’s with Germany seems better than getting into Africa, since the Russian profit is the same or even higher but it also denies Germany valuable IPCs. Maybe in this case get the African NO’s at a later point?

In all the other situations I’d go for African NO’s (except perhaps a G1 DOW?).

Good catch

He probably meant 2 or less, but that’s not what he said  :-)

Simple.  The airbase is located near the coastline, so planes can fly 0-50 miles or whatever out to sea to defend.

Planes in Berlin shouldn’t be able to defend Poland in the same manner, no.

Larry’s Alpha + includes a clarification that planes on a Jap airbase couldn’t defend against an amphibious assault (if no naval battle) on Korea.  That’s because the Korean coastline is too far away from the Jap airbase for scrambling….

Lastly, remember A&A is an abstraction.  Not all the rules have good reason.

In AA50 you can bombard France from the Mediterranean immediately after France is captured by an amphibious assault from Z7.  Battleships that can launch salvos hundreds of miles with pinpoint accuracy?

Just roll with Larry’s rules and enjoy the game, man.  Scrambling is for sea zones only.  :lol: