[Rules] 4e 2x or 3x vs open top afv's with plane df

[richvalle]

The rules say:

Aircraft were highly potent weapons for attacking AFVs. If an aircraft scores an X result on the Direct Fire table against a hex containing an open-top AFV, the firing player may choose to target that step loss to the open-top AFV (the player owning the AFV does not get to choose which unit in the hex takes the step loss as is normal (7.61)). If the aircraft scores a 2X or 3X result on the Direct Fire Table versus a hex, he may target one of those step losses to ANY AFV in the hex, not just an open-top AFV.


So if there is an attack on a stack of apc's and an X is rolled one is taken out. If a 2x is rolled 2 are taken out. If a 3x is rolled are 3 taken out? Per the wording above it doesn't sound like it but I'm not sure if that was the intent or not.

[Hugmenot]

My interpretation is as follows:

Let's pretend an aircraft is attacking a hex with Direct Fire and the hex contains:
1 x StuG IIIG
1 x GREN
1 x SPW 251  with 1 x GREN loaded on it
1 x SPW 251

The StuG IIIG is a close-top AFV and the SPW 251 is an open-top APC.

X Result
The owner of the aircraft may apply the step loss to the GREN OR the SPW 251 loaded with the GREN OR SPW 251.

An easy choice in this case.

2X Result
The owner of the aircraft may apply the first step loss to the StuG IIIG OR GREN OR the SPW 251 loaded with the GREN OR SPW 251.

The owner of the units selects the unit to which to apply the second step loss.

3X Result
The owner of the aircraft may apply the first step loss to the StuG IIIG OR GREN OR the SPW 251 loaded with the GREN OR SPW 251.

The owner of the units selects the unit(s) to which to apply the second and third step losses.