Ordnance barrages are even more terrifying than normal barrages – the ground shakes and heaves under the thunderous impacts, troops caught in the open are completely annihilated and those in cover are virtually buried alive by a furious rain of flaming death.
Units suffering casualties from an ordnance barrage must pass a Leadership test with the following modifier to avoid being pinned down:
- -1 For coming under fire from an ordnance barrage.
If the unit fails it may not move, shoot or assault in the following turn.
A unit that is pinned down does not have to take a Morale test if it sustains 25% casualties from enemy fire, the fact it is pinned overrides the Morale test. If assaulted by the enemy the unit will fight normally, ignoring the falling shells under the pressing circumstances of battle. At the end of the following turn the unit recovers and may act normally again.