[1.31r2] Tank suffers fatal accident attacking into Plains terrain

[ydmatrix2]

The Changelist notes about the combat Accidents mechanics (Changelist 1.26o (#222)) state it can happen when attacking into terrain with landscape penalties, and attacks into Plains for example should not trigger this.

In this combat log, a Light Armor tank ("Abraham IV") suffers an accident after a RETREAT hit on infantry in Plains.
There were no landscape penalties in combat, and the defender had no entrenchment bonus in this log entry.

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[ydmatrix2]

save file

[ydmatrix2]

Another such case - this time the tank attacks into ruins, but has the Antigrav Lifter unit feat, so no landscape penalties, yet still is killed by the Accident mechanic after a RETREAT hit on an mg infantry.

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[Vic]

enemy entrenchment points can still cause accidents to happen. will relook at the hole rule with the militaria feature set though

[ydmatrix2]

In the first example, there isn't even defensive entrenchment bonus in the combat log (see screenshot), so really not sure what can trigger the accident mechanic.

[Vic]

rocky plains are actually slightly different from clay and grassy planes and they have some auto-entrenchment value and thus chance for accidents.