40. BRP GRANTS
40.1 OVERVIEW
40.2 MECHANICS
40.3 RESTRICTIONS ON BRP GRANTS
40.4 MURMANSK CONVOYS
40.5 BRP GRANTS TO RUSSIA THROUGH PERSIA
40.6 BRP GRANTS TO RUSSIA THROUGH TURKEY
40.7 BRP GRANTS TO RUSSIA THROUGH SIBERIA
40.8 BRP GRANTS TO CHINA
40.1 OVERVIEW:
40.11 BRPs may be granted from one major power to another or from the U.S. to Canada, South Africa, Australia or India during initial supply determination and post-combat supply determination.
40.12 Subject to enemy air attack or naval interception, BRP grants arrive immediately after they are made.
40.2 MECHANICS:
40.21 SUPPLY LINE REQUIRED: BRP grants are made during initial supply determination and post-combat supply determination and require the tracing of a supply line from an unlimited supply source controlled by the grantor in its home country to any hex in the recipient in which unit construction is permitted or, for Russia, the Urals box. The required supply line for BRP grants may be traced by land (30.321) or by sea (40.22).
40.22 BRP GRANTS BY SEA:
40.221 TRANSPORT REQUIREMENTS: Western Allied BRP grants by sea require sea escort by one Western Allied transport for every five BRPs granted (round up).
A. ATLANTIC TRANSPORTS: Atlantic transports must be used to sea escort BRP grants from Britain, France or the U.S. which pass through the Atlantic.
B. PACIFIC TRANSPORTS: Pacific transports must be used to sea escort BRP grants from the U.S. which pass through the Pacific.
C. INDIAN OCEAN TRANSPORTS: Indian Ocean transports must be used to sea escort BRP grants to Russia, India or China via the South Africa and Australia boxes.
40.222 BRP grants to different ultimate destinations may be carried by the same transport for the part of their grant route which is between the same two mapboard boxes.
40.223 ENEMY ACTION: BRP grants by sea are subject to interception and attack by enemy naval and air forces as they trace a path on the mapboard. If combat losses cause the number of transports assigned to a BRP grant to drop below that required, some or all of the BRPs being granted are eliminated. The off-board portion of BRP grant routes may not be intercepted or attacked.
40.224 TIMING: All BRP grants are completed in the player turn in which they are made, subject to enemy interception.
40.225 COST: There is no cost to BRP grants, other than the BRPs themselves and the one-time cost of opening the Persian (40.52) and Alaskan (40.73) routes.
40.23 EFFECT OF BRP GRANTS:
A. GRANTING MAJOR POWER: A major power announces its intention to grant BRPs during initial supply determination or post-combat supply determination.
· BRP LEVEL: The granting major power immediately deducts the amount of the BRP grant from its BRP total.
· CONSTRUCTION LIMIT: For every three BRPs granted to another major power, the grantor’s construction limit is reduced by one BRP in the turn the grant is made. American BRP grants to Canada, South Africa, Australia and India count fully against the American construction limit.
B. RECIPIENT MAJOR POWER:
· BRP LEVEL: The recipient major power adds the amount of the BRP grant to its BRP total immediately, if the grant was made by land; or after any enemy interception is resolved, if the grant was made by sea or air.
· CONSTRUCTION LIMIT: For every three granted BRPs received by a major power, its construction limit is increased by one BRP.
40.24 MECHANICS:
40.241 GERMAN BRP GRANTS TO ITALY: German BRP grants to Italy must be made by land.
40.242 BRITISH BRP GRANTS TO FRANCE: British BRP grants to France must be made by sea.
40.243 AMERICAN BRP GRANTS TO BRITAIN AND FRANCE: American BRP grants to Britain and France must be made by sea.
40.244 AMERICAN BRP GRANTS TO COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES: BRPs granted to Canada, South Africa, Australia and India are limited to the BRP expenditures for the construction of the recipient’s units, including shipbuilding, in the turn of the grant and count against the American construction limit. American BRP grants to Commonwealth countries have no effect on the British BRP level or the British construction limit.
A. CANADA: The U.S. may grant BRPs to Canada by land without using transports.
B. SOUTH AFRICA: The U.S. may grant BRPs to South Africa by sea through the Atlantic.
C. AUSTRALIA: The U.S. may grant BRPs to Australia by sea through the Pacific.
D. INDIA: The U.S. may grant BRPs to India by sea by either of two routes:
· To the South Africa box through the Atlantic, then to the India box through the Indian Ocean.
· To the Australia box through the Pacific, then to the India box through the Indian Ocean.
40.245 AMERICAN BRP GRANTS TO CHINA: BRP grants to China must be made via a Chinese or French Indochinese port, the Burma Road, or the Hump (40.8).
40.246 WESTERN ALLIED BRP GRANTS TO RUSSIA: BRP grants to Russia must be made via Murmansk (40.4), Persia (40.5), Turkey (40.6) or Siberia (40.7).
40.25 WESTERN ALLIED OIL SHIPMENTS TO RUSSIA: Oil counters may be shipped to Russia by the Western Allies, in addition to or instead of BRP grants, provided the route in question is available. The maximum number of oil counters that may be shipped to Russia each turn is:
A. Murmansk: Two.
B. Persia: One.
C. Turkey: One.
D. Siberia: One.
40.251 Each oil counter shipped counts as 10 BRPs against the limit of the BRP route used. Oil may not be shipped to Russia by a route with a capacity of less than 10 BRPs per turn.
40.252 Each oil counter shipped by sea requires sea escort by one Western Allied transport; oil counters moved by land from Abadan or Ahwaz through Persia or from Mosul through Turkey do not.
40.253 Western Allied and Russian BRP levels and construction limits are not affected by oil shipments (33.4623).
40.3 RESTRICTIONS ON BRP GRANTS:
40.31 GENERAL RESTRICTIONS: The restrictions on BRP grants for each major power are set out below. Major powers may only grant BRPs as specified.
40.32 AXIS BRP GRANTS:
A. Germany may grant BRPs to Italy, even while Italy is neutral.
B. Italy may not grant BRPs.
C. Japan may neither grant nor receive BRPs.
40.33 AMERICAN BRP GRANTS:
40.331 EUROPE:
A. AMERICAN BRP GRANTS TO THE WESTERN ALLIES: American BRP grants to France and Britain, including Canada and South Africa, are limited to one BRP per turn for each USAT level above 25 at the moment the grant is sent (one BRP could be granted if the USAT level was 26, two BRPs could be granted if the USAT level was 27, and so on), up to a maximum grant of 25 BRPs per turn. Once the U.S. is at war with Germany, there is no limit on the number of BRPs the U.S. may grant France and Britain, including Canada and South Africa, other than the logistics of the BRP grants themselves and the number of BRPs required for Canadian and South African construction. Grants to France are allowed only if Paris is under Allied control.
B. AMERICAN BRP GRANTS TO RUSSIA: The U.S. may not grant BRPs to Russia unless the U.S. is at war with Germany and Russia and Germany have gone to war.
40.332 PACIFIC:
A. AMERICAN BRP GRANTS TO CHINA: Before the outbreak of war between Japan and the U.S., American BRP grants to China are limited by the USJT level. Only the U.S. may grant BRPs to China.
B. AMERICAN BRP GRANTS TO AUSTRALIA AND INDIA: The U.S. may not grant BRPs to Australia or India until the outbreak of war between Japan and the U.S. or a British surrender.
C. INDIAN SURRENDER: If India surrenders, BRP grants to China through the India box are prohibited.
D. AUSTRALIAN SURRENDER: If Australia surrenders, BRP grants to China or India through the Australia box are prohibited.
40.333 POST-ELECTION GRANTS: The extent to which American BRP grants are allowed to the Western Allies or China after an election result of -7 or below is governed by the USAT or USJT level in the relevant theater (62.421).
40.34 BRITAIN:
A. BRITISH BRP GRANTS TO FRANCE: Britain may grant BRPs to France only if all Anglo-French cooperation restrictions have been lifted and Paris is under Allied control.
B. BRITISH BRP GRANTS TO RUSSIA: Britain may grant BRPs to Russia once Russia and Germany have gone to war.
C. BRITISH BRP GRANTS TO THE U.S.: Britain may not grant BRPs to the U.S.
40.35 FRANCE: France may grant BRPs to Russia once Russia and Germany have gone to war. France may not grant BRPs to Britain or the U.S.
40.36 RUSSIA: Once Russia has gone to war with Germany, the Western Allies may grant BRPs to Russia, even after a Russian surrender. Russia must grant BRPs to Germany if it surrenders (60.6). Russia may not otherwise grant BRPs.
40.4 MURMANSK CONVOYS:
40.41 The route for Western Allied aid to Russia with the greatest capacity is by Arctic convoy to Murmansk and Archangel. The drawbacks to this route are that Murmansk convoys are subject to attack from German air and naval units based in Norway and German submarines, and that the terminus of the Murmansk route may be cut by Axis advances in northern Russia.
40.411 CAPACITY OF MURMANSK ROUTE: The capacity of the Murmansk route is five BRPs in the first Allied player turn following the outbreak of war between Russia and Germany; ten BRPs in the second Allied player turn; 15 BRPs in the third Allied player turn; and 20 BRPs in each Allied player turn thereafter for the remainder of the game.
40.412 THE RUSSIAN PORTION OF THE MURMANSK ROUTE: The Russian portion of the Murmansk convoy route is traced as follows:
A. MURMANSK (year round): From the northern edge of the mapboard through hex A47, which represents the railroad from Murmansk to Vologda. To receive a Murmansk convoy through Murmansk, Russia must control hex A47 and be able to trace a land supply line from the northern edge of the mapboard through hex A47 to a Russian-controlled Vologda.
B. ARCHANGEL (summer and fall turns only): From the northern edge of the mapboard through hex A50, which represents the railroad from Archangel, to Vologda. To receive a Murmansk convoy through Archangel, Russia must control hex A50 and be able to trace a land supply line from the northern edge of the mapboard through hex A50 to a Russian-controlled Vologda.
C. VOLOGDA: Through Vologda to the eastern edge of the mapboard. Murmansk convoys are prohibited if Vologda is under Axis control, in an Axis ZoC or if Russia is unable to trace a supply line from Vologda to the eastern edge of the mapboard.
40.42 ALLIED NAVAL UNITS: Atlantic transports used in a Murmansk convoy may be protected by additional naval units, including carriers, but not ASW. These additional naval units may be based in any western front port or the Atlantic U.S. box prior to their entry into the Murmansk box, or may be transferred from the Atlantic SW box. Naval units based in western front ports which protect a Murmansk convoy enter the Murmansk box by moving off the north edge of the board between hexes A23 and A34, inclusive, and are subject to interception as they do so. If more than one nation is sending BRPs by convoy, all such convoys merge into a single convoy as soon as they enter the Murmansk box. Naval units may perform no other functions during a player turn in which they protect a Murmansk convoy.
40.43 UNOPPOSED CONVOYS:
40.431 ALL BRPs ADDED TO RUSSIAN TOTAL: If a Murmansk convoy is unopposed, all the BRPs convoyed to Russia are immediately added to the Russian total.
40.44 GERMAN AIR AND NAVAL UNITS:
40.441 CONTROL OF BERGEN OR SCAPA FLOW REQUIRED: Germany gains control of the Murmansk box if it gains control of Oslo, and retains control of the Murmansk box as long as it holds Oslo or has units in the Murmansk box. Germany may move or redeploy air and naval units in Bergen, Oslo or Scapa Flow to the Murmansk box and vice versa during any German movement or redeployment phase (18.23, 21.226, 28.757C). German submarines may also redeploy to the Murmansk box from the Atlantic SW box, Bergen, Oslo or Scapa Flow during the redeployment phase provided the Axis control Bergen or Scapa Flow. German air and naval units may not move to or from hexes other than Bergen, Oslo and Scapa Flow during the phase in which they deploy to or from the Murmansk box (EXCEPTION: 40.442). Germany may move air and naval units into the Murmansk box only if it controls Bergen or Scapa Flow. The redeployment of air and naval units into the Murmansk box is permitted if the Axis also traced supply from an unlimited supply source to the Murmansk box by land through hexes A34-A40 or by sea from Bergen (30.71). If full supply is not traced to the Murmansk box, German air and naval units in the Murmansk box are prohibited from intercepting convoys until supply is provided. The movement and redeployment of German air and naval units to and from the Murmansk box may not be intercepted (EXCEPTION: 40.442).
40.442 LEAVING THE MURMANSK BOX: German air and naval units withdrawn from the Murmansk box normally reappear at Bergen, Oslo or Scapa Flow. If the Allies control Bergen and Scapa Flow, German air and naval units in the Murmansk box must be moved out of the Murmansk box during the next Axis movement phase or be eliminated, and may not oppose Allied convoys in the interim. If Germany was relying on control of Bergen, German naval units must move to the Axis-controlled port nearest to A34 and may be intercepted during such movement; and German air units must move to an Axis-controlled airbase within staging distance (18.21) of A34. If Germany was relying on Scapa Flow, German naval units must move to the Axis-controlled port nearest to Scapa Flow and may be intercepted during such movement; and German air units must move to an Axis-controlled airbase within staging distance (18.21) of Scapa Flow.
40.443 RESTRICTIONS ON MURMANSK FORCES: The Murmansk box has a basing capacity of five air factors. If Germany builds an airbase in the Murmansk box, its capacity is increased to ten air factors. Italian and Axis minor ally units may not enter the Murmansk box.
40.444 RESTRICTIONS ON SUBMARINE ATTACKS: Provided either Bergen or Scapa Flow are operational Axis ports:
A. ATLANTIC: For every ten German submarines in the Atlantic SW box (round up), one German submarine may attack a Murmansk convoy.
B. MURMANSK BOX: All German submarines based in the Murmansk box may attack a Murmansk convoy.
40.45 GERMAN ATTACKS ON MURMANSK CONVOYS:
40.451 SEQUENCE: Murmansk convoys may be attacked by German air and naval units based in the Murmansk box. The sequence is as follows:
A. The German player indicates which air and naval units in the Murmansk box will intercept the Allied convoy (40.452). All air units are considered to be within range of the Allied convoy and naval interception is automatic.
B. Air attacks are resolved. Combat results which are insufficient to damage or sink a named ship are repaired at sea between air sorties. If naval combat also occurs, the German player has the option of resolving air attacks as part of naval combat.
C. Naval combat is resolved (40.454). Combat results which are insufficient to damage or sink a named ship are repaired at sea at the end of naval combat.
D. The effect of German submarines on the convoy is determined once all air attacks and naval combat have been resolved. The German player indicates how many submarines will attack the Allied convoy, then resolves the submarine attacks (40.46). Hits against named ships from submarine attacks accumulate, because the submarines are deemed to all attack in the same hex; combat results which are insufficient to damage or sink a named ship are repaired at sea after all submarine attacks have been resolved.
40.452 GERMAN AIR AND NAVAL INTERCEPTION: Murmansk combat begins with the German player announcing whether all, some or none of his air and naval factors in the Murmansk box will intercept the Allied convoy. Interception is automatic. If the German player is unwilling or unable to intercept the convoy with air and naval units, any submarine attacks on the convoy are resolved (40.46).
40.453 GERMAN AIR ATTACKS:
40.4531 UNLIMITED AIR ATTACKS PERMITTED: Germany may use air units in the Murmansk box to attack the Allied convoy. The German player may make as many air attacks as he likes. German air attacks cease when the convoy is destroyed, turns back, all attacking air units have been eliminated, or the German player no longer wishes to make air attacks.
40.4532 RESOLVING AIR ATTACKS: Air attacks are resolved normally, with the German player targeting either enemy named or light ships. One BRP is eliminated from the convoy for each hit inflicted on the defending light ships by air attacks.
40.454 NAVAL COMBAT: German naval units in the Murmansk box may automatically intercept the Allied convoy. Naval combat is resolved normally. German air units based in the Murmansk box are considered to be within range of and may participate in the naval combat. One BRP is eliminated from the convoy for each hit inflicted on the defending light ships by naval combat.
40.46 SUBMARINE ATTACKS: Submarine attacks on a Murmansk convoy are resolved once all air and naval combat has been resolved, regardless of the outcome of any naval combat.
40.461 RESOLVING SUBMARINE ATTACKS:
A. Submarine attacks are resolved normally, using the Submarine Attack Table (22.94), after naval combat and air attacks against the Allied convoy have been resolved. The submarine defense level of the convoy is determined after naval combat and air attacks against the convoy have been resolved.
B. Once the German player indicates how many submarines will attack the convoy, all submarines committed must complete their attacks against the convoy. The Allied player may not avoid submarine attacks by aborting the convoy.
C. The attacking submarines incur a -1 modifier on their submarine attack dice rolls for each previous submarine attack made against the convoy (22.9416).
D. One BRP is eliminated from the convoy for each hit inflicted by submarine attacks, in addition to any effects on the actual targets of the submarine attacks, and regardless of the type of target and the actual effect of the submarine attacks on those targets.
40.47 MURMANSK CONVOY RESULTS:
A. BRPS: After submarine attacks are resolved, all surviving BRPs in the convoy are added to the Russian BRP total. The number of BRPs reaching Russia can never exceed five BRPs for each surviving Western Allied transport assigned to the convoy. Excess BRPs are eliminated. If the Germans defeated the Allies in fleet combat and forced the convoy to turn back, or if the convoy aborts, all surviving BRPs are returned to the grantor’s BRP total.
B. OIL: If a Murmansk convoy oil shipment to Russia incurs BRP damage:
· If five or less BRPs of damage is inflicted, the oil counter reaches Russia if Russia incurs the BRP losses. Otherwise the oil counter is destroyed.
· If six to nine BRPs of damage is inflicted, the oil counter does not reach Russia, and Russia instead receives ten BRPs minus the BRP losses inflicted on the oil shipment.
· If 10 or more BRPs of damage is inflicted, one oil counter is destroyed. Any excess BRP losses are then applied to a second oil counter, or to BRPs being carried by the remainder of the convoy.
40.48 DISPOSITION OF UNITS AFTER COMBAT: After resolving any opposition to a Murmansk convoy:
A. GERMAN AIR AND NAVAL UNITS: Surviving German air and naval units are inverted and remain in the Murmansk box until moved or redeployed out of the Murmansk box in a subsequent Axis turn.
B. GERMAN SUBMARINES: Surviving German submarines return to the Atlantic SW box or the Murmansk box, depending on their original location.
C. WESTERN ALLIED NAVAL UNITS: Surviving Western Allied naval units, including naval units transferred from the Atlantic SW box, return to the port or mapboard box of origin of the convoy and are inverted (EXCEPTION: Transports return to the Atlantic SW box). Inverted naval units which NR to the Atlantic SW box in the redeployment phase after they protect a Murmansk convoy remain inverted for the ensuing Axis player turn.
40.5 BRP GRANTS TO RUSSIA THROUGH PERSIA:
40.51 CAPACITY:
A. 10 BRPs may be granted to Russia through Persia each turn if the Persian route has been opened by the Western Allies.
B. The capacity of the Persian route is reduced by 5 BRPs per turn by each Persian partisan adjacent to Abadan, Ahwaz or Tehran (40.532).
C. Oil may not be shipped to Russia by the Persian route if the capacity of the Persian route has been reduced (40.251).
40.52 OPENING THE PERSIAN ROUTE:
40.521 25-BRP EXPENDITURE REQUIRED: To use the Persian route, one Western Allied major power at war with the Axis must pay 25 BRPs during its unit construction phase. This expenditure represents the cost of creating and improving transportation facilities in Persia and the exertion of political pressure, and does not count against the expending major power’s unit construction limit.
40.522 REDUCTION OF BRP EXPENDITURE: If either the Axis or Allies have declared war on Persia, the Allies may open the Persian BRP route by expending 15 BRPs. Otherwise an expenditure of 25 BRPs is required.
40.523 FRENCH OR BRITISH SURRENDER: If the Western Allied major power which paid to open the Persian BRP route surrenders, the Persian route remains open without the need for further BRP expenditures.
40.524 EFFECTS OF OPENING THE PERSIAN ROUTE:
A. During the unit construction phase in which a Western Allied major power pays the BRPs to open the Persian route, all Persian hexes not occupied by Axis units come under the joint control of all Western Allied major powers.
B. Axis units in Persia are considered to be in partial supply during the first Axis player turn following the opening of the Persian BRP route (88.642).
C. Any Persian hexes controlled by Russia pass to Western Allied control when the Persian route is opened.
D. Western Allied units may redeploy through Persia in the redeployment phase of the Allied player turn in which the Persian route is opened, and in subsequent turns, provided no Axis units or counters are adjacent to the redeployment route.
E. Western Allied units may sea transport through Abadan in the movement phase of the Allied player turn following the opening of the Persian route, and in subsequent turns, provided all other requirements for sea transport are met.
F. The opening of the Persian route does not damage the Persian oil centers.
40.525 RESTRICTIONS ON OPENING THE PERSIAN ROUTE: The Allies may not open the Persian route:
A. Before Germany and Russia have gone to war. The Persian route may be opened if Russia has surrendered.
B. While Persia is unconquered after an Allied declaration of war.
C. If the Axis control Tehran, including control by a Persian partisan.
40.526 If Persia is an Axis associated minor country or if the Axis control Tehran, Tehran must be captured by the Allies to permit the opening of the Persian route.
40.53 CUTTING THE PERSIAN ROUTE: Allied BRPs may not be sent to Russia through Persia if the Allies are unable to trace a continuous supply line from the South Africa box onto the mapboard through hexes NN41, NN42 or NN43, though Basra or Abadan, through Tehran, to the eastern edge of the mapboard in Russia or Persia. Persian oil may not be sent to Russia if the Allies are unable to trace a land supply line from Abadan or Ahwaz, through Tehran, to the eastern edge of the mapboard in Russia or Persia.
40.531 RESTORING THE PERSIAN ROUTE: If the above condition arises, the Allies may reopen the Persian route, without the need for a second 25-BRP expenditure, by reestablishing the required supply line.
40.532 EFFECT OF PERSIAN PARTISANS: Each Persian partisan adjacent to Abadan, Ahwaz or Tehran reduces the capacity of the Persian BRP route by five BRPs. Oil may not be shipped to Russia by the Persian route if the capacity of the Persian route has been reduced (40.251).
40.54 MECHANICS: Starting in the turn after the Persian route is opened, Western Allied BRPs may be granted to Russia through Persia by shipping them through the Atlantic to the South Africa box, then through the Indian Ocean to Persia, then by land to Russia.
40.6 BRP GRANTS TO RUSSIA THROUGH TURKEY:
40.61 CAPACITY:
A. 10 BRPs may be granted to Russia through Turkey each turn if Ankara is controlled by the Allies.
B. The capacity of the Turkish route is reduced by two BRPs per turn for each Axis Turkish partisan on the board, for a maximum reduction of 6 BRPs per turn (40.65).
C. Oil may not be shipped to Russia by the Turkish route if the capacity of the Turkish route has been reduced (40.251).
40.62 ROUTE: Allied BRP grants to Russia may be made through Turkey if the Allies can trace a continuous supply line through a Turkish port, through Turkey, to the eastern edge of the mapboard in Russia. The required supply line from the Turkish port to Russia may only pass through Allied-controlled hexes in Turkey and Russia which are not in an Axis ZoC.
40.63 MECHANICS: BRPs may be granted through Turkey by two routes:
A. MEDITERRANEAN: The BRPs are shipped through the Atlantic and Mediterranean to Istanbul, Izmit, Izmir or Antioch, then through Turkey into Russia.
B. INDIAN OCEAN: The BRPs are shipped through the Atlantic to the South Africa box, then through the Indian Ocean to Suez, then from Suez by sea through the Mediterranean to Istanbul, Izmit, Izmir or Antioch, then by land to Russia.
40.64 INTERCEPTION: The Axis may prevent BRP grants through Turkey by intercepting them in the Atlantic or Mediterranean or by cutting the land portion of the supply line. The Atlantic or Indian Ocean transports used to carry the BRPs through the Mediterranean to the Turkish port are at risk if the Axis intercept or attack the grant.
40.65 EFFECT OF TURKISH PARTISANS: Each Axis Turkish partisan on the board reduces the capacity of the Turkish route by two BRPs per turn. Oil may not be shipped to Russia by the Turkish route if the capacity of the Turkish route has been reduced (40.251).
40.66 NO ACTIVATION COST: In contrast to the Persian BRP route, no activation cost need be paid by the Western Allies to send BRP grants through Turkey.
40.7 BRP GRANTS TO RUSSIA THROUGH SIBERIA:
40.71 MECHANICS: Starting in the turn after the U.S. has built the Alaska highway, American BRP grants may be made to Russia by sea through the Pacific.
40.72 THE ALASKA HIGHWAY: To use the Siberian BRP route, the U.S. must first expand the transportation routes through the wilds of British Columbia and Alaska. Construction of the Alaska highway costs 25 BRPs, may not be undertaken unless the U.S. and Germany are at war, and does not count against the American construction limit.
40.73 CAPACITY OF THE SIBERIAN ROUTE:
A. 10 BRPs may be granted to Russia by the U.S. via Siberia each turn once the Alaska highway is built.
B. The capacity of the Siberian route is reduced to 5 BRPs per turn if Japan is at war with Russia or if Japan controls either Vladivostok or Dutch Harbor.
C. Oil may not be shipped to Russia by the Siberian route if the capacity of the Siberian route has been reduced to 5 BRPs per turn (40.251).
40.74 INTERCEPTION PROHIBITED: Siberian grants do not occur on the mapboard and may not be intercepted or attacked.
40.8 BRP GRANTS TO CHINA:
40.81 Before the outbreak of war between Japan and the U.S., the U.S. may grant BRPs to China only as permitted by the USJT level. After the outbreak of war between Japan and the U.S., American BRP grants to China are limited only by the capacity of the BRP routes to China.
40.82 MECHANICS: American BRP grants to China are made by sending the granted BRPs along one of the following routes. All land hexes along the route must be under Allied control and free of Japanese ZoCs.
A. From the Pacific U.S. box through the Pacific, then on the Pacific mapboard to:
· a port in China, then to Chungking or Kunming;
· a port in French Indochina, then to Kunming;
· a port in Burma or India, then to Kunming via the Burma Road (40.84) or over the Hump (40.85).
The Pacific transports used to carry the BRPs to the port in Asia are at risk if Japan intercepts or attacks the grant anywhere at sea.
B. From the Pacific U.S. box through the Pacific to the Australia box; then through the Indian Ocean to the India box, then to Kunming via the Burma Road (40.84) or over the Hump (40.85).
C. From the Atlantic U.S. box through the Atlantic to the South Africa box, then through the Indian Ocean to the India box, then to Kunming via the Burma Road (40.84) or over the Hump (40.85).
40.83 CHINESE PORTS AND FRENCH INDOCHINA: Up to ten BRPs may be granted to China via a Chinese port or French Indochina each turn.
40.831 RESTRICTIONS:
A. BRP grants may be made through a Chinese port only if the Chinese or Western Allies have recaptured such a port from Japan.
B. BRP grants may be made through French Indochina only if the Western Allies control Haiphong and can trace a supply line from Haiphong to Kunming without passing through Burma.
40.84 THE BURMA ROAD: Up to ten BRPs may be granted to China via the Burma Road each turn.
40.841 RESTRICTIONS: The Burma Road is closed if there is no supply line from the India box to Mandalay, then from Mandalay to Kunming.
40.85 THE HUMP: Up to five BRPs may be granted to China over the Himalayas each turn.
40.851 MECHANICS: One uninverted Western Allied air transport factor must be used to fly BRPs to China from a Western Allied air base in India or Burma to Kunming. Both must be operational air bases. The air route of the grant may be traced over hexes adjacent to Japanese units, but not over hexes under Japanese control.
40.852 INTERCEPTION: BRP grants to China using air transport may be intercepted by Japanese air units (18.621), which can in turn be counter-intercepted by Allied air units (18.622).