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title: Bombardment
description: "During the combat phase, the attacking player may bombard defending units with his artillery. To start a bombardment, select the icon below in the top left of the screen: [![](https://www.yobowargames.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/image-47.png)](https://www.yobowargames.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/image-47.png) All available defending units that can be bombarded will be…"
url: "https://www.yobowargames.com/docs/bombardment/"
updated: "2025-11-18"
category: Kursk – Battle at Prochorovka
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# Bombardment

During the combat phase, the attacking player may bombard defending units with his artillery.

To start a bombardment, select the icon below in the top left of the screen:

[![](https://www.yobowargames.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/image-47.png)](https://www.yobowargames.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/image-47.png)

All available defending units that can be bombarded will be displayed:

[![](https://www.yobowargames.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/image-48-1024x797.png)](https://www.yobowargames.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/image-48.png)

To be an eligible target, a defending unit must be within 5 hexes of line of sight of an attacker

- within 5 hexes line of sight of an attacker
- within range of an eligible attacking Artillery unit
- An eligible artillery unit is one that is available to attack and has a unit from its division/Corps with line of sight to the defender.

Select the unit you want to bombard:

[![](https://www.yobowargames.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/image-49-1024x595.png)](https://www.yobowargames.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/image-49.png)

Artillery units available to bombard will be highlighted. Select them to bombard with. A maximum of 3 attack factors can be used to bombard with.

You cannot destroy a unit using bombardment, but you can cause them to retreat and thus make them unavailable to the defending side in the next turn.