36. MOBILIZATION
36.1 TIMING
36.2 ECONOMIC EFFECTS
36.3 FORCE POOLS
36.4 MOBILIZATIONS STAGGERED

36.1 TIMING:
36.11 TIMING: Mobilization represents the conversion of civilian factories to military production and has the economic and military effects set out below in each turn in which mobilization occurs. Mobilization increments are triggered for each major power in the following turns.
A. GERMANY: None.
B. ITALY: Fall 1939.
C. JAPAN: Fall 1939, and thereafter at the option of the Japanese player, but in no event later than when the USJT level reaches 10, 20 and 30. If USJT increases from status modifiers trigger a Japanese mobilization in the turn Japan attacks the U.S., the USJT level increases by one prior to the Japanese declaration of war, with a possible additional increase if Japan uses the mobilization to increase its shipbuilding rate. If a Japanese mobilization is triggered by a USJT increase during an Allied player turn, that mobilization is considered to have occurred during the preceding Japanese player turn.
EXAMPLE: USJT reach 10 during the Allied Fall 1940 player turn. If Japan has not already triggered its second mobilization, it must do so during the Fall 1940 game turn. Japanese air units mobilized in Fall 1940 may be constructed in the Japanese Fall 1941 unit construction phase.
D. RUSSIA: Russia mobilizes when the RGT level reaches 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 at the end of the Allied diplomatic phase. Russian mobilizations triggered by events during the Allied player turn, such as a French surrender, are considered to have occurred at the start of the Russian player turn. Until the RGT level reaches 50, each Russian mobilization takes two turns to complete; after the RGT level reaches 50, each Russian mobilization is completed in a single turn. Until Russia is at war with Germany, each Russian mobilization must be completed before the next Russian mobilization occurs; Russia may thus never mobilize faster than one mobilization every two turns until RGT reach 50; however, if a Russian peacetime mobilization is partially completed when war breaks out between Germany and Russia, Russia mobilizes during the Russian player turn, at the same time that the second half of the peacetime mobilization is completed. The RGT level is considered to go to 50 when war breaks out between Russia and Germany.
E. BRITAIN: Fall 1939.
F. FRANCE: None.
G. U.S.: The U.S. mobilizes independently in each theater, according to the USAT and USJT levels. American mobilizations occur when the following effective tension levels are reached at the end of the Allied diplomatic phase, immediately after a die roll is made to determine the effective tension level for that turn (49.851A, 49.852A): Atlantic: when the USAT level reaches 10, 20, 30, 35, 40, 45 and 50, followed by five additional increments; Pacific: when the USJT level reaches 10, 20, 30, 35, 40, 45 and 50, followed by five additional increments. The USAT and USJT levels are considered to go to 50 when war breaks out between the U.S. and Germany and Japan, respectively.
H. CHINA: None.

36.2 ECONOMIC EFFECTS:
36.21 BRP ADDITIONS: Each mobilization results in BRP increases to the mobilizing major power's BRP base and BRP level, as set out below. BRP additions from mobilization are not prorated.
A. ITALY, JAPAN, BRITAIN: 10 BRPs per mobilization.
B. U.S.: 25 BRPs per mobilization.
C. RUSSIA: Russia constructs an IC and adds the BRP value of the IC to its BRP level (37.62).

36.3 FORCE POOLS:
36.31 FORCE POOL INCREASES: Mobilization increases the force pool of the mobilizing major power. In the turn of mobilization, the mobilizing major power announces and records the types of units being mobilized and when they enter its force pool, then places the units in the appropriate location on the turn record track (EXCEPTIONS: Shipbuilding increases - 36.34; deferred force pool additions - 36.351). The size of force pool increases from mobilization is proportional to the mobilizing major power's growth rate:
A. JAPAN, RUSSIA, U.S.: 20 BRPs of units for each turn of mobilization (EXCEPTION: Russia adds 10 BRPs of units in the first turn of a peacetime mobilization and another 10 BRPs of units in the following turn).
B. BRITAIN: 16 BRPs of units for each turn of mobilization.
C. ITALY: 8 BRPs of units for each turn of mobilization.
36.32 ELIGIBLE UNITS: Force pool increases from mobilization, even if deferred and combined with production, can only be used to generate the following types of units:
A. Army air. A major power may mobilize no more than five AAF in one turn (EXCEPTION: If the U.S. mobilizes in both theaters in the same turn, the U.S. may mobilize up to ten AAF in that turn).
B. Naval air.
C. Armor:
D. Infantry.
E. Mechanized infantry. Britain may mobilize only one 3-4 infantry unit.
F. Transports. Transports may only be mobilized by the U.S, subject to the following restrictions:
36.33 PROHIBITED UNITS: The force pools of units other than those listed in 36.32, including submarines, ASW, strategic bombers, interceptors, air transports, specialized units, flak and partisans, may only be increased by the investment of RPs in production.
36.34 SHIPBUILDING: Subject to the restrictions in 36.341, a mobilizing major power may increase its shipbuilding rate rather than its ground or air force pools. Each shipbuilding rate increase is equivalent to five BRPs of units.
36.341 RESTRICTIONS: Shipyard mobilization is subject to the following restrictions:
A. Shipbuilding rates may not be increased more than once per turn, whether by mobilization or production (42.23D) (EXCEPTION: Once the U.S. is at war in a theater, including the turns in which war breaks out between the U.S. and Germany and the U.S. and Japan, it may increase its shipbuilding twice per turn in that theater, whether by mobilization or production. The same mobilization may not generate a second shipbuilding increase if a transport is generated as part of that mobilization).
B. American shipbuilding increases from mobilization must be assigned to the theater in which the mobilization occurs.
C. American shipbuilding increases from production in a theater are prohibited until the U.S. is at war in that theater or U.S. tensions in that theater have reached 50.
D. Italian and British mobilizations may not be used to increase shipbuilding.
E. The Japanese Fall 1939 mobilization may not be used to increase shipbuilding.
F. Deferred mobilizations may not be used to increase shipbuilding rates (36.351).
36.35 TIMING OF FORCE POOL INCREASES: Force pool increases from mobilization are subject to the following delays:
A. SHIPBUILDING: None.
B. AIR: Four turns.
C. INFANTRY: Two turns.
D. MECHANIZED INFANTRY: Four turns.
E. ARMOR: Six turns.
F. TRANSPORTS: None.
36.351 DEFERRING FORCE POOL ADDITIONS: Mobilizations may not be postponed or declined, but Japan, Russia and the U.S. may defer up to five BRPs of force pool additions from mobilization. Deferred force pool additions from mobilization may be triggered on any of the four turns following the deferment. Force pool additions which are not triggered within this time are lost. The delay for deferred force pool additions is determined from the turn in which the force pool addition is announced. Force pool additions generated partly from mobilization and partly from production are subject to the delay associated with mobilization.

This allows a major power to combine a portion of a mobilization with a subsequent mobilization or production so as to add units to its force pool which would otherwise be too costly to mobilize or produce. It also allows a neutral major power to avoid having its BRP base growth diminished in a YSS due to unbuilt units.

EXAMPLE: In Fall 1939, Japan mobilizes 3 AAF, 6 NAS and defers 5 BRPs of force pool additions from its mobilization. In Spring 1940, Japan uses the deferred mobilization to generate 5 more NAS. In Fall 1940, the 3 AAF and 6 NAS mobilized in Fall 1939 are added to the Japanese force pool. With Japan's naval air training rate of 3, all of the 6 NAS added to the Japanese force pool may be built before the 1941 YSS and there is no decrease in the number of unspent BRPs used to determine Japan's BRP base growth (35.32).
36.352 RESTRICTIONS: Britain and Italy may not defer force pool additions.
36.353 DELAYING FORCE POOL ADDITIONS: A major power may not voluntarily delay force pool additions from mobilization.

36.4 MOBILIZATIONS STAGGERED:
36.41 MOBILIZATION STAGGERED: Each major power may mobilize only once per turn, subject to the following exceptions:
A. RUSSIA: Russia may mobilize only every second turn until RGT reach 50. Russia may complete its final peacetime mobilization in the same turn it starts its wartime mobilizations (36.11D).
B. U.S.: American mobilization in one theater does not affect American mobilization in the other theater.
36.42 If mobilizations are triggered more quickly than allowed by 36.41, the subsequent mobilizations are delayed until permitted.
EXAMPLES: In Fall 1941, USAT increase from 34 to 42 and USJT increase from 27 to 31. The random tension die rolls (49.851, 49.852) have no effect and the U.S. mobilizes once in Europe (USAT = 35) and once in the Pacific (USJT = 30). Although USAT passed 40 in Fall 1941, the American mobilization for USAT = 40 is postponed until Winter 1941, which in turn will almost certainly postpone the rest of the American European mobilizations.
RGT reach 10 in Fall 1940. Russia mobilizes. Its next mobilization may occur no sooner than Spring 1941, regardless of RGT increases in Winter 1940.
Russia mobilizes in Fall 1940 and Spring 1941. Germany attacks Russia in Summer 1941. Russia's remaining mobilizations will occur in Summer, Fall and Winter 1941. Russia will add an IC every second turn and mobilize 10 BRPs of units from Fall 1940 to Summer 1941; and add an IC and mobilize 20 BRPs of units in Summer, Fall and Winter 1941.